[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:ballad-for-very-tired-and-very-sad-lotus-eaters":3},"title: Ballad For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters\ncomposer: Billy Strayhorn\nstyle: Medium Swing\nkey: Ab\nform: AABA, 32 bars\n# analysis: 2026-10-31, rules v2; Ab\n\nsection: A1\n# area: Ab major (A1 1 – B 3)\n1  | Bbm7b5     # iiø7 of Eb13b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n1  | Eb13b9     # V7 of Ab: the b9 from the symbol\n2  | Abdim7     # auxiliary diminished: it decorates the chord and returns to it\n2  | AbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | Bbm7       # ii of Eb13: Dorian\n3  | Eb13       # V7\u002FI in Ab: natural tensions\n4  | Ebm7       # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n4  | D9#11      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to DbMaj7\n5  | DbMaj7     # the D9#11 before it makes Db the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Bb9        # II7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n6  | E7         # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Bbm7\u002FEb\n7  | Bbm7\u002FEb    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n7  | Abdim7\u002FEb  # passing diminished: Bb7♭9 without its Bb, the Bbm7\u002FEb's dominant; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n8  | Bbm7\u002FEb    # V7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n8  | Eb7        # V7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n9  | Bbm7\u002FEb    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n9  | Abdim7\u002FEb  # passing diminished: Bb7♭9 without its Bb, the Ebm7\u002FGb's dominant; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n10 | Ebm7\u002FGb    # ii of the ii–V to Db\n10 | Ab7        # V7\u002FIV in Ab: natural tensions\n@ending 1 7 8\n@ending 2 9 10\n\nsection: B\n1  | DbMaj7     # the Ab7 before it makes Db the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n1  | Fm7\u002FC      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | GbMaj7\u002FBb  # ♭VIImaj7, borrowed from Ab minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n2  | Adim7      # passing diminished: a rootless dominant ♭9; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n3  | Abm6       # a minor sixth chord: Dorian\n3  | Gdim7      # passing diminished: F#7♭9 without its F#, the B7's dominant; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n# area: E major (B 4 – A2 2)\n4  | F#m7       # ii of the ii–V to E\n4  | B7         # V7 of E: natural tensions\n5  | EMaj7      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5  | G#m7\u002FD#    # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | AMaj7\u002FC#   # IV: the #4 is the key’s 7th\n6  | Cdim7      # passing diminished: B7♭9 without its B, the EMaj7\u002FB's dominant\n7  | EMaj7\u002FB    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7  | Bm7b5      # vø7 in E: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n8  | Bbm7\u002FEb    # VII7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n8  | Eb7        # VII7 in E, not resolving: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: A2\n1  | Bbm7b5     # iiø7 of Eb13b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n1  | Eb13b9     # V7\u002Fiii in E: the b9 is in the key, the 13 from the symbol\n2  | Abdim7     # auxiliary diminished: it decorates the chord and returns to it; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n2  | AbMaj7     # a non-tonic major chord: Lydian\n# area: Ab major (A2 3–8)\n3  | Bbm7       # ii of Eb13: Dorian\n3  | Eb13       # V7\u002FI in Ab: natural tensions\n4  | Ebm7       # ii of the ii–V to Db\n4  | Ab7b9      # V7\u002FIV in Ab: the b9 from the symbol\n5  | DbMaj7     # the Ab7b9 before it makes Db the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Bb9        # II7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n6  | E7         # ♭VI7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n7  | Bbm7       # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n7  | Eb7sus     # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n8  | Ab69       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | Eb7sus     # static sus: Mixolydian\n",1793575882238]