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16-Bar Form in Ab

A 16-bar form in two eight-bar halves: a statement that ends on V, and an answer that visits IV and the minor iv before cadencing home.

120 BPM
Practice in all 12 keys
  1. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  3. B♭m7 ii7
  4. E♭7 V7
  5. Cm7 iii7
  6. F7 VI7
  7. B♭m7 ii7
  8. E♭7 V7
  1. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  2. A♭7 I7
  3. D♭maj7 IVmaj7
  4. D♭m7 iv7 G♭7 ♭VII7
  5. Cm7 iii7 F7 VI7
  6. B♭m7 ii7 E♭7 V7
  7. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  8. B♭m7 ii7 E♭7 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-B
Bars
16

Many standards and jazz originals are 16 bars long, and a lot of them follow this outline: the first half wanders to a half cadence on V, then the second turns I7 into a dominant of IV, darkens to the minor iv with a backdoor ii-V, and comes home with a turnaround. Practice it as a template, and once its sound is in your ear, compare it with tunes you know.

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