Rhythm Changes

The pieces on this website that are listed below are based on Rhythm Changes (the chord progression from Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm”).

If the composition is not in Public Domain, it is mark as NON-PD and may not have a score.


PERIOD/PAGECOMPOSERCOMPOSER CATEGORYCOMPOSITIONANALYTIC TOPICS
Jazz, Pop, and Film MusicGershwin, George and Ira GershwinAmerican“I Got Rhythm” (1930) – NON-PD32-bar song form, Rhythm Changes
Jazz, Pop, and Film MusicParker, Charlie and Gillespie, DizzyAmerican, male, black“Anthropology” (1946/1974) – NON-PDRhythm Changes, Secondary Dominants, contrafact of “I Got Rhythm”