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"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen/Harburg) exemplifies the 20th-century popular 32-bar song. [1]The 32-bar form, also known as the AABA song form, American popular song form and the ballad form, is a song structure commonly found in Tin Pan Alley songs and other American popular music, especially in the first half of the 20th century.
The Rhythm changes is a common 32-bar jazz chord progression derived from George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm". The progression is in AABA form , with each A section based on repetitions of the ubiquitous I–vi–ii–V sequence (or variants such as iii–vi–ii–V), and the B section using a circle of fifths sequence based on III 7 –VI 7 ...
The 32-bar AABA form is typical of popular songs of the time. [3] The "A" section uses conventional chord progressions including ii–V–I turnarounds in the home key of D flat, however the bridge is highly unusual in its tonal center shifts.
"Easy Living" is a jazz standard written by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin for the 1937 film Easy Living [1] [2] A popular recording of the song was released in 1937 by Teddy Wilson for Brunswick Records , [ 1 ] featuring Billie Holiday , Benny Goodman , and Lester Young .
Ignoring the seldom recorded verse, "Moonglow" is a 32-bar tune in the form of AABA. "Moonglow" appears in jazz fake books and lead sheets in the key of G, though it is also thought to originally be in the key of C. [1]
It is considerably longer than the average song of the time (104 bars instead of the usual 32 bar AABA form). Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell's tap dance to the tune in the 1940 film Broadway Melody of 1940 became one of the most popular dance scenes on film. [103]
Its verse is rarely sung in the 2020s, but the chorus has become a favorite with many jazz musicians. The chorus is a 36-measure AA 2 BA 3 form with two twists on the usual 32-bar AABA song-form: A 2 transposes the initial A section down a fourth, while the final A 3 section adds an extra four bars.
"Afternoon in Paris" is a 1949 jazz standard.It was written by John Lewis. [1]"Afternoon in Paris" has a 32-bar AABA form and is usually played in the key of C major.In several of the song's phrases, the tonal center changes (when played in C, there is a shift to B ♭ and A ♭), defining a complex harmonic structure that is of interest to both theoreticians and soloists.