In the bridge of "The Way I Am", Charlie Puth creates interesting
chords by using the 'Stairway Technique', which combines a bass moving
down by half steps, inner notes that stick to the tonic triad, and a
melody that first moves in contrary motion to the bass but later breaks
free.
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