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67.93Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”
For New Orleans/boogie:
use root-5-6-♭7-derived bass cells.
For jazzier chorus:
turn those cells into walking connectors.
For comedic reharm:
hold melody note while bass descends chromatically underneath.
For funk:
reduce the entire progression to one strong ostinato for several bars.
Same tune, radically different harmonic behavior.