Situation by Yaz

Overview

Key: C♯ major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 13

Form: Chorus → Chorus ×5 → Interlude → Solo → Solo → Chorus ×4

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

Chorus 1

• D♯ – G♯
  II – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude

• C♯5 – B5 (×16)
  I5 – bVII5

Solo 1

• C♯5 – B5 (×4)
  I5 – bVII5

Solo 2

• D♯ – G♯
  II – V

Chorus 7

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 8

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 9

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 10

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, C♯ minor.
• D♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to G♯.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0594, 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.