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32-Bar AABA Form in G

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. Gmaj7 Imaj7
  2. Em7 vi7
  3. Am7 ii7
  4. D7 V7
  5. Bm7 iii7
  6. E7 VI7
  7. Am7 ii7
  8. D7 V7
  1. Gmaj7 Imaj7
  2. Em7 vi7
  3. Am7 ii7
  4. D7 V7
  5. Bm7 iii7 E7 VI7
  6. Am7 ii7 D7 V7
  7. Gmaj7 Imaj7
  1. Dm7 v7
  2. G7 I7
  3. Cmaj7 IVmaj7
  5. Em7 vi7
  6. A7 II7
  7. Am7 ii7
  8. D7 V7
  1. Gmaj7 Imaj7
  2. Em7 vi7
  3. Am7 ii7
  4. D7 V7
  5. Bm7 iii7 E7 VI7
  6. Am7 ii7 D7 V7
  7. Gmaj7 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