[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:stardust":3},"title: Stardust\ncomposer: Hoagy Carmichael\nstyle: Ballad\nkey: Db\nform: AA, 32 bars\nrecording: Nat King Cole; Love Is the Thing; Capitol; 1957\nyoutube: EENrbo-Zvs8\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Db\n# recording: recorded December 1956, Capitol Studios, Hollywood, with Gordon Jenkins; Capitol W 824, released 1957; songbook standard → the best-known reading, over Hoagy's 1927 Gennett instrumental and Armstrong's 1931 OKeh 78 (first LPs unconfirmed); sources: Wikipedia; video: \"Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group\", Love Is the Thing, the same take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: Intro\nbars: 12\n1  | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | Gb7#11   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to F7b9\n3  | F7b9     # V7 of Bb7, on the way to Eb minor: b9 and b13 are in the key\n4  | Bb7      # V7 of Eb minor, the chain's last link: b9 and b13 are in the key\n5  | Ebm7     # ii of Ab7: Dorian\n5  | Ab7      # V7\u002FI in Db: natural tensions\n6  | Fm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | Bb7     | Bb Mixolydian b6  # keep: V7\u002Fii in Db like the chorus's bar 6; the b13 Gb is in the key\n7  | Gm7      # ii of C7: Dorian\n7  | C7       # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key\n8  | Ebm7     # ii of Ab7: Dorian\n8  | Ab7      # V7\u002FI in Db: natural tensions\n9  | Ebm7     # ii of the ii–V to Db\n9  | Ab7      # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n10 | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n10 | Db7      # V7\u002FIV in Db: natural tensions\n@ending 1 7 8\n@ending 2 9 10\n\nsection: A1\n# the chorus with its 8-bar verse intro added; the verse repeats, taking the 1st ending (bars 7-8) then the\n# 2nd ending (bars 9-10) into the chorus\n1  | GbMaj7   # the Db7b9 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n3  | GbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n4  | Gbm7     # ii of Cb7b9: Dorian\n4  | Cb7b9    # back door bVII7 to DbMaj7: the #11 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n5  | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Fm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n7  | Ebm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n7  | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n8  | Ebm7     # ii of Ab7: Dorian\n9  | Ab7      # V7\u002FI in Db: natural tensions\n10 | Ebm7     # ii of the ii–V to Db\n10 | Ab7      # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n11 | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n11 | Ebm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n11 | Edim7    # vii°7 of Fm7: C7♭9 without its root\n12 | Fm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n12 | Bbm7     # ii of Eb9: Dorian\n13 | Eb9      # V7\u002FV in Db: natural tensions\n14 | Bbm7     # ii of Eb7: Dorian\n14 | Eb7      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n15 | Ab7      # V7 in Db, not resolving: natural tensions\n15 | Ebm7     # ii of Ab7: Dorian\n16 | Ab7      # V7\u002FI in Db: natural tensions\n16 | Dm7b5    # iiø7 of G7: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n16 | G7       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to GbMaj7\n\nsection: A2\n1  | GbMaj7   # the G7 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n3  | GbmMaj7  # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n4  | Gbm7     # ii of Cb7b9: Dorian\n4  | Cb7b9    # back door bVII7 to DbMaj7: the #11 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n5  | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | Fm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n6  | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n7  | Ebm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n7  | Bb7      # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key\n8  | Ebm7     # ii: Dorian, the key’s own notes\n9  | Gbm7     # ii of Cb7b9: Dorian\n10 | Cb7b9    # back door bVII7 to DbMaj7: the #11 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n11 | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n11 | Bbm7     # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n12 | Fm7      # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n12 | Bb7b9    # V7\u002Fii in Db: the b13 is in the key, the b9 from the symbol\n13 | Ebm7     # ii of the ii–V to Db\n14 | Ab7      # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n15 | DbMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n16 | Abm7     # ii of the ii–V to Gb\n16 | Db7b9    # V7\u002FIV in Db: the b9 from the symbol\n",1793484803551]