Chords & Changes

My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

My Funny Valentine was composed by Richard Rodgers. The lyrics are credited to Lorenz Hart. It dates from 1937. It is in B minor, 36 bars long, and in AABC (8-8-8-12) form.

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Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

B minor
Fm
FmMaj7
Fm7
Fm6
Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Gm7b5
C7b9
Fm
FmMaj7
Fm7
Fm6
Dbmaj7
Bbm7
Bbm7
Eb7
Abmaj7Bbm7
Cm7Bbm7
Abmaj7Bbm7
Cm7Bbm7
Abmaj7C7
Fm7Ebm7D7
Dbmaj7
Gm7b5C7
Fm
FmMaj7
Fm7
Fm6
Dbmaj7
Gm7b5C7b9
Fm7E7
Ebm7Ab7
Dbmaj7
Bbm9Eb7
Ab6
Gm7b5C7

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)

  • Red Norvo — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1962
  • Frederica von Stade — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1990
  • Bluecoats — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1996
  • Thom Chambers — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2006
  • Ella Fitzgerald — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2007

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

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • J.J. Johnson (trombone) — Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House, Stan Getz / JJ Johnson
    Bebop · 133 bpm · swing feel
    1995
  • Stan Getz (tenor sax) — Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House, Stan Getz / JJ Johnson
    Cool jazz · 131 bpm · swing feel
    1995

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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