Composer:  George Gershwin    (click to list other tunes) Submitted by:  David Luebbert Posted:  1/19/01; 3:22:59 PM Msg#:  1247 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  1246/1248 Reads:  7235

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This is a variant of the preferred jazz changes for I Got Rhythm that substitutes a diminished chord for the second chord of the intial chord cycle of the A section in order to produce a bass line for the beginning of the progression that ascends by half step (Bb-B-C) rather than (Bb-G-C).

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