- 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.