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32-Bar AABA Form in Ab

A typical 32-bar AABA song form: eight-bar A sections built from I-vi-ii-V and iii-VI-ii-V, and a bridge that moves to IV and comes back through II7.

120 BPM
Practice in all 12 keys
  1. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  2. Fm7 vi7
  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. Fm7 vi7
  3. B♭m7 ii7
  4. E♭7 V7
  5. Cm7 iii7 F7 VI7
  6. B♭m7 ii7 E♭7 V7
  7. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  1. E♭m7 v7
  2. A♭7 I7
  3. D♭maj7 IVmaj7
  5. Fm7 vi7
  6. B♭7 II7
  7. B♭m7 ii7
  8. E♭7 V7
  1. A♭maj7 Imaj7
  2. Fm7 vi7
  3. B♭m7 ii7
  4. E♭7 V7
  5. Cm7 iii7 F7 VI7
  6. B♭m7 ii7 E♭7 V7
  7. A♭maj7 Imaj7

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

Most standards written between the 1920s and the 1950s have this shape: a theme stated twice, a contrasting bridge, and the theme again. This chart is a generic skeleton rather than any one song, but its moves (a ii-V into IV at the bridge, a II7 leading back to ii-V) turn up everywhere. Practice keeping your place in the form: play through it counting bars, and listen for where each section begins.

Reharmonize Analyze these changes