Quarter to Three by Gary U.S. Bonds

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 11

Form: Solo → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Solo ×2 → Bridge → Verse → Solo ×2

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

Solo 1

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭
  I – vi – IV – V

Verse 1

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭
  I – vi – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• A♭ – E♭ – A♭ – B♭7
  IV – I – IV – V7

Verse 3

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭ – E♭
  I – vi – IV – V – I

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 3

Same chords as Solo 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 3.

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 5

Same chords as Solo 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0571, 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.