My Funny Valentine

Richard Rodgers

BalladC-4/4

53

chords

16

different scales

7

tonal centres

First bars

C-6D-7b5 G7(b9)C-7F7

Eight half-diminished chords in fifty-three, the first arriving in the second bar. The half-diminished is the chord that most divides readings: there's the one that gets taught, and there's the one Thiago considers the only elegant option.

Fifty-three chords, seven centres, sixteen scales. The tune leaves the minor for the major at the end, and that passage is where almost everyone keeps playing the previous scale.

The full analysis of this song

  • The scale for every chord
  • The triads
  • The arpeggio
  • The reason behind the choice
  • The player in all 12 keys
  • Thiago's commentary
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