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Chords & Changes

I Got Rhythm

I Got Rhythm — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

I Got Rhythm was composed by George Gershwin. The lyrics are credited to Ira Gershwin. It dates from 1930. It is in Bb major, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Bb major

Section A1

Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Bb7
Eb6Edim7
Bb6F7
Bb6

Section A2

Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Bb7
Eb6Edim7
Bb6F7
Bb6

Section B1

D7
D7
G7
G7
C7
C7
F7
F7

Section A3

Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Gm7
Cm7F7
Bb6Bb7
Eb6Edim7
Bb6F7
Bb6

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Dizzy Gillespie Sextet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1952
  • The Nat King Cole Trio — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1991
  • George Gershwin — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1991
  • [unknown male vocal with piano accompaniment] — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2002
  • Charlie Parker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Dickie Wells (trombone) — Lester's Be-Bop Boogie, Lester Young
    Swing · 243 bpm · swing feel
    2006

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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