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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.