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Bebop Rhythm Changes in A

Rhythm changes as bebop players play them: VI7 and iii-VI turnarounds in the A sections, a ii-V into IV in bar 5, and a ii-V on each dominant of the bridge.

120 BPM
Practice in all 12 keys
  1. A6 I6 F♯7 VI7
  2. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  3. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  4. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  5. Em7 v7 A7 I7
  6. D7 IV7 D♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  8. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  1. A6 I6 F♯7 VI7
  2. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  3. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  4. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  5. Em7 v7 A7 I7
  6. D7 IV7 D♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  8. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  1. G♯m7 vii7 C♯7 III7
  3. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  5. F♯m7 vi7 B7 II7
  7. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  1. A6 I6 F♯7 VI7
  2. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  3. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7
  4. A6 I6
  5. Em7 v7 A7 I7
  6. D7 IV7 D♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. C♯m7 iii7 F♯7 VI7
  8. Bm7 ii7 E7 V7

Four-note rootless voicings in their two forms, with the 3rd or the 7th on the bottom, played over the root.

Customize each chord
Meter
4/4
Form
A-A-B-A
Bars
32
Usual key
Bb

With a new chord every two beats, the A sections become an almost continuous chain of ii-Vs, which is why the form is a test piece at jam sessions, usually fast and in Bb. Rhythm sections mix these changes with the original ones freely. Practice the A section in two-bar pieces, and the bridge as four ii-Vs falling in fifths.

Reharmonize Analyze these changes

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