[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:the-star-crossed-lovers":3},"title: The Star-Crossed Lovers\ncomposer: Billy Strayhorn, Ellington\nstyle: Ballad\nkey: Db\nform: ABC, 22 bars\n# analysis: 2026-10-31, rules v2; Db\n\nsection: A\n1 | GbMaj7     # the G7 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n1 | G9b5       # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key\n2 | DbMaj7\u002FAb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Bbm7       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n3 | Ebm7       # ii of the ii–V to Db\n3 | Ab13       # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n4 | DbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4 | G7b5       # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to GbMaj7\n5 | GbMaj7     # the G7b5 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n5 | G9b5       # a chromatic dominant with nowhere to go: Lydian Dominant, its own key\n6 | DbMaj7\u002FAb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6 | Bbm7       # vi: Aeolian, the key's own notes (the ♭6 is a passing note)\n7 | Gm7b5      # iiø7 of F minor: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n7 | C7b9       # V7\u002Fiii in Db: b9 and b13 are in the key\n8 | Fm         # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n\nsection: B\n1 | Ebm7\u002FAb    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n1 | DbMaj7\u002FAb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Ebm7\u002FAb    # V7sus4 resolving down a fifth: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n2 | DbMaj7\u002FAb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3 | Ebm7b5     # iiø7 of Ab13: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n3 | Ab13       # extended ii–V: a side-step, its own key: the b9 is in the key, the 13 from the symbol\n4 | Ebm7b5     # iiø7 of Ab13: Locrian, the key's own notes (its ♭2 is a passing note)\n4 | Ab13       # extended dominant: V7 of Db7sus\n5 | Db7sus     # I7sus4 before its dominant: Mixolydian, the 4th is a chord tone here\n6 | Db7sus\n6 | Db13b9     # V7\u002FIV in Db: the b9 from the symbol\n7 | GbMaj7     # the Db13b9 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n7 | Gb7#9      # IV7 in Db, not resolving: the #11 is in the key, b9 and #9 from the symbol\n8 | F#mMaj7    # from the symbol: minor-major 7th\n8 | Ab13       # V7 of Db: natural tensions\n\nsection: C\n1 | DbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1 | Db9#5      # V7\u002FIV in Db: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n2 | GbMaj7     # the Db9#5 before it makes Gb the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n2 | Eb7        # II7 in Db, not resolving: natural tensions\n3 | DbMaj7\u002FAb  # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4 | Ab7sus     # static sus: Mixolydian\n4 | Eadd9\u002FG#   # ♭III, borrowed from Db minor: Lydian (its ♯11 is in the key)\n5 | DbMaj7     # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5 | Bb7        # extended dominant: each one falls a fifth into the next: natural tensions\n6 | Eb7        # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n6 | Ab7        # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to G7\n6 | G7         # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to GbMaj7\n",1793575903313]