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83.106Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”
Use reharmonization more sparingly.
Keep playful outer melody.
At selected long notes:
let bass walk chromatically underneath.
Use one deliberately exaggerated borrowed-minor inner line for humor.
Then return to simple harmony immediately.
A playful tune benefits from reharm that behaves like:
a wink,
not a lecture.