Monday, July 29, 2013

I Got Rhythm....Slowly

Key of Bb.  Here's the wiki details:

"I Got Rhythm" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' From a Riff)".

Just playing the chords now, slowly.  It sounds totally different from the peppy song we all know.  It's weird how these chords work with the melody.  My version sounds totally different, just strumming chords and fingerpicking.

Same with the previous song.  Played the chords and came up with my own arrangement.  Ignored the melody.

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