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64.95Apply it to “Happy Birthday”
Use C major.
Phrase 1: plain C major pentatonic fills.
Phrase 2: introduce D major pentatonic over C/F-related sustained harmony for Lydian brightness.
Phrase 3: one C-minor-pentatonic blues inflection.
Phrase 4: G7alt with a tiny B♭-minor-pentatonic fragment.
Then:
C6/9.
You have moved through:
innocence → brightness → blues → tension → home.