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Bebop Rhythm Changes

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. C6 I6 A7 VI7
  2. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  3. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  4. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  5. Gm7 v7 C7 I7
  6. F7 IV7 F♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  8. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  1. C6 I6 A7 VI7
  2. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  3. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  4. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  5. Gm7 v7 C7 I7
  6. F7 IV7 F♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  8. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  1. Bm7 vii7 E7 III7
  3. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  5. Am7 vi7 D7 II7
  7. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  1. C6 I6 A7 VI7
  2. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  3. Dm7 ii7 G7 V7
  4. C6 I6
  5. Gm7 v7 C7 I7
  6. F7 IV7 F♯dim7 ♯iv°7
  7. Em7 iii7 A7 VI7
  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-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