Five turnarounds in B major

Nathaniel School of Music, 2026

Key

B major

Form

5 turnarounds × 2 bars, then home

Level

6

The two bars that send a tune back to the top, five ways, in rootless voicings: diatonic, with secondary dominants, and with tritone substitutes. The iii chord is a plain m7 (its 9th would clash with the key); VI7 takes b9 and b13 because it leads to the minor ii chord.

Chords: Bmaj9 G#m9 C#m9 F#13 D#m7 G#m9 C#m9 F#13 Bmaj9 G#7(b9b13) C#m9 F#13 Bmaj9 G#7(b9b13) C#13 F#13 Bmaj9 D13 G13 C13 Bmaj9