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74.95Apply it to “Happy Birthday”
Keep the familiar harmonization.
Phrase 1: square.
Phrase 2: anticipate one IV or dominant arrival.
Phrase 3: climax—accelerate harmony under a held note.
Phrase 4: delay tonic slightly.
Then final C6/9.
No exotic chord is required for the arrangement to sound newly sophisticated.