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16-Bar Form

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. Cmaj7 Imaj7
  3. Dm7 ii7
  4. G7 V7
  5. Em7 iii7
  6. A7 VI7
  7. Dm7 ii7
  8. G7 V7
  1. Cmaj7 Imaj7
  2. C7 I7
  3. Fmaj7 IVmaj7
  4. Fm7 iv7 B♭7 ♭VII7
  5. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  6. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  7. Cmaj7 Imaj7
  8. Dm7 ii7 G7 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.

Reharmonize Analyze these changes