[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:take-the-a-train":3},"title: Take the \"A\" Train\naka: Take the A Train\ncomposer: Billy Strayhorn\nstyle: Latin\nkey: C\nform: AABA, 32 bars\nrecording: Duke Ellington; Theme Songs; RCA Victor; 1951\nyoutube: rMsAwdDbTpA\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; C\n# recording: recorded 1941-02-15, Hollywood, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (matrix PBS-055283-1), the composer's band's first recording; first issued on 78 (Victor 27380), first US LP 1951 (LPT-1, a 10\" theme-song compilation) (DAHR, BSN Pubs RCA LPT listing); video: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band, the same take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: Intro\nbars: 4\n1 | D7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n\nsection: A1\n# the intro is 4 bars of D7alt\n1 | CMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | D7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n5 | Dm7    # ii of the ii–V to C\n6 | G7     # V7 of C: natural tensions\n7 | CMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Dm7    # ii of the ii–V to C\n8 | G7     # V7 of C: natural tensions\n\nsection: A2\n1 | CMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | D7alt  # from the symbol: altered\n5 | Dm7    # ii of the ii–V to C\n6 | G7     # V7 of C: natural tensions\n7 | CMaj7  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n8 | Gm7    # ii of the ii–V to F\n8 | C7     # V7\u002FIV in C: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1 | FMaj7  # the C7 before it makes F the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n5 | D7     # II7 in C, not resolving: natural tensions\n7 | Dm7    # ii of the ii–V to C\n8 | G7b9   # V7 of C: the b9 from the symbol\n\nsection: A3\ncopy: A1\n",1793484803691]