[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:things-aint-what-they-used-to-be":3},"title: Things Ain't What They Used to Be\naka: Time's A-Wastin'\nsubtitle: Medium blues\ncomposer: Mercer Ellington\nstyle: Blues\nkey: Db\nform: A, 12 bars\nrecording: Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra; Johnny Hodges and His Alto Sax; RCA Victor; 1952\nyoutube: e9zIftGZ5lc\n# analysis: 2026-10-22, rules v2; Db, blues\n# recording: recorded 1941-07-03, Hollywood, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Sonny Greer, matrix PBS-061348, the first recording of it; first issued on 78 (Bluebird B-11447, 1942, with Squatty Roo), first LP 10\" LPT-3000 (DAHR 1952; bsnpubs gives 1953); Mercer Ellington never recorded it first himself (DAHR, Wikipedia); video: \"Provided to YouTube by RCA Bluebird\", The Great Ellington Units, the 1941 take\n\n# bar | chord | scale\n\nsection: A\n1  | Db7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n5  | Gb7   # IV7 of the blues: a subdominant with dominant color, Mixolydian (the #11 is an extra color)\n7  | Db7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n9  | Ebm7  # ii of Ab7: Dorian\n10 | Ab7   # extended dominant: V7 of Db7\n11 | Db7   # I7 of the blues: a tonic with dominant color, Mixolydian\n11 | E7    # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Eb7\n12 | Eb7   # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to D7\n12 | D7    # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Db7\n",1793484804016]