[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:softly-as-in-a-morning-sunrise":3},"title: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise\ncomposer: Sigmund Romberg\nstyle: Up\nkey: Cm\nform: AABA, 32 bars\nrecording: Sonny Rollins; A Night at the \"Village Vanguard\"; Blue Note; 1958\nyoutube: IdEEEeYrXsI\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; C minor\n# recording: recorded live 1957-11-03, evening set, Village Vanguard, NYC, a trio with Wilbur Ware, Elvin Jones, Blue Note BLP 1581 (Wikipedia: released 1958, citing Billboard; jazzdisco: 1957); operetta standard (Romberg, 1928) → the best-known jazz reading, over the MJQ's Concorde (Prestige, 1955) and Coltrane's Live at the Village Vanguard (Impulse!, 1962) (jazzdisco, Wikipedia); video: \"Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group\", A Night At The Village Vanguard (RVG Edition), the 8:03 LP take, the same take (not the 6:43 alternate from the same evening)\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n# the horn intro is a melody line (no chords), so it is left out\n\nsection: A1\n# area: C minor (A1 1 – A2 7)\n1 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n3 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n4 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n6 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n8 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: A2\n1 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n2 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n2 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n3 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n4 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n6 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n7 | Cm      # tonic minor: Dorian by convention\n# area: Eb major (A2 8 – B 6)\n8 | Fm7     # ii of the ii–V to Eb\n8 | Bb7b9   # V7 of Eb: the b9 from the symbol\n\nsection: B\n1 | EbMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | AbMaj7  # IV: the #4 is the key’s 7th\n3 | Gm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | C7      # V7\u002Fii in Eb: the b13 is in the key\n5 | Fm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n6 | Am7b5   # iiø7 of D7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n6 | D7      # V7\u002Fiii in Eb: b9 and b13 are in the key\n# area: C minor (B 7 – A3 8)\n7 | Dm7b5   # iiø7 of C minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | G7b9    # V7 of C minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n\nsection: A3\ncopy: A1\n",1793484803350]