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59.95Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

This one can become deliberately luxurious.

Slow it down.

F6/9

B♭maj9

B♭m9

C13sus

F6/9.

Use laid-back pocket.

The cheerful tune turns into an improbably sophisticated late-night R&B ballad.

That contrast can be very effective.