[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:seven-steps-to-heaven":3},"title: Seven Steps to Heaven\ncomposer: Victor Feldman & Miles Davis\nstyle: Up\nkey: F\nform: ABC, 32 bars\nrecording: Miles Davis; Seven Steps to Heaven; Columbia; 1963\nyoutube: pQMJv3HuZdU\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; F\n# recording: recorded 1963-05-14, NYC (George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams), take 3, CL 2051 \u002F CS 8851; the 1963-04-17 Los Angeles takes with Victor Feldman stayed unissued until 2004 (jazzdisco)\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: Intro\n# area: F major (Intro 1 – B 1)\n1 | F13     # I7 in F, not resolving: natural tensions\n2 | Eb13    # ♭VII7 from the parallel minor: Lydian Dominant\n3 | F13     # I7 in F, not resolving: natural tensions\n4 | Eb13    # back door bVII7 to FMaj7: the #11 is in the key\n\nsection: Coda\nbars: 4\n1 | Eb6\u002F9   # ♭VII6, borrowed from F minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n2 | E7b9    # VII7 in F, not resolving: b9 and b13 are in the key\n3 | F6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n\nsection: A\n# the solo changes; the intro is the F13 Eb13 vamp, the coda the Eb6\u002F9 E7b9 F6 vamp (to fade)\n1 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Em7b5   # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2 | A7alt   # from the symbol: altered\n3 | Dm7     # ii of G7: Dorian\n4 | G7      # V7\u002FV in F: natural tensions\n5 | Gm7     # ii of C7: Dorian\n6 | C7      # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n7 | Am7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | D7      # V7\u002Fii in F: the b13 is in the key\n8 | Gm7     # ii of C7: Dorian\n8 | C7      # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1 | CMaj7   # a non-tonic major chord: Lydian\n# area: C major (B 2–3)\n2 | Dm7     # ii of the ii–V to C\n2 | G7      # V7 of C: natural tensions\n3 | CMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: Eb major (B 4–5)\n4 | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n4 | Bb7     # V7 of Eb: natural tensions\n5 | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: Gb major (B 6–7)\n6 | Abm7    # ii of the ii–V to Gb\n6 | Db7     # V7 of Gb: natural tensions\n7 | GbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: F major (B 8 – C 8)\n8 | Gm7     # ii of the ii–V to F\n8 | C7      # V7 of F: natural tensions\n\nsection: C\n1 | FMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Em7b5   # iiø7 of D minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2 | A7alt   # from the symbol: altered\n3 | Dm7     # ii of G7: Dorian\n4 | G7      # V7\u002FV in F: natural tensions\n5 | Gm7     # ii of C7: Dorian\n6 | C7      # V7\u002FI in F: natural tensions\n7 | Eb6\u002F9   # ♭VII6, borrowed from F minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n7 | E7b9    # VII7 in F, not resolving: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | F6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | F6\n",1793484803087]