[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:polkadots-and-moonbeams":3},"title: Polkadots and Moonbeams\naka: Polka Dots and Moonbeams\ncomposer: Jimmy Van Heusen\nstyle: Ballad\nkey: F\nform: AABA, 32 bars\nrecording: Wes Montgomery; The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery; Riverside; 1960\nyoutube: ZBmYMYldecA\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; F\n# recording: recorded January 1960, Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Montgomery, Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath, Albert Heath; chart follows no version, so the jazz reference reading over the 1940 Dorsey\u002FSinatra pop hit; released April 1960, Penguin Guide core collection; Bill Evans' Moon Beams (1962) the main alternative; sources: Wikipedia (The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, Polka Dots and Moonbeams); video: \"Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group\" 2025 Craft remaster of the same take\n# book: Med. Ballad\n# the book's footnote: alternate changes for bars 3–4 of A1, A2 and A3 (the book's A bars 3–4 and 11–12, and B bars 11–12)\n\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: A1\n# area: F major (A1 1 – A2 8)\n1 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\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 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4 | Gm7      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n4 | Em7b5    # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | A7       # V7\u002Fvi in F: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# alt: bars 3–4 (FMaj7 Dm7 A7\u002FC# Cm7 F7 | BbMaj7 Em7b5 A7: FMaj7 for two beats, then one chord per eighth; the book's footnote)\n5 | Dm       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n5 | Bbm6\u002FDb  # a minor sixth chord: Dorian\n# alt: bar 5 (Db9) for Bbm6\u002FDb\n6 | F\u002FC      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | Am7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | Abm7     # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n7 | Gm7      # ii of C7: Dorian\n7 | C7       # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n8 | Am7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n8 | Gm7      # ii of the ii–V to F\n8 | C7       # V7 of F: natural tensions\n\nsection: A2\n1 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\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 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4 | Gm7      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n4 | Em7b5    # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | A7       # V7\u002Fvi in F: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# alt: bars 3–4 (FMaj7 Dm7 A7\u002FC# Cm7 F7 | BbMaj7 Em7b5 A7: FMaj7 for two beats, then one chord per eighth; the book's footnote)\n5 | Dm       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n5 | Bbm6\u002FDb  # a minor sixth chord: Dorian\n# alt: bar 5 (Db9) for Bbm6\u002FDb\n6 | F\u002FC      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | Am7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | Abm7     # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n7 | Gm7      # ii of the ii–V to F\n7 | C7       # V7 of F: natural tensions\n8 | F6       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: A major (A2 8 – B 7)\n8 | Bm7b5    # iiø7 of A: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | E7       # V7 of A: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1 | AMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | A#dim7   # vii°7 of Bm7: F#7♭9 without its root\n2 | Bm7      # ii of the ii–V to A\n2 | E7       # V7 of A: natural tensions\n3 | AMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | F#m7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4 | Bm7      # ii of the ii–V to A\n4 | E7       # V7 of A: natural tensions\n5 | AMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5 | A#dim7   # vii°7 of Bm7: F#7♭9 without its root\n6 | Bm7      # ii of E7: Dorian\n6 | E7       # V7 of A7, on the way to G minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | A7       # V7 of D7, on the way to G minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | D7       # V7 of G minor, the chain's last link: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# alt: bar 7 (F#m7 B7)\n# area: F major (B 8 – A3 8)\n8 | Gm7      # ii of the ii–V to F\n8 | C7       # V7 of F: natural tensions\n\nsection: A3\n1 | FMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\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 | Dm7      # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n4 | Gm7      # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n4 | Em7b5    # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | A7       # V7\u002Fvi in F: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# alt: bars 3–4 (FMaj7 Dm7 A7\u002FC# Cm7 F7 | BbMaj7 Em7b5 A7: FMaj7 for two beats, then one chord per eighth; the book's footnote)\n5 | Dm       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n5 | Bbm6\u002FDb  # a minor sixth chord: Dorian\n# alt: bar 5 (Db9) for Bbm6\u002FDb\n6 | F\u002FC      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | Am7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | Abm7     # a borrowed minor chord: Dorian, its own key\n7 | Gm7      # ii of the ii–V to F\n7 | C7       # V7 of F: natural tensions\n8 | F6       # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt (optional): bar 8 (Gm7 C7) on beats 3–4, the turnaround\n",1793484802489]