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117.273Happy Birthday climax editing

Phrase 3 already has:

melodic climax.

Therefore you may not need:

maximum harmonic density there.

Try:

high melody

with surprisingly sparse accompaniment.

Compare to:

full block chords.

Learn the difference between:

supporting

and:

competing with climax.