80.99Apply it to “Happy Birthday”

Phrase 1:

play melody over open C/G-type texture with very little 3rd information.

Phrase 2:

reveal ordinary major harmony.

Phrase 3:

use a suspended dominant before the climax.

Phrase 4:

resolve clearly.

Or reverse:

play the whole final phrase clearly—

then end with:

C-G-D-A.

The familiar song suddenly has an open, contemporary ending.