[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:self-portrait-in-three-colors":3},"title: Self Portrait in Three Colors\ncomposer: Charles Mingus\nstyle: Medium ballad\nkey: Eb\nform: AB, 15 bars\nrecording: Charles Mingus; Mingus Ah Um; Columbia; 1959\nyoutube: dHV4Ej7-Kpk\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Eb\n# recording: recorded 1959-05-12, NYC, Charles Mingus with Willie Dennis, John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter), Horace Parlan, Dannie Richmond, the first issued recording of it (an unissued 1958 take was made for the film Shadows), Columbia CL 1370 \u002F CS 8171, released September 1959; sources: jazzdisco, Wikipedia; video: \"Provided to YouTube by Columbia\u002FLegacy\", Mingus Ah Um, the same take\n\n# book tempo marking: Medium Swing Ballad\n# played three times (no solos on the recording): 1st\u002F2nd ending (B bars 8–9) twice, then the 3rd ending (B bars 10–11)\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: Intro\nbars: 4\n# area: Eb major (Intro 1–2)\n1  | Bb69       # a non-tonic major chord: Lydian\n1  | EbMaj7\u002FBb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Cm7\u002FBb     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2  | Db\u002FCb      # ♭VII, borrowed from Eb minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n2  | Cb         # ♭VI, borrowed from Eb minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n\nsection: A\nkey: Gb\n# area: Gb major (A 1–3)\n1  | Bbm6       # a minor sixth chord: Dorian\n1  | Ebm7       # ii of Ab13: Dorian\n2  | Ab13       # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n2  | Db7        # V7 of Gb: natural tensions\n3  | GbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | B9         # IV7 in Gb, not resolving: the #11 is in the key\n@key 4 Eb\n# area: Eb major (A 4 – B 11)\n4  | Cm7        # ii of F7#5: Dorian\n4  | F7#5       # V7\u002FV in Eb: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n5  | Ebm7       # ii of Ab13: Dorian\n5  | Ab13       # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n6  | E13#11     # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to EbMaj7\n@time 6 2\u002F4\n\nsection: B\nkey: Eb\nbars: 14\n1  | EbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# book: A7(b9 b5)\n1  | A7b9       # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key; b9 from the symbol\n2  | EMaj7      # ♭IImaj7, borrowed from Eb Phrygian: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n3  | EbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | Gm7        # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n4  | C9         # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n5  | Fm7        # ii of Bb13: Dorian\n6  | Bb13       # V7\u002FI in Eb: natural tensions\n7  | Fm7        # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n7  | Bb7#5      # V7 of Eb: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n8  | EbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8  | Db13       # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n9  | Cm7b5      # viø7 in Eb: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n9  | Db\u002FCb      # ♭VII, borrowed from Eb minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n9  | Cb         # ♭VI, borrowed from Eb minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n@ending 1 8 9\n# 3rd ending: EbMaj7 held two bars (fermata), a tenor fill\n10 | EbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n11 | EbMaj7\n@ending 2 10 11\n",1793484803060]