I Want to Take You Higher by Ike & Tina Turner
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 5 steps · 1 unique chords · 1970s
A♭7♯9
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 1 · Sections: 12
Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Solo → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription 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
Intro
- A♭7♯9
I7#9
Verse 1
- A♭7♯9
I7#9
Chorus 1
- A♭7♯9
I7#9
Interlude 1
- A♭7♯9
I7#9
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Interlude 2
Same chords as Interlude 1.
Solo
- A♭7♯9
I7#9
Chorus 3
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Interlude 3
Same chords as Interlude 1.
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 4
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| A♭7♯9 | I7#9 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Intro, Verse, Chorus, Interlude, Solo |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0204, CC0), via ChoCo.
- Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0204, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | A♭7♯9 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4, B4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1 | A♭7♯9 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4, B4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1 | A♭7♯9 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4, B4 | — |
| 4 | Interlude 1 | A♭7♯9 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4, B4 | — |
| 5 | Solo | A♭7♯9 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4, B4 | — |