Rhythm Changes

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After hearing Marcos Panascia and Jeff Berlin jamming over Rhythm Changes I am going to make this my next study. I have never really studied Rhythm Changes as much as should and that could be because of the musical forms that I normally play. With my desire to in jazz, it has now become a necessity.



The history of Rhythm Changes refers to a chord progression in George Gershwin's son " I Got Rhythm". This pattern is one of the most common ones for jazz improvisation.





Many songs have been written with this foundation and I need to add it to my jazz standard repertoire.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_changes
 
I haven't jammed over Rhythm Changes in some time but as I recall it is basically all one key .

You can play by ear using the major scale for example.
 
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