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92.113Apply it to “Happy Birthday”
This is a perfect public-domain laboratory.
Statement 1: simple 3/4, almost traditional.
Statement 2: convert to jazz waltz with freer comping.
Interlude: reinterpret into 6/8.
Statement 3: 4/4 swing.
Tag: half-time gospel-like or bossa transformation.
Final: return to a very simple 3/4 fragment.
Same tune.
Several rhythmic worlds.
Because the melody is universally recognizable, you can hear exactly how much groove changes character.