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Turnarounds

Classic I-vi-ii-V

The most common turnaround in jazz. Found in countless standards.

Key
C
Level
beginner
Where
End of AABA sections, repeated choruses

The changes

  1. Cmaj7
  2. Am7
  3. Dm7
  4. G7

The hands

Left hand then right, as the source writes them. A pianist's voicing routinely carries a colour the chord symbol does not spell — a flat ninth over a dominant, a ninth on top of a seventh chord — so the notes printed under each keyboard are what is actually played, rather than what the symbol alone would predict.

Cmaj7

chord 1

LH C2 G2RH E4 B4 D5

Root and fifth below, 3rd 7th and 9th above, 9th on top

Am7

chord 2

LH A2 E3RH C4 E4 G4

Root-fifth bass under a C major upper structure

Dm7

chord 3

LH D3 A3RH F4 A4 C5

Root-fifth bass under an F major upper structure

G7

chord 4

LH G2 D3RH B3 F4 A4

Guide tones prominent

Associated players