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65.96Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”
This piece is ideal for motivic comedy.
Take one recognizable short fragment.
Repeat normally.
Then:
too high.
Too low.
Minor.
Boogie.
Stop-time.
Huge block chord.
Tiny single-note answer.
The motif itself becomes a character.