[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:sophisticated-lady":3},"title: Sophisticated Lady\ncomposer: Duke Ellington\nstyle: Ballad\nkey: Ab\nform: AABA, 32 bars\nrecording: Duke Ellington; The Music of Duke Ellington Played by Duke Ellington; Columbia; 1954\nyoutube: s5DjHrKXccI\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Ab\n# recording: recorded 1933-05-16, first issued on 78 (Brunswick 6600, 1933); a 1933-02-15 take was issued only in the UK; LP 1954 (CL 558) (Discogs); video: Ken Burns Jazz: Duke Ellington, the same take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n# B bar 8 on the lead sheet passes through Cm7 Eb7 Db7 Cm7b5 F7b9\n\nsection: A1\n# area: Ab major (A1 1 – A2 7)\n1 | Bbm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n2 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n2 | F7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to E7\n2 | E7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Eb7\n2 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n3 | AbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Ab7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to G7\n4 | G7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gb7\n4 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n4 | F7        # extended dominant: V7 of Bb7\n5 | Bb7       # II7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n6 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n6 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n7 | AbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7 | Db7       # IV7 in Ab, not resolving: the #11 is in the key\n8 | Cm7b5     # iiø7 of Bb minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | F7b9      # V7\u002Fii in Ab: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n\nsection: A2\n1 | Bbm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n2 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n2 | F7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to E7\n2 | E7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Eb7\n2 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n3 | AbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Ab7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to G7\n4 | G7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gb7\n4 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n4 | F7        # extended dominant: V7 of Bb7\n5 | Bb7       # II7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n6 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n6 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n7 | AbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# area: G major (A2 8 – B 7)\n8 | Am7       # ii of the ii–V to G\n8 | D7        # V7 of G: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1 | GMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Em7       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n2 | Am7       # ii of D7: Dorian\n2 | D7        # V7\u002FI in G: natural tensions\n3 | Bm7b5     # iiø7 of A minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | E7b9      # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n4 | Am7       # ii of the ii–V to G\n4 | D7b9      # V7 of G: the b9 from the symbol\n5 | GMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5 | Em7       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n6 | Am7       # ii of the ii–V to G\n6 | D7        # V7 of G: natural tensions\n7 | GMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7 | G7alt\u002FDb  # from the symbol: altered\n# area: Ab major (B 8 – A3 8)\n8 | Cm7       # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | F7b9      # V7\u002Fii in Ab: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n\nsection: A3\n1 | Bbm       # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n2 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n2 | F7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to E7\n2 | E7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Eb7\n2 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n3 | AbMaj7    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Ab7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to G7\n4 | G7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Gb7\n4 | Gb7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7\n4 | F7        # extended dominant: V7 of Bb7\n5 | Bb7       # II7 in Ab, not resolving: natural tensions\n6 | Bbm7      # ii of the ii–V to Ab\n6 | Eb7       # V7 of Ab: natural tensions\n7 | AbMaj9    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7 | Db7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Cm7\n8 | Cm7       # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n8 | F7b9      # V7\u002Fii in Ab: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n",1793484803423]