[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:but-beautiful":3},"title: But Beautiful\ncomposer: Jimmy Van Heusen\nstyle: Medium ballad\nkey: G\nform: AB, 32 bars\nrecording: Billie Holiday; Lady in Satin; Columbia; 1958\nyoutube: SRJNVJv-3xY\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; G\n# recording: recorded 1958-02-19\u002F21 with the Ray Ellis Orchestra (take 2); chart names no version, so the jazz reference reading of this songbook standard, over the 1947 Crosby film\u002FSinatra pop hits; Columbia CL 1157 \u002F CS 8048, released June 1958, Grammy Hall of Fame; Getz\u002FEvans (1974, issued 1996) the other strong candidate; sources: Wikipedia (Lady in Satin, But Beautiful); video: \"Provided to YouTube by OKEH\" Lady in Satin track, the same take\n# the pickup is melody only\n\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: A\n1  | GMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Bm7b5    # iiø7 of A minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2  | E7b9     # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n3  | Am9      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n4  | C#m7b5   # iiø7 of F#7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | F#7b9    # V7\u002Fiii in G: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5  | GMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Bm7b5    # iiø7 of E7sus4: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | E7sus4   # VI7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n6  | E7       # extended dominant: each one falls a fifth into the next: natural tensions\n7  | A9       # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n9  | D13      # V7 in G, not resolving: natural tensions\n9  | Cdim7    # passing diminished: a rootless dominant ♭9; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n# bar 9: Cdim7 on beat 4\n10 | Bm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n10 | Em7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n11 | Am7      # ii of D9sus4: Dorian\n11 | D9sus4   # V7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n11 | D7       # V7 of G: natural tensions\n12 | GMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt: bar 12 beat 4 (B7)\n13 | Em7      # ii of A9: Dorian\n14 | A9       # V7\u002FV in G: natural tensions\n15 | Am7      # ii of the ii–V to G\n16 | D7       # V7 of G: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\nbars: 16\n1  | GMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Bm7b5    # iiø7 of A minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2  | E7b9     # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n3  | Am9      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n4  | C#m7b5   # iiø7 of F#7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | F#7b9    # V7\u002Fiii in G: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5  | GMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Bm7b5    # iiø7 of E7sus4: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | E7sus4   # VI7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n6  | E7       # extended dominant: each one falls a fifth into the next: natural tensions\n7  | A9       # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n9  | D7       # V7 in G, not resolving: natural tensions\n9  | D7\u002FC     # V7 in G, not resolving: natural tensions\n10 | Bm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n10 | Em7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n11 | Am7      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n11 | F#m7b5   # iiø7 of E minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n11 | B7       # V7\u002Fvi in G: b9 and b13 are in the key\n12 | Em       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n12 | F9       # back door bVII7 to GMaj7\u002FD: the #11 is in the key\n13 | GMaj7\u002FD  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n13 | E7       # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key\n14 | Am7      # ii of the ii–V to G\n14 | D7       # V7 of G: natural tensions\n15 | G6       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt: bar 16 (Am7 D7), the turnaround for the repeat\n",1793484798481]