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87.116Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”
Keep main playful section harmonically spacious.
At comic moments:
suddenly compress several changes into one bar.
Then:
freeze on simple tonic.
That contrast can function as humor.
A frantic little harmonic episode followed by an absurdly simple F chord is often more effective than constant reharm.