Black and Tan Fantasy by Duke Ellington & Bubber Miley
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 34 steps · 14 unique chords
B♭m7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: B♭ minor · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 4
Form: Lead-in → A Section → B Section → B Section
Where these chords come from: a lead sheet of this public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive and preserved in the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). It describes the song as written, not any particular recording. This page shows that lead sheet as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.
Section by section
Lead-in
- B♭m7
i7
A Section
- E♭m7 – B♭m7 – F7 – B♭m7
iv7 – i7 – V7 – i7
B Section 1
- G♭7 – F7 – G♭7 – B♭ – Dm7 – D♭dim7 – Cm7 – E♭m7 – B♭ – C7 – F7 – B♭7 – Gaug7 – C7 – F7
bVI7 – V7 – bVI7 – I – iii7 – biii°7 – ii7 – iv7 – I – II7 – V7 – I7 – VI+7 – II7 – V7
B Section 2
- B♭7 – E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭7 – G♭7 – B♭ – Dm7 – D♭dim7 – Cm7 – E♭m7 – B♭ – C7 – F7 – B♭7
I7 – IV7 – bVII7 – bIII7 – bVI7 – I – iii7 – biii°7 – ii7 – iv7 – I – II7 – V7 – I7
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| B♭m7 | i7 | Home chord (tonic) | Lead-in, A Section |
| E♭m7 | iv7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| F7 | V7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| G♭7 | bVI7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| B♭ | I | Borrowed from B♭ major | B Section |
| Dm7 | iii7 | Borrowed from B♭ major | B Section |
| D♭dim7 | biii°7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Cm7 | ii7 | Borrowed from B♭ major | B Section |
| C7 | II7 | Secondary dominant (V/V) | B Section |
| B♭7 | I7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Gaug7 | VI+7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| E♭7 | IV7 | Secondary dominant (V/bVII) | B Section |
| A♭7 | bVII7 | In the key | B Section |
| D♭7 | bIII7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
Harmonic highlights
- B♭ (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ major.
- Dm7 (iii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ major.
- Cm7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ major.
- C7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.
- E♭7 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to A♭7.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
- Section names: detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases; a phrase that comes back keeps its letter). Lead sheets rarely print section names.
- Not verified: only one lead sheet of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the public-domain lead sheet listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018)Community lead sheet
Chords as written in a lead sheet of a public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive; not checked against a recording.
Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead-in | B♭m7 | B♭2, F3 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 2 | A Section | E♭m7 | E♭2, B♭2 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 3 | A Section | B♭m7 | B♭2, F3 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 4 | A Section | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 5 | A Section | B♭m7 | B♭2, F3 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 6 | B Section 1 | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 7 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 8 | B Section 1 | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 9 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 10 | B Section 1 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 11 | B Section 1 | D♭dim7 | D♭2, D♭3 | C♭♭4, F♭4, A♭♭4 | — |
| 12 | B Section 1 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | B♭3, E♭4, G4 | — |
| 13 | B Section 1 | E♭m7 | E♭2, B♭2 | B♭3, D♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 14 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 15 | B Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | B♭3, E4, G4 | — |
| 16 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 17 | B Section 1 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 18 | B Section 1 | Gaug7 | G2, G3 | D♯4, F4, B4 | — |
| 19 | B Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 20 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 21 | B Section 2 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 22 | B Section 2 | E♭7 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, D♭5 | — |
| 23 | B Section 2 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | G♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 24 | B Section 2 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | F4, A♭4, C♭5 | — |
| 25 | B Section 2 | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | F♭4, B♭4, D♭5 | — |
| 26 | B Section 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 27 | B Section 2 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 28 | B Section 2 | D♭dim7 | D♭2, D♭3 | F♭4, A♭♭4, C♭♭5 | — |
| 29 | B Section 2 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | E♭4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 30 | B Section 2 | E♭m7 | E♭2, B♭2 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 31 | B Section 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 32 | B Section 2 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 33 | B Section 2 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 34 | B Section 2 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |