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<p>The <b>Rhythm changes</b> is a common 32-<a href="Bar_(music)" title="Bar (music)">bar</a> <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> <a href="Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a> derived from <a href="George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>'s "<a href="I_Got_Rhythm" title="I Got Rhythm">I Got Rhythm</a>". The progression is in <a href="Thirty-two-bar_form" title="Thirty-two-bar form">AABA form</a>, with each A section based on repetitions of the ubiquitous <a href="I%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%93ii%E2%80%93V" class="mw-redirect" title="I–vi–ii–V">I–vi–ii–V</a> sequence (or variants such as iii–vi–ii–V), and the B section using a <a href="Circle_progression" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle progression">circle of fifths sequence</a> based on III<sup>7</sup>–VI<sup>7</sup>–II<sup>7</sup>–V<sup>7</sup>, a progression which is sometimes given <a href="Passing_chord" title="Passing chord">passing chords</a>.
</p><p>This pattern, "one of the most common vehicles for improvisation,"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> forms the basis of countless (usually uptempo) jazz <a href="Musical_composition" title="Musical composition">compositions</a> and was popular with <a href="Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a>-era and <a href="Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a> musicians. For example, it is the basis of <a href="Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>'s "<a href="Cotton_Tail" title="Cotton Tail">Cotton Tail</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Luvenia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luvenia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="Charlie_Christian" title="Charlie Christian">Charlie Christian</a>'s "Seven Come Eleven,"<sup id="cite_ref-Yaffe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yaffe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>'s "<a href="Salt_Peanuts" title="Salt Peanuts">Salt Peanuts</a>,"<sup id="cite_ref-Yaffe_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yaffe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a>'s "<a href="Rhythm-a-Ning" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm-a-Ning">Rhythm-a-Ning</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Yaffe_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yaffe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earliest known use of rhythm changes was by <a href="Sidney_Bechet" title="Sidney Bechet">Sidney Bechet</a> in his September 15, 1932<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recording of "Shag" (two years after the first performance of "I Got Rhythm" on Broadway) with his "New Orleans Feetwarmers" group.<sup id="cite_ref-money_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In pop culture, "<a href="Meet_the_Flintstones" title="Meet the Flintstones">Meet the Flintstones</a>", (c. 1960, Curtin/Hanna/Barbera) is based on the rhythm changes, thereby being a <a href="Contrafact" title="Contrafact">contrafact</a> of "I Got Rhythm".
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>This progression's endurance in popularity is largely due to its extensive use by early <a href="Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a> musicians. The chord changes began to be used in the 1930s, became common in the '40s and '50s, and are now ubiquitous.<sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First, "I Got Rhythm" was by then already a popular <a href="Jazz_standard" title="Jazz standard">jazz standard</a>. Second, by listening to the song and writing a new melody over its chord changes, thereby creating a composition of a type now known as a <a href="Contrafact" title="Contrafact">contrafact</a>, a jazz musician could claim <a href="Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> to the new melody rather than acknowledge Gershwin's inspiration and pay <a href="Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalties</a> to Gershwin's estate. Third, using a stock, well-known progression for new melodies made it easier to perform a song at <a href="Jam_session" title="Jam session">jam sessions</a>, shows, and recordings because the bandleader could tell new musicians that the song uses rhythm changes and note any modifications and <a href="Chord_substitution" title="Chord substitution">chord substitutions</a>.
</p><p>For contemporary musicians, mastery of the <a href="Twelve-bar_blues" title="Twelve-bar blues">12-bar blues</a> and rhythm changes chord progressions are "critical elements for building a jazz <a href="Repertoire" title="Repertoire">repertoire</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chords">Chords</h2></div>
<p>The rhythm changes is a <a href="Thirty-two-bar_form" title="Thirty-two-bar form">32-bar</a> AABA <a href="Musical_form" title="Musical form">form</a> with each section consisting of eight bars, and four 8-bar <a href="Section_(music)" title="Section (music)">sections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitzer200181_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpitzer200181-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="Roman_numeral_analysis" title="Roman numeral analysis">roman numeral</a> shorthand, the original chords used in the A section are:
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<td width="25%">I vi
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<td width="25%">ii V
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<td width="25%">I vi
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<td width="25%">ii V
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<p>a 2-bar <a href="Phrase_(music)" title="Phrase (music)">phrase</a>, <a href="I%E2%88%92vi%E2%88%92ii%E2%88%92V" class="mw-redirect" title="I−vi−ii−V">I−vi−ii−V</a> (often modified to I–VI–ii–V), played twice,<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by a 4-bar phrase
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<td width="25%">I I<sup>7</sup>
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<td width="25%">IV iv
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<td width="25%">I V
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<td width="25%">I
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<p>In a <a href="Jazz_band" title="Jazz band">jazz band</a>, these chord changes are usually played in the <a href="Key_(music)" title="Key (music)">key</a> of B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with various <a href="Chord_substitution" title="Chord substitution">chord substitutions</a>. Here is a typical form for the A section with various common substitutions, including bVII<sup>7</sup> in place of the minor iv chord; the addition of a <a href="Ii%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93I_progression" title="Ii–V–I progression">ii–V progression</a> (Fm<sup>7</sup>–B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span><sup>7</sup>) that briefly <a href="Tonicized" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonicized">tonicizes</a> the IV chord, E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>; using iii in place of I in bar 7 (the end of the first A section); and using a ii-V-I in place of I-V-I in bars 15 and 16 (the end of the second A section):
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<p>The "<a href="Bridge_(music)" title="Bridge (music)">bridge</a>" consists of a series of <a href="Dominant_seventh_chord" title="Dominant seventh chord">dominant seventh chords</a> (III<sup>7</sup>–VI<sup>7</sup>–II<sup>7</sup>–V<sup>7</sup>) that follow the <a href="Circle_of_fourths" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle of fourths">circle of fourths</a> (<a href="Ragtime_progression" title="Ragtime progression">ragtime progression</a>), sustained for two bars each, greatly slowing the <a href="Harmonic_rhythm" title="Harmonic rhythm">harmonic rhythm</a> as a contrast with the A sections. This is known as the <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">
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</style><span class="vanchor"><span class="vanchor-text">Sears Roebuck bridge</span></span></b>, named after <a href="Sears" title="Sears">Sears, Roebuck and Co.</a><sup id="cite_ref-Holbrook_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holbrook-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The B section is followed by a final A section
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<p>Variant versions of changes are common due to the popularity of adding interest with <a href="Chord_substitution" title="Chord substitution">chord substitutions</a>, <a href="Passing_chord" title="Passing chord">passing chords</a>, and changes of <a href="Chord_quality" class="mw-redirect" title="Chord quality">chord quality</a>. Bebop players, for instance, would often superimpose series of ii–V progressions (passing sequences of <a href="Minor_seventh_chord" title="Minor seventh chord">minor seventh</a> and <a href="Dominant_seventh" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominant seventh">dominant seventh</a> chords) or other substitutions for interesting or in order to discourage less experienced musicians from "sitting in" on the bandstand. The opening I chord was <a href="Sixth_chord" title="Sixth chord">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span><sup>6</sup></a> in Gershwin's original, but beboppers changed it to <a href="Major_seventh_chord" title="Major seventh chord">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span><sup>M7</sup></a> or <a href="Dominant_seventh_chord" title="Dominant seventh chord">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span><sup>7</sup></a>. For instance, the B section may appear as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-R&B_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R&B-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>An even more adventurous bebop-style substitution is to convert C<sup>7</sup> | C<sup>7</sup> | F<sup>7</sup> | F<sup>7</sup> to Gm<sup>7</sup> | C<sup>7</sup> | Cm<sup>7</sup> | F<sup>7</sup>, and then further develop this substitution by changing this to Am<sup>7</sup> D<sup>7</sup> | Gm<sup>7</sup> C<sup>7</sup> | Dm<sup>7</sup> G<sup>7</sup> | Cm<sup>7</sup> F<sup>7</sup>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2></div>
