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116.185Public-domain “Happy Birthday” as composition model
Take its formal DNA:
- repeated opening gesture
- related second phrase
- third-phrase climax
- final resolution
Now write an entirely new melody using only that abstract architecture.
Do not use its actual pitches or rhythm.
This teaches:
borrowing form without copying content.