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52.61This is especially relevant to “Mack the Knife”
When we eventually reach that arranging lab, repeated choruses can increase intensity by:
- register
- key
- orchestration
- bass activity
- block chords
- shout figures
rather than by endlessly changing the tune itself.
Keep that concept in the back of your mind.