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87.116Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

Keep main playful section harmonically spacious.

At comic moments:

suddenly compress several changes into one bar.

Then:

freeze on simple tonic.

That contrast can function as humor.

A frantic little harmonic episode followed by an absurdly simple F chord is often more effective than constant reharm.