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This Jazz Piano Tutorial is about Rhythm Changes.
After the 12 bar blues, the second most common chord progression is ‘Rhythm Changes’.
Rhythm Changes are a chord progression based on the song ‘I Got Rhythm’ by George Gershwin
‘I Got Rhythm’ technical details:
– Original song is 34 bars long (32 bars + 2 bar outro)
– ‘Rhythm Changes’ ignore the outro and are 32 bars
– AABA form (with standard 8 bar sections)
– In key of Bb Major
Now it’s important to understand that there is no single ‘Rhythm Changes’ chord progression. Rather, it is a number of different progressions all based off the original ‘I Got Rhythm’ chord progression.
At it’s simplest, Rhythm Changes are:
– Section A = Repeating I-VI-II-V
– Section B = Dominant 7 Cycle of Fifths ending on the Dominant of tonic key (F7 in the key of Bb Major)
But with a heap of chord substitutions.
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