<p>The following is a partial list of songs based on the rhythm changes:
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<caption>"Rhythm Changes" contrafacts
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<th>Title</th>
<th>Artist</th>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Source
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<td><a href="Anthropology_(composition)" title="Anthropology (composition)">Anthropology</a></td>
<td><a href="Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a>/<a href="Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a></td>
<td>1946</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Cotton_Tail" title="Cotton Tail">Cotton Tail</a></td>
<td><a href="Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a></td>
<td>1940</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Luvenia_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luvenia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yaffe_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yaffe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Crazeology</td>
<td><a href="Benny_Harris" title="Benny Harris">Benny Harris</a></td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Dexterity</td>
<td>Charlie Parker</td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
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<td><a href="Sonny_Side_Up" title="Sonny Side Up">The Eternal Triangle</a></td>
<td><a href="Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a></td>
<td>1957</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="The_Thing_to_Do_(album)" title="The Thing to Do (album)">Fungii Mama</a></td>
<td><a href="Blue_Mitchell" title="Blue Mitchell">Blue Mitchell</a></td>
<td>1964</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gee (solo section)</td>
<td><a href="Gustavo_Assis-Brasil" title="Gustavo Assis-Brasil">Gustavo Assis-Brasil</a></td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Lester_Leaps_In" title="Lester Leaps In">Lester Leaps In</a></td>
<td><a href="Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a></td>
<td>1939</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Moose_the_Mooche" title="Moose the Mooche">Moose the Mooche</a></td>
<td>Charlie Parker</td>
<td>1946</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Oleo_(composition)" title="Oleo (composition)">Oleo</a></td>
<td><a href="Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a></td>
<td>1954</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Bird_and_Diz" title="Bird and Diz">Passport</a></td>
<td>Charlie Parker</td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>O Latido do cachorro</td>
<td><a href="David_Feldman_(musician)" title="David Feldman (musician)">David Feldman</a></td>
<td></td>
<td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Rhythm-A-Ning" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm-A-Ning">Rhythm-A-Ning</a></td>
<td><a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a></td>
<td>1957</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Serpent's Tooth</td>
<td><a href="Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Steeplechase</td>
<td>Charlie Parker</td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-Spitzer_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spitzer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Straighten_Up_and_Fly_Right" title="Straighten Up and Fly Right">Straighten Up and Fly Right</a></td>
<td><a href="Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a></td>
<td>1943</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Theme</td>
<td>Miles Davis</td>
<td>1955</td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tiptoe</td>
<td>Thad Jones</td>
<td></td>
<td><sup id="cite_ref-money_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The component A and B sections of rhythm changes were also sometimes used for other tunes. For instance, <a href="Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a>'s "<a href="Scrapple_from_the_Apple" title="Scrapple from the Apple">Scrapple from the Apple</a>" and <a href="Juan_Tizol" title="Juan Tizol">Juan Tizol</a>'s "<a href="Perdido_(song)" title="Perdido (song)">Perdido</a>" both use a different progression for the A section while using the rhythm changes bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitzer200171_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpitzer200171-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Scrapple from the Apple" uses the chord changes of "<a href="Honeysuckle_Rose_(song)" title="Honeysuckle Rose (song)">Honeysuckle Rose</a>" for the A section but replaces the B section with III<sup>7</sup>–VI<sup>7</sup>–II<sup>7</sup>–V<sup>7</sup>.
