[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:round-midnight":3},"title: 'Round Midnight\naka: Round About Midnight\ncomposer: Thelonious Monk & Cootie Williams\nstyle: Ballad\nkey: Ebm\nform: AABC, 32 bars\nrecording: Thelonious Monk; Genius of Modern Music; Blue Note; 1951\nyoutube: V_h5P2meI5I\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Eb minor\n# recording: recorded 1947-11-21, first issued on 78 (Blue Note 543, as 'Round About Midnight), LP 1951 (BLP 5002) (Wikipedia, jazzdisco, MusicBrainz); video: Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (2013)\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: Intro\n# area: Eb minor (Intro 1–3)\n1 | Am7b5     # iiø7 of D7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n1 | D7b9      # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key: b9 and b13 are in the key\n1 | Ab7b9     # IV7 in Eb minor, not resolving: the b9 from the symbol\n2 | Gm7b5     # iiø7 of C7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2 | C7b9      # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key: b9 and b13 are in the key\n2 | Gb7b9     # bIII7 in Eb minor, not resolving: the b9 from the symbol\n3 | Fm7b5     # iiø7 of Bb7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | Bb7b9     # V7\u002Fi in Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# area: Eb major (Intro 3–4)\n3 | E7b9      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to EbMaj7; b9 from the symbol\n4 | EbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: Eb minor (Intro 4 – A1 4)\n4 | Bb7b9     # V7 of Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: A1\n# the intro is a descending ø7 V7 subV7 chain; the tag and coda are left out\n1 | Ebm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FD     # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FDb    # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | Cm7b5     # viø7 in Eb minor: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n2 | Abm7      # ii of Db7: Dorian\n2 | Db7       # V7\u002FbIII in Eb minor: natural tensions\n3 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | F7        # V7\u002Fv in Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4 | Bm7       # ii of E7: Dorian\n4 | E7        # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n4 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab minor\n4 | Eb7       # V7\u002Fiv in Eb minor: the b13 is in the key\n# area: Gb major (A1 5–6)\n5 | Abm7      # ii of the ii–V to Gb\n5 | Db7       # V7 of Gb: natural tensions\n6 | GbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | G7        # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key\n6 | Ab7#11    # II7 in Gb, not resolving: the #11 from the symbol\n# area: Eb minor (A1 7 – A2 4)\n7 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | F7        # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant, on the way to Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n8 | Bb7#11    # V7 of Eb minor, the chain's last link: 9, #11 and 13 from the symbol\n\nsection: A2\n1 | Ebm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FD     # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FDb    # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | Cm7b5     # viø7 in Eb minor: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n2 | Abm7      # ii of Db7: Dorian\n2 | Db7       # V7\u002FbIII in Eb minor: natural tensions\n3 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | F7        # V7\u002Fv in Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4 | Bm7       # ii of E7: Dorian\n4 | E7        # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n4 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab minor\n4 | Eb7       # V7\u002Fiv in Eb minor: the b13 is in the key\n# area: Gb major (A2 5–7)\n5 | Abm7      # ii of the ii–V to Gb\n5 | Db7       # V7 of Gb: natural tensions\n6 | GbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | G7        # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key\n6 | Ab7#11    # II7 in Gb, not resolving: the #11 from the symbol\n7 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | F7        # V7\u002Fiii in Gb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# area: Eb major (A2 7–8)\n7 | Fm7b5\u002FBb  # iiø7 of Eb: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | Bb7       # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n8 | EbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n\nsection: B\n# area: Eb minor (B 1 – C 4)\n1 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n1 | F7b9      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: the b9 from the symbol\n2 | Bb7#11    # V7 in Eb minor, not resolving: 9, #11 and 13 from the symbol\n3 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7b9: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | F7b9      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: the b9 from the symbol\n4 | Bb7#11    # V7 in Eb minor, not resolving: 9, #11 and 13 from the symbol\n5 | Abm7      # iv: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n5 | Fm7b5     # iiø7 in Eb minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of Bb minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | F7b9      # V7\u002Fv in Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab minor\n7 | Eb7       # V7\u002Fiv in Eb minor: the b13 is in the key\n7 | Abm7      # ii of the ii–V to Gb minor\n7 | Db7       # V7\u002Fbiii in Eb minor: natural tensions\n8 | Gbm7      # ii of Cb7: Dorian\n8 | Cb7       # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n8 | Fm7b5     # iiø7 of Eb minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | Bb7b9     # V7 of Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: C\n1 | Ebm       # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FD     # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n1 | Ebm\u002FDb    # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | Cm7b5     # viø7 in Eb minor: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n2 | Abm7      # ii of Db7: Dorian\n2 | Db7       # V7\u002FbIII in Eb minor: natural tensions\n3 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | F7        # V7\u002Fv in Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4 | Bm7       # ii of E7: Dorian\n4 | E7        # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n4 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab minor\n4 | Eb7       # V7\u002Fiv in Eb minor: the b13 is in the key\n# area: Gb major (C 5–7)\n5 | Abm7      # ii of the ii–V to Gb\n5 | Db7       # V7 of Gb: natural tensions\n6 | GbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | G7        # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key\n6 | Ab7#11    # II7 in Gb, not resolving: the #11 from the symbol\n7 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of F7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | F7        # V7\u002Fiii in Gb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# area: Eb minor (C 7–8)\n7 | Fm7b5\u002FBb  # iiø7 of Eb minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | Bb7       # V7 of Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n8 | EbmMaj7   # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n",1793484802777]