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/PAGE | COMPOSER | COMPOSER CATEGORY | COMPOSITION | ANALYTIC TOPICS |
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Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Gershwin, George and Ira Gershwin | American | “I Got Rhythm” (1930) – NON-PD | 32-bar song form, Rhythm Changes |
Jazz, Pop, and Film Music | Parker, Charlie and Gillespie, Dizzy | American, male, black | “Anthropology” (1946/1974) – NON-PD | Rhythm Changes, Secondary Dominants, contrafact of “I Got Rhythm” |