16777 / 18210 · Workshop 120 — Writing Complete Endings and Cadences: How to Make a Piece Feel Finished, Suspended, Open, Circular, or Inevitable← prev⊞ allnext →
120.206Apply to “Happy Birthday”
Because it is public domain, let's use it as a closure laboratory.
The normal tune has very strong final:
2→1 melodic motion.
In C:
D→C.
This strongly helps closure.