Geni – Bill Hardman

A tender, passionate ballad. The melody has a standard-like quality, very lyrical and logically constructed. The melody of the bridge has a similar direction to that of the A section, but in a higher register while still in the same key. The changes are colorful, with a lot of passing chords and smooth voice leading, though largely diatonic to F major. D minor is visited in the sixth measure of both the A and B sections. The last measure of the first A section includes a brief resolution to G♭ major before returning to F. At the end of the second A section, D♭maj7 is inserted between C7 and the tonic F chord; this also appears in the C section. In the last measure of the bridge, a rising series of chords in eighth notes leads to Dm7 at the beginning of the C section. This section has the same melody as the second A but is harmonized differently, with simpler changes—mostly two chords per measure rather than three or four.

On the recording, there is an intro which reappears as an ending, with a D minor tonality; this is not particularly related to the rest of the song and is not included in our lead sheets.