[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:it-dont-mean-a-thing":3},"title: It Don't Mean A Thing\ncomposer: Duke Ellington\nstyle: Medium Up Swing\nkey: Bb\nform: AABA, 32 bars\n# analysis: 2026-10-31, rules v2; Bb\n\nsection: A1\n1  | Gm      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n1  | Gm\u002FF#   # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 1  | Gm      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 1  | Gm\u002FF#   # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | Gm\u002FF    # ii of C7\u002FE: Dorian\n2  | C7\u002FE    # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\nalt 2  | GmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\nalt 2  | C7\u002FE    # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\n3  | Eb7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n3  | D7      # V7\u002Fvi in Bb: b9 and b13 are in the key\nalt 3  | Gm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 3  | D7      # V7\u002Fvi in Bb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4  | Gm      # ii of C7: Dorian\n5  | C7      # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\n6  | C#dim7  # vii°7 to Bb6\u002FD, up to its bass: A7♭9 without its root\n7  | Bb6\u002FD   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | D7b5    # III7 in Bb, not resolving: 9, #11 and 13 from the symbol\n9  | C7      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n10 | F7      # V7 of Bb: natural tensions\n11 | Bb6     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n12 | Bb6\n@ending 1 5 8\n@ending 2 9 12\n\nsection: B\n1  | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n2  | Bb7     # V7\u002FIV in Bb: natural tensions\n3  | Eb6     # the Bb7 before it makes Eb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n4  | Eb6\n5  | Gm7     # ii of C7: Dorian\n6  | C7      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n7  | F7      # V7 in Bb, not resolving: natural tensions\n8  | D7      # V7\u002Fvi in Bb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: A2\n1  | Gm      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n1  | Gm\u002FF#   # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 1  | Gm      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 1  | Gm\u002FF#   # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | Gm\u002FF    # ii of C7\u002FE: Dorian\n2  | C7\u002FE    # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\nalt 2  | GmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\nalt 2  | C7\u002FE    # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\n3  | Eb7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n3  | D7      # V7\u002Fvi in Bb: b9 and b13 are in the key\nalt 3  | Gm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\nalt 3  | D7      # V7\u002Fvi in Bb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4  | Gm      # ii of C7: Dorian\n5  | C7      # V7\u002FV in Bb: natural tensions\n6  | C#dim7  # passing diminished: a rootless dominant ♭9\n7  | Bb6     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | Bb6\n",1793575891996]