Rhythm Changes Etude Video Links below The 3rd of the chord arpeggio - Gets you away from
Gets you away from always starting on the root.
The b9 leads to the next chord.
#1>
|----------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-Cm7-----F7------|-----------------|
|-------10-|-11------------------9-|-8---------------7-|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------6-9-7-|
|-10-12----|----10------------10---|---8-----------8---|---7-------4-7-6-|-5---------------|---5-8-6/7-------|
|----------|-------12-10-9-12------|-----10-8-7-10-----|-----8-6-5-------|---8-5-6-7-------|-6---------------|
|----------|-BbM7------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------8-7-8-|-----------------|
|----------|-0:27--------G7--------|-Cm7------F7-------|-Bbm7----G7------|-0:36------------|-Fm7-----Bb7-----|
#2>
|---6-8-6-9-6-----|-----------------|-Cm7--------------|----------||-----------------|-------------8-11-9-|
|-8-----------8---|-6---------------|-----------6------|----------||---6-8-6-8/9-8-6-|---8-11-9-10--------|
|---------------9-|---8-7-5-4-------|--------------8-6-|-7--------||-7---------------|-8------------------|
|-----------------|-----------6-5-3-|---5-8-6-7--------|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6----------------|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-Eb------Eo7-----|-Dm7-----G7------|---------F7-------|-BbM7-----||-BbM7----G7------|-Cm7------F7--------|
|-10-----------------|----------------------|------------------|-Eb7-----Eo7-----|-----------------|
|----11----8-9-----6-|------8-11-10---------|-9------8-7-------|-----------------|---6-------------|
|-------10-------7---|-8-10---------10-9-10-|------8-----7-----|---------------6-|-7---8-6-7-------|
|--------------9-----|----------------------|---10---------8-6-|-5---------5-8---|-------------5-8-|
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------|---8-5-6-7-------|-----------8-----|
|-BbM7-------G7------|-Cm7-------F7---------|-Fm7------Bb7#5---|-----------------|-BbM7----F7------|
#3>
|---------------||-----------------|-----------5-8-6-|-7-----5-----------|-----------------|-C7--------------|
|---------------||-----------------|---5-8-6-7-------|---8-6---4/5---8-7-|-6-5-------------|-----------------|
|-(8)-----------||---------4-7-5-4-|-5---------------|-------------7-----|-----7-5-4-------|-----------------|
|---------8-7-5-||-4-5-6-7---------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------5-----|---5-7-5-8-7-5---|
|---------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------5-6-|-7-------------8-|
|-BbM7----------||-D7--------------|-D7--------------|-G7----------------|-G7--------------|-----------------|
#4>
|-C7------------6-|-5---------------|---------5-----||-----------------|-----------4-------|-------------------|
|-----------5-8---|---8-6-5---------|-----6-8---6---||-----------------|-----4-6-7---5/6---|---6-8-6-7/9-8-7-8-|
|-------7-5-------|---------8-7-5---|---6---------6-||-7-8-7-5-4-6-5-4-|-5-7-------------8-|-7-----------------|
|---5-8-----------|---------------8-|-7-------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7---------------|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-F7--------------|-F7------------||-BbM7----G7------|-Cm7-----F7--------|-BbM7------G7------|
|-6---------5-----|-------8-6-------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|---8---------8-7-|-6-8-9-----9-8-7-|-8-------7-------|-------6---------|------|
|-----8-7-6-------|-----------------|---8-7-8---------|-7-8-9---6-7-----|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------8-7-8-|---------------8-|-(8)--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------8---|------|
|-Cm7-----F7------|-----------------|-----------------|-Cm7-----F7------|-BbM7-|
Rhythm Changes Etude #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_PBVCBZyc
Rhythm Changes Etude #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iESJdevOQI
Rhythm Changes Etude #3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEr_WELw5U
Rhythm Changes Etude #4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtFvC6du5S0
I - vi - ii - V
BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Eo7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7
or or or or
Bb6 G7b9 Dm7 G7 EbM7 Ebm6 Dm7 G7
Ab7
BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb7 Eo7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7
or or or
Dm7 G7 EbM7 Ab7 Dm7 G7
D7 Am7 D7 G7 Dm7 G7 C7 Gm7 C7 F7 Cm7 F7
BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb7 Eo7 BbM7 G7 Cm7 F7
or or or
Dm7 G7 EbM7 Ab7 Dm7 G7
Rhythm Changes
||-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|---||----|----|----|------------|
||-------------|--------------|-------------|------------|---||----|----|----|------------|
||-7--7--8--8--|-10--9--8--8--|-8--7--7--6--|-8--8--7--8-|-%-||-5--|-4--|-3--|-2--3--4--5-|
||-5--6--7--7--|--8--8--7--7--|-6--6--5--8--|-7--7--5--7-|-%-||-4--|-3--|-2--|-1--2--3--3-|
||----------8--|-----------8--|-8-----6--7--|----8-----8-|---||-5--|----|-3--|------------|
||-6--7--8-----|-10--9--8-----|----6--------|-8-----6----|---||----|-3--|----|-1--3--4--5-|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7--7--8--9--|-10--9--8--8--|-8--7--7--6--|-8--8--7--8--|
|-5--6--7--8--|--8--8--7--7--|-6--6--5--8--|-7--7--5--7--|
|-------------|-----------8--|-8-----6--7--|----8-----8--|
|-6--7--8--9--|-10--9--8-----|----6--------|-8-----6-----|
Bridge
Stout Rhythm Changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJaztlATIME
Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFF415jbPC0
Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov6fYJHwULo
Backing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACQSJHkAIDU
Backing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_9T1Td-XZ8
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Proper gypsy jazz chords for rhythm changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zphd5xnme0
|-5----Bm7-------Bbo-------|---------|-5----5-----------------A7--|-Move everything up ½ step x3-|
|-5----7----8----7---------|---------|-5----5---5---5----5--------|------------------------------|
|-4----7----7----6---------|---------|-4----5---4---3----4-----6--|------------------------------|
|-4----7----5----5---------|---------|-4----4---5---5----4-----5--|------------------------------|
|-D6/9------7--------------|-5---7---|-D6/9-5---5---5----5-----4--|------------------------------|
|-5----7----Em7--6----D6/9-|---7---5-|-5----D9--G6--Gm6--D6/9--5--|------------------------------|