[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:the-three-marias":3},"title: The Three Marias\ncomposer: Wayne Shorter\nstyle: Medium funk ballad\nkey: Ab\nform: AABCDDEFG, 76 bars\ncontext: modal\ntime: 6\u002F4\nrecording: Wayne Shorter; Atlantis; Columbia; 1985\nyoutube: bYjfHviuOGM\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; Ab, modal\n# recording: recorded and released 1985, the first recording of it (Wikipedia, YouTube Topic credits)\n# book: quarter = 94\n# the book prints separate bass and keyboard parts; where the lead sheet compresses a passage, the bar count follows them\n# \"Ab bass\": the bass alone on Ab (the keyboard part marks it N.C.) until Ab Eb7sus\u002FBb and the last chord on the last beats\n\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: Intro\nbars: 8\n1  | EbMaj7#5\u002FF   # from the symbol: #5\n2  | Eb\u002FF         # modal major: Lydian\n2  | EbMaj7#5\u002FF   # from the symbol: #5\n3  | F\u002FG          # modal major: Lydian\n3  | FMaj7#5\u002FG    # from the symbol: #5\n4  | G\u002FA          # modal major: Lydian\n4  | GMaj7#5\u002FA    # from the symbol: #5\n5  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | Db\u002FEb        # modal major: Lydian\n6  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n6  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n6  | Db\u002FEb        # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Gb\u002FAb        # modal major: Lydian\n\nsection: A\n1  | Gb\u002FAb        # modal major: Lydian\n3  | C#m9         # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | A13          # modal: its own mode\n3  | GMaj7\u002FA      # modal major: Lydian\n4  | GMaj7#5\u002FA    # from the symbol: #5\n5  | EMaj9        # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Bbm7(add11)  # modal minor: Dorian\n6  | DbMaj7\u002FEb    # modal major: Lydian\n6  | Bbm7(add11)  # modal minor: Dorian\n7  | DbMaj7\u002FEb    # modal major: Lydian\n# 1st ending bars 5–7 as in the bass and keyboard parts (the lead sheet writes it in two bars: Emaj9 Bbm7(add 11) | Dbmaj7\u002FEb Bbm7(add 11) Dbmaj7\u002FEb)\n8  | EMaj9        # modal major: Lydian\n8  | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n8  | C7sus4\u002FG     # static sus: Mixolydian\n8  | A\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n@ending 1 5 7\n@ending 2 8\n\nsection: B\n# bars 1–6: the book writes Bm9 E13 | Bm9(b13) E13 with a repeat, 3 times\n1  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n1  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n2  | Bm9b13       # from the symbol: b6\n2  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n3  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n4  | Bm9b13       # from the symbol: b6\n4  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n5  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n5  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n6  | Bm9b13       # from the symbol: b6\n6  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n7  | C\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n7  | D13          # modal: its own mode\n8  | Db\u002FEb        # modal major: Lydian\n10 | C#m9         # modal minor: Dorian\n10 | A13          # modal: its own mode\n10 | GMaj7\u002FA      # modal major: Lydian\n11 | GMaj7#5\u002FA    # from the symbol: #5\n12 | EMaj9        # modal major: Lydian\n12 | Bbm7(add11)  # modal minor: Dorian\n12 | Eb7#5b9      # modal: its own mode; b9, #11 and b13 from the symbol\n13 | Eb7#5b9\n13 | Abm9         # modal minor: Dorian\n13 | Db7#5b9      # modal: its own mode; b9, #11 and b13 from the symbol\n14 | Db7#5b9\n14 | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n\nsection: C\nbars: 7\n1  | BbMaj7\u002FD     # modal major: Lydian\n2  | GMaj7\u002FD      # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Gm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | Gm9\u002FF        # modal minor: Dorian\n4  | Em9b5        # modal minor: Dorian\n4  | C13#11       # modal: its own mode; #11 from the symbol\n# book: D\u002FC7 (a D triad over C7)\n4  | B13#11       # modal: its own mode; #11 from the symbol\n# book: C#\u002FB7 (a C# triad over B7)\n5  | Bbm9         # modal minor: Dorian\n# book: Bbm9(add 13)\n5  | Bbm9\u002FAb      # modal minor: Dorian\n6  | Ab\u002FDb        # modal major: Lydian\n6  | BbMaj9\u002FC     # modal major: Lydian\n# bar 7: BbMaj9\u002FC held\n\nsection: D1\n1  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n1  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n1  | Db\u002FEb        # modal major: Lydian\n2  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n2  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n2  | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n# bar 3: E\u002FF# held\n4  | BMaj9        # modal major: Lydian\n# book: Bmaj9(add 13)\n4  | AMaj7\u002FB      # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Dm7b5        # #ivø7 in Ab: Locrian, its own mode (the chord is outside the key)\n5  | Ab\u002FBb        # modal major: Lydian\n5  | G\u002FC          # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Am9          # modal minor: Dorian\n6  | D\u002FE          # modal major: Lydian\n7  | Ab\u002FC         # modal major: Lydian\n@time 3 3\u002F4\n@time 4 6\u002F4\n\nsection: D2\ncopy: D1\n\nsection: E\n1  | Gb\u002FAb        # modal major: Lydian\n3  | C#m9         # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | C#m9\u002FB       # modal minor: Dorian\n4  | Gb(add9)\u002FBb  # modal major: Lydian\n5  | Gb(add9)\u002FBb\n5  | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n5  | C7sus4\u002FG     # static sus: Mixolydian\n5  | A\u002FG#         # modal major: Lydian\n7  | A\u002FC#         # modal major: Lydian\n\nsection: F\n# bars 1–6: the book writes Bm9 E13 | A13\u002FB E13 and a 2-bar repeat twice\n1  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n1  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n2  | A13\u002FB        # modal: its own mode\n2  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n3  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n4  | A13\u002FB        # modal: its own mode\n4  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n5  | Bm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n5  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n6  | A13\u002FB        # modal: its own mode\n6  | E13          # modal: its own mode\n7  | C\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n7  | D13          # modal: its own mode\n8  | DbMaj7\u002FEb    # modal major: Lydian\n10 | C#m9         # modal minor: Dorian\n10 | A\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n10 | E\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n10 | A\u002FD          # modal major: Lydian\n# bar 10: the bass part writes C#m9 A\u002FD only\n11 | AMaj7\u002FD      # modal major: Lydian\n11 | C#m7         # modal minor: Dorian\n11 | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n11 | C#m\u002FF#       # modal minor: Dorian\n# book: bar 11 has E\u002FF# E7\u002FF# before C#m\u002FF# (five chords; the bass part's four are written)\n12 | F#m\u002FE        # modal minor: Dorian\n12 | F#sus\u002FE      # static sus: Mixolydian\n12 | Ab\u002FC         # modal major: Lydian\n# alt (optional): bar 12, last beat (D\u002FC)\n13 | F#m\u002FE        # modal minor: Dorian\n13 | F#sus\u002FE      # static sus: Mixolydian\n13 | Ab\u002FC         # modal major: Lydian\n13 | D\u002FC          # modal major: Lydian\n14 | F#m\u002FE        # modal minor: Dorian\n14 | F#sus\u002FE      # static sus: Mixolydian\n14 | Ab\u002FC         # modal major: Lydian\n14 | Abm\u002FCb       # modal minor: Dorian\n15 | Bb7          # modal: its own mode\n# bar 15: Bb7 enters on the last beat of bar 14 and is held through it\n@time 15 3\u002F4\n\nsection: G\nbars: 7\n1  | F\u002FA          # modal major: Lydian\n1  | Ddim\u002FA       # passing diminished: a rootless dominant ♭9; not functioning diatonically: the symmetric scale\n2  | GMaj7\u002FA      # modal major: Lydian\n3  | Gm9          # modal minor: Dorian\n3  | Gm9\u002FF        # modal minor: Dorian\n4  | BbMaj7#5\u002FE   # from the symbol: #5\n4  | C13#11       # modal: its own mode; #11 from the symbol\n# book: D\u002FC7 (a D triad over C7)\n4  | B13#11       # modal: its own mode; #11 from the symbol\n# book: C#\u002FB7 (a C# triad over B7)\n5  | Bbm9         # modal minor: Dorian\n# book: Bbm9(add 13)\n5  | Bbm9\u002FAb      # modal minor: Dorian\n6  | Ab\u002FDb        # modal major: Lydian\n6  | BbMaj9\u002FC     # modal major: Lydian\n# bar 7: BbMaj9\u002FC held\n\nsection: Ending\nbars: 4\n# Ending bar 1: a vamp, played 7 times (flute tacet the 1st and 2nd times); bar 2 ends on E\u002FF# with a fermata\n1  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n1  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n1  | Db\u002FEb        # modal major: Lydian\n2  | Ab           # modal major: Lydian\n2  | Eb7sus4\u002FBb   # static sus: Mixolydian\n2  | E\u002FF#         # modal major: Lydian\n",1793484803953]