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Bebop Rhythm Changes in D

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. D6 I6 B7 VI7
  2. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  3. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  4. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  5. Am7 v7 D7 I7
  6. G7 IV7 G♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  8. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  1. D6 I6 B7 VI7
  2. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  3. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  4. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  5. Am7 v7 D7 I7
  6. G7 IV7 G♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  8. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  1. C♯m7 vii7 F♯7 III7
  3. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  5. Bm7 vi7 E7 II7
  7. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  1. D6 I6 B7 VI7
  2. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  3. Em7 ii7 A7 V7
  4. D6 I6
  5. Am7 v7 D7 I7
  6. G7 IV7 G♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. F♯m7 iii7 B7 VI7
  8. Em7 ii7 A7 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

Variations