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Jazz Forms: 16 Bars
Characteristics, harmonic analysis and examples Updated 2025 Jazz Standards with a 16 Bar Form Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham)Four (Miles Davis)Lady Bird (Tadd Dameron)Pent Up House (Sonny Rollins)Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)Sugar (Stanley Turrentine)St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)Summertime (George Gershwin)Sunny (Bobby Hebb)Tune Up (Miles Davis)When The Saints Go Marching In (Traditional) 16 Bar Form: Harmonic Paradigm Sunny (Bobby Hebb) https://youtu.be/e21Nd58LrNQ https://youtu.be/6307MD4mChs Tune Up (Miles Davis) Tune Up has an A16-B16 form, with three major II-V-I progressions: Dmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Bbmaj7. Introduction to the Study of the II-V-I Progression https://youtu.be/1XhzEmbBD5s St. Read more…
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“So What” (Miles Davis): Analysis
Harmonic analysis, improvisation resources and recordings of the jazz standard composed by Miles Davis Updated 2025 “So What” is a jazz standard composed by Miles Davis. It´s the first track on the 1959 album Kind of Blue (1959). The style of “So What” is modal jazz, swing rhythm and A8-A8-B8-A8 form. The key of “So What” is D dorian minor with a modulation to Eb dorian minor on the B section (bridge). Scale and mode are equivalent terms, scale is used in a tonal context and mode is used in a modal context. Read more…
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100 Jazz Standards for Beginners
Basic jazz standards listed in different orders Updated 2025 100 Basic Jazz Standards Tip: learn the form of the jazz standard before playing it. Read more…
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10 Jazz Standards for Beginners
Characteristics, analysis, and examples of jazz standards that can be considered models of study Updated 2025 Characteristics Form: rhythm changes, blues, 16 bars, AABA and variations. Style: dixieland, swing, bebop, cool, modal, hardbop, bossa nova and fusion. II-V-I: major and minor. Color: major, dominant and minor. Rhythm: swing and latin. Key: C, F, Bb, D. Chord families: diatonic, secondary dominants, extended dominants, substitute dominants, modal interchange and diminished chords. 1 “I Got Rhythm” (George Gershwin) (1930) Form: rhythm changes Style: swing II-V-I: major Color: major and minor Key: Bb Rhythm: swing Chord families: diatonic, secondary dominants, extended dominants, passing diminished. Read more…