</p><p>Other tunes use the A section of "Rhythm" but have a different bridge. <a href="Tadd_Dameron" title="Tadd Dameron">Tadd Dameron</a>'s "<a href="Good_Bait" title="Good Bait">Good Bait</a>" uses the A section of the Rhythm changes and then in the B section it again re-uses the A section of Rhythm Changes but transposed up by a perfect fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitzer200172_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpitzer200172-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Montgomery-Ward_bridge" title="Montgomery-Ward bridge">Montgomery-Ward bridge</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>R., Ken (2012). <i>DOG EAR Tritone Substitution for Jazz Guitar</i>, Amazon Digital Services, ASIN: B008FRWNIW</li></ul>
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<li><a href="Double_tonic" title="Double tonic">Double tonic</a></li>
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<li><a href="Turnaround_(music)" title="Turnaround (music)">Turnaround</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By number<br>of chords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="Three-chord_song" title="Three-chord song">Three</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="I%E2%80%93IV%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93I" title="I–IV–V–I">I–IV–V–I</a></li>
<li><a href="Ii%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93I_progression" title="Ii–V–I progression">ii–V–I turnaround</a></li>
<li><a href="V%E2%80%93IV%E2%80%93I_turnaround" title="V–IV–I turnaround">V–IV–I turnaround</a></li>
<li><a href="%E2%99%ADVII%E2%80%93V7_cadence" title="♭VII–V7 cadence"><span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>VII–V<sup>7</sup> cadence</a></li>
<li><a href="Backdoor_progression" title="Backdoor progression">Backdoor progression</a></li>
<li><a href="Eight-bar_blues" title="Eight-bar blues">Eight-bar blues</a></li>
<li><a href="Twelve-bar_blues" title="Twelve-bar blues">Twelve-bar blues</a> (<a href="Bird_changes" title="Bird changes">"Bird" changes</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Sixteen-bar_blues" title="Sixteen-bar blues">Sixteen-bar blues</a></li>
<li><a href="Passamezzo_moderno" title="Passamezzo moderno">Passamezzo moderno</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Four</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="'50s_progression" title="'50s progression">'50s progression</a></li>
<li><a href="Andalusian_cadence" title="Andalusian cadence">Andalusian cadence</a></li>
<li><a href="Fol%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Folía">Folía</a></li>
<li><a href="Vi%E2%80%93ii%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93I" title="Vi–ii–V–I">vi–ii–V–I</a></li>
<li><a href="Montgomery-Ward_bridge" title="Montgomery-Ward bridge">Montgomery-Ward bridge</a></li>
<li><a href="Passamezzo_antico" title="Passamezzo antico">Passamezzo antico</a></li>
<li><a href="I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%93IV_progression" title="I–V–vi–IV progression">I–V–vi–IV</a> (<a href="List_of_songs_containing_the_I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%93IV_progression" class="mw-redirect" title="List of songs containing the I–V–vi–IV progression">list</a>)</li>
<li><a href="IV%E2%96%B37%E2%80%93V7%E2%80%93iii7%E2%80%93vi_progression" class="mw-redirect" title="IV△7–V7–iii7–vi progression">IV<sup>△7</sup>–V<sup>7</sup>–iii<sup>7</sup>–vi</a></li>
<li><a href="Romanesca" title="Romanesca">Romanesca</a></li>
<li><a href="Tadd_Dameron_turnaround" title="Tadd Dameron turnaround">Tadd Dameron turnaround</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By name</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="'50s_progression" title="'50s progression">50s</a></li>
<li><a href="Andalusian_cadence" title="Andalusian cadence">Andalusian cadence</a></li>
<li><a href="Backdoor_progression" title="Backdoor progression">Backdoor</a></li>
<li><a href="Bird_changes" title="Bird changes">"Bird" changes</a></li>
<li><a href="Contrafact" title="Contrafact">Borrowed (contrafact)</a></li>
<li><a href="Circle_progression" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle progression">Circle</a></li>
<li><a href="Coltrane_changes" title="Coltrane changes">Coltrane changes</a></li>
<li><a href="Omnibus_progression" title="Omnibus progression">Omnibus</a></li>
<li><a href="Passamezzo_antico" title="Passamezzo antico">Passamezzo antico</a></li>
