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72.97Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”
This is even more fun.
Phrase 1: single playful “clarinet” line high.
Answer: low “tuba” note.
Phrase 2: middle “guitar” chord stabs.
Phrase 3: octave “brass” exaggeration.
Stop-time: melody alone.
Final: full cartoon-orchestral block.
Then tiny high final note.
Here register and texture become part of the humor.