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118.222Conceptual “Mack the Knife”

Using your legal chart:

memorize:

  • form/chorus structure
  • phrase destinations
  • harmonic function
  • bass routes
  • modulation points

rather than:

one exact piano arrangement.

Because repeated-chorus flexibility is part of the performance concept.