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iii-VI-ii-V Turnaround (Bars 9-12)

A four-bar iii-VI7-ii-V7 turnaround that resolves to I when the next chorus begins.

Key
F
Level
advanced
Where
Replace bars 9-12 for turnaround

The form

  1. bar 9Am7
  2. bar 10D7
  3. bar 11Gm7
  4. bar 12C7

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.

Am7

bar 9

LH A2 E3RH C4 G4 B4

D7

bar 10

LH D3 A3RH F#4 C5 Eb5

Gm7

bar 11

LH G2 D3RH Bb3 F4 A4

C7

bar 12

LH C3 G3RH E4 Bb4 D5

Associated players

  • Charlie Parker
  • Sonny Stitt

The PDF book

The Ultimate Jazz Piano Voicings and Chord Atlas

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