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113.171Conceptual “Mack the Knife”
Repeated melody benefits from changing:
harmonic route
without destroying:
phrase destination.
One chorus:
baseline.
Next:
secondary-dominant route.
Later:
walking-bass-driven chromatic route.
Final:
perhaps one tritone-sub cadence.
The repeated tune lets harmonic progression evolve while identity stays fixed.