[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:la-vida-feliz":3},"title: La Vida Feliz\naka: The Happy Life\ncomposer: McCoy Tyner\nstyle: Medium Latin\nkey: Dm\nform: ABCD head + EFGH solos, 80 bars\ncontext: modal\nrecording: McCoy Tyner; La Leyenda de la Hora; Columbia; 1981\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; D minor, modal\n# recording: recorded 1981 at Van Gelder Studio, Columbia FC 37375, Latin jazz septet with strings (Paquito D'Rivera, Chico Freeman, Hubert Laws, Bobby Hutcherson, Daniel Ponce); the first recording; no official YouTube upload found (jazzdisco.org, Wikipedia)\n\n# bar | chord\n# intro played 4 times (solo piano first; bass and drums added); the piano's voicings are marked (G(add9 sus)) and (A(add9 sus))\n# book: G9sus \u002F A9sus throughout (sus = 9sus4)\n\nsection: Intro\n1  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n2  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n3  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n4  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n\nsection: A\nbars: 20\n1  | BbMaj9#11  # from the symbol: #11\n2  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n2  | G13sus     # static sus: Mixolydian\n3  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n4  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n6  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n7  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n8  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n9  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 10: drum fill under the A9sus\n10 | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n11 | A          # modal major: Lydian\n11 | Bb13       # modal: its own mode\n12 | C          # modal major: Lydian\n13 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n14 | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n15 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n16 | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n17 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n18 | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n19 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 20: N.C. (vibes and piano figure)\n\nsection: B\n# B: double-time feel in bar 1, original feel from bar 2\n1  | Bb13       # modal: its own mode\n2  | A13        # modal: its own mode\n3  | C13        # modal: its own mode\n4  | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 6: G9sus (anticipated), then a sax break\n6  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n\nsection: C\n1  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n1  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n2  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n2  | B          # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n4  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n4  | G          # modal major: Lydian\n4  | F          # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n6  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n6  | B          # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n8  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n8  | G          # modal major: Lydian\n8  | F          # modal major: Lydian\n@nav 8 Fine\n\nsection: D\n# D: double-time feel (piano solo)\n1  | Db13sus    # static sus: Mixolydian\n4  | B13sus     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | Db9sus4    # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 8: B13sus, then a solo break\n8  | B9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n\nsection: E\nbars: 16\n# solos on E F G H (original feel)\n1  | BbMaj9#11  # from the symbol: #11\n2  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n3  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n4  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bars 5–8: two 2-bar repeat signs (each marked (2)) repeat bars 3–4 twice\n5  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n6  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n7  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n8  | A9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n9  | A13        # modal: its own mode\n9  | Bb13       # modal: its own mode\n9  | C13        # modal: its own mode\n10 | C13\n11 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n12 | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n13 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n14 | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n15 | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# alt (optional): bar 16 (D9sus) under a written fill\n\nsection: F\n# F: double-time feel, original feel from the F9sus\n1  | Bb13       # modal: its own mode\n2  | A13        # modal: its own mode\n3  | C13        # modal: its own mode\n4  | D9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | F9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 6: G9sus (anticipated), then a break\n6  | G9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n\nsection: G\n1  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n1  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n2  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n2  | B          # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n4  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n4  | G          # modal major: Lydian\n4  | F          # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n6  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n6  | B          # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Db         # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Eb         # modal major: Lydian\n8  | A          # modal major: Lydian\n8  | G          # modal major: Lydian\n8  | F          # modal major: Lydian\n\nsection: H\n# H: double-time feel\n1  | Db9sus4    # static sus: Mixolydian\n4  | B9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | Db9sus4    # static sus: Mixolydian\n# bar 8: B13sus, then a break\n8  | B9sus4     # static sus: Mixolydian\n# after solos, D.C. al Fine (vamp and fade on letter C)\n@nav 8 D.C. al Fine\n",1793484800668]