[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:chelsea-bridge":3},"title: Chelsea Bridge\ncomposer: Billy Strayhorn\nstyle: Medium ballad\nkey: Db\nform: AABC, 32 bars\nrecording: Duke Ellington; The Duke and His Men; RCA Victor; 1955\nyoutube: NGBw09LUzKw\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Db\n# recording: recorded 1941-12-02, Hollywood, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra with Strayhorn on piano and solos by Ben Webster and Juan Tizol, the first recording of it; first issued on 78 (Victor 27856; DAHR gives 27740), first US LP 1955 (LPM-1092) (Wikipedia, DAHR); video: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band, the same take\n\n# the pickup bar is N.C.\n# Eb9#11 may be played for BbmMaj7 and Db9#11 for AbmMaj7 throughout; then bar 8 of A, B and C may be Db C7 B7 Bb7\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: A\n# area: Db major (A 1–9)\n1 | BbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n2 | AbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n3 | BbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n3 | AbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n4 | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n5 | Ebm9     # ii of the ii–V to Db\n6 | Ab13     # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n7 | Db6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Db6\n# bar 8: a break\n# alt (optional): bar 8 (C7 B7) on beats 2 and 4\n9 | Db6\n9 | B7       # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n@ending 1 8\n@ending 2 9\n\nsection: B\nkey: E\n# area: E major (B 1–8)\n1 | F#m7     # ii of the ii–V to E\n1 | B7       # V7 of E: natural tensions\n2 | EMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | C#m7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n3 | F#m7     # ii of B7b9#5: Dorian\n3 | B7b9#5   # V7\u002FI in E: b9, #11 and b13 from the symbol\n4 | Bm7      # ii of the ii–V to A\n4 | E7       # V7\u002FIV in E: natural tensions\n5 | AMaj7    # the E7 before it makes A the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n5 | C7       # ♭VI7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n# alt (optional): bar 14 (Am7 D7) for the C7\n6 | GMaj7    # ♭IIImaj7, borrowed from E minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n7 | Gm       # ii of C9: Dorian\n7 | C9       # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n8 | Db7#11   # VI7 in E, not resolving: #11 and 13 from the symbol\n# bar 8: a break\n# alt (optional): bar 8 (C7 B7) on beats 2 and 4\n\nsection: C\nkey: Db\nbars: 11\n# area: Db major (C 1–8)\n1 | BbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n2 | AbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n3 | BbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n3 | AbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n4 | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n5 | Ebm9     # ii of the ii–V to Db\n6 | Ab13     # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n7 | Db6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Db6\n# alt (optional): bar 8 (C7 B7) on beats 2 and 4\n",1793484798718]