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106.160Conceptual application to “Mack the Knife”
Using your legal chart/melody:
focus only on repeated-chorus bass architecture.
Possible progression of bass behavior:
chorus 1: two-beat.
chorus 2: more approach notes.
chorus 3: walking.
final: octave/punctuated bass.
The changing LH can create escalation without rewriting melody.