[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:mean-to-me":3},"title: Mean to Me\ncomposer: Fred E. Ahlert\nstyle: Medium\nkey: F\nform: AABA, 32 bars\nrecording: Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday; The Golden Years, Volume II; Columbia; 1966\nyoutube: qAdNw8AiwFY\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; F\n# recording: recorded 1937-05-11, NYC, Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson's orchestra (Lester Young on tenor), matrix B21120-1, first issued on 78 (Brunswick 7903); the earliest US LP found is the box The Golden Years, Volume II (Columbia C3L 40, 1966), but an earlier LP issue could not be ruled out; songbook standard (1929) → Holiday and Young's reading as the reference; take 2 is on CD only (DAHR, billieholiday.be, jazzstandards.com); video: \"Provided to YouTube by Columbia\u002FLegacy\", Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, \"Mean to Me (Take 1)\", the issued take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: A1\n1 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Ab7#11  # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n2 | Gm7     # ii of the ii–V to F\n2 | C7      # V7 of F: natural tensions\n3 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | B7#11   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to BbMaj7\n4 | BbMaj7  # the B7#11 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Eb7     # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n5 | Am7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n5 | Ab7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n6 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6 | Gb7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n7 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7 | D7alt   # from the symbol: altered\n8 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n8 | Gb9     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to FMaj7\n\nsection: A2\n1 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Ab7#11  # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n2 | Gm7     # ii of the ii–V to F\n2 | C7      # V7 of F: natural tensions\n3 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | B7#11   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to BbMaj7\n4 | BbMaj7  # the B7#11 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Eb7     # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n5 | Am7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n5 | Ab7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n6 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6 | Gb7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n7 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Cm7     # ii of the ii–V to Bb\n8 | F7b9    # V7\u002FIV in F: the b9 from the symbol\n\nsection: B\n1 | BbMaj7  # the F7b9 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n2 | C7      # extended dominant: V7 of F7b9\n2 | F7b9    # V7\u002FIV in F: the b9 from the symbol\n3 | BbMaj7  # the F7b9 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Eb7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n4 | D7      # V7\u002Fii in F: the b13 is in the key\n5 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6 | Eb7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n6 | D7      # extended dominant: V7 of G7\n7 | G7      # II7 in F, not resolving: natural tensions\n8 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n8 | Gb9     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to FMaj7\n\nsection: A3\n1 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Ab7#11  # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n2 | Gm7     # ii of the ii–V to F\n2 | C7      # V7 of F: natural tensions\n3 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | B7#11   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to BbMaj7\n4 | BbMaj7  # the B7#11 before it makes Bb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Eb7     # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n5 | Am7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n5 | Ab7     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gm7\n6 | Gm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6 | Gb7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n7 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Gm7     # ii of the ii–V to F\n8 | C7      # V7 of F: natural tensions\n",1793484801269]