<li><a href="Passamezzo_moderno" title="Passamezzo moderno">Passamezzo moderno</a></li>
<li><a href="Ragtime_progression" title="Ragtime progression">Ragtime</a></li>
<li><a href="Royal_road_progression" title="Royal road progression">Royal road progression</a></li>
<li><a href="Stomp_progression" title="Stomp progression">Stomp</a></li>
<li><a href="Tadd_Dameron_turnaround" title="Tadd Dameron turnaround">Tadd-Dameron</a></li>
<li><a href="Montgomery-Ward_bridge" title="Montgomery-Ward bridge">Montgomery-Ward bridge</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aeolian_mode#Aeolian_harmony" title="Aeolian mode">Aeolian harmony</a></li>
<li><a href="Chaconne" title="Chaconne">Chaconne</a></li>
<li><a href="Ground_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground bass">Ground bass</a> (<a href="Pachelbel's_Canon" title="Pachelbel's Canon">Pachelbel's Canon</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Irregular_resolution" title="Irregular resolution">Irregular resolution</a></li>
<li><a href="Galant_Schemata" title="Galant Schemata">Galant Schemata</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="List_of_chord_progressions" title="List of chord progressions">List of chord progressions</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Avoid_note" title="Avoid note">Avoid note</a></li>
<li><a href="Backdoor_progression" title="Backdoor progression">Backdoor progression</a></li>
<li><a href="Bar-line_shift" title="Bar-line shift">Bar-line shift</a></li>
<li><a href="Bebop_scale" title="Bebop scale">Bebop scale</a></li>
<li><a href="Bird_changes" title="Bird changes">Bird changes</a></li>
<li><a href="Block_chord" title="Block chord">Block chord</a></li>
<li><a href="Blue_note" title="Blue note">Blue note</a></li>
<li><a href="Cadenza" title="Cadenza">Cadenza</a></li>
<li><a href="Call_and_response_(music)" title="Call and response (music)">Call and response</a></li>
<li><a href="Chord-scale_system" title="Chord-scale system">Chord-scale system</a></li>
<li><a href="Chordioid" title="Chordioid">Chordioid</a></li>
<li><a href="Coltrane_changes" title="Coltrane changes">Coltrane changes</a></li>
<li><a href="Comping_(jazz)" title="Comping (jazz)">Comping</a></li>
<li><a href="Constant_structure" title="Constant structure">Constant structure</a></li>
<li><a href="Contrafact" title="Contrafact">Contrafact</a></li>
<li><a href="Electroacoustic_improvisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Electroacoustic improvisation">Electroacoustic improvisation</a></li>
<li><a href="Free_improvisation" title="Free improvisation">Free improvisation</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_free_improvising_musicians_and_groups" title="List of free improvising musicians and groups">List</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Groove_(music)" title="Groove (music)">Groove</a></li>
<li><a href="Harmolodics" title="Harmolodics">Harmolodics</a></li>
<li><a href="Jazz_harmony" title="Jazz harmony">Harmony</a></li>
<li><a href="Head_(music)" title="Head (music)">Head</a></li>
<li><a href="Jam_band" title="Jam band">Jam band</a></li>
<li><a href="Jam_session" title="Jam session">Jam session</a></li>
<li><a href="Jazz_chord" title="Jazz chord">Jazz chord</a>
<ul><li><a href="So_What_chord" title="So What chord">So What</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Jazz_improvisation" title="Jazz improvisation">Jazz improvisation</a></li>
<li><a href="Lead_sheet" title="Lead sheet">Lead sheet</a></li>
<li><a href="Melodic_pattern" title="Melodic pattern">Melodic pattern</a></li>
<li><a href="Outside_(jazz)" title="Outside (jazz)">Outside</a></li>
<li><a href="Polyrhythm" title="Polyrhythm">Polyrhythm</a></li>
<li><a href="Jazz_scale" title="Jazz scale">Scale</a></li>
<li><a href="Swing_(jazz_performance_style)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (jazz performance style)">Swing</a></li>
<li><a href="Syncopation" title="Syncopation">Syncopation</a></li>
<li><a href="Turnaround_(music)" title="Turnaround (music)">Turnaround</a>
<ul><li><a href="Ii%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93I_progression" title="Ii–V–I progression">ii-V-I</a></li>
<li><a href="Tadd_Dameron_turnaround" title="Tadd Dameron turnaround">Tadd Dameron</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Twelve-bar_blues" title="Twelve-bar blues">Twelve-bar blues</a></li>
<li><a href="Upper_structure" title="Upper structure">Upper structure</a></li></ul>
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