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112.184Conceptual “The Bare Necessities”
Playfulness benefits from rotating imagined instruments:
- tuba-like bass
- clarinet-like response
- dry chord stabs
- melody alone
- comic register jumps
Do not make it continuously thick.
Space is part of humor.