Cycle
Rhythm Changes in Bb bridge
|| D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 |
| C7 | C7 | F7 | F7 ||
Sweet Georgia Brown (beginning)/
Caravan bridge
|| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 |
| Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Ab | etc.
Jordu bridge
|| G7 C7 | F7 Bb7 | Eb7 Ab7 | Db |
| F7 Bb7 | Eb7 Ab7 | C#7 F#7 | B |
Cycle Substitution Changes
The cycle can be used as substitution changes virtually anywhere by working backwards from a target resolution. In both the blues and rhythm changes measure 5 is often used as a target arrival point.
Rhythm Changes A section: begin on bVI
Rhythm Changes m. 1-5
|| Bb G7 | C- F7 | D- G7 | C- F7 | Bb
Cycle over Rhythm Changes m. 1-4
|| F#7 B7 | E7 A7 | D7 G7 | C7 F7 | Bb
Blues m. 1-4: begin on bII
Blues in Bb m. 1-4
|| Bb7 | Eb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Eb7
Cycle over Blues in Bb m. 1-4
|| B7 E7 | A7 D7 | G7 C7 | F7 Bb7 | Eb7
Diatonic Cycle
The diatonic cycle in "Autumn Leaves" features ii V I in major and relative minor linked by IV. The roots touch on all the notes in the major key moving by diatonic 4ths--all perfect 4ths except the augmented 4th between Eb and A.
Autumn Leaves
||: C- | F7 | Bb | Ebmaj+4 |
Bb: ii V I IV
| Aø | D7b9 | G- | (G7b9) :||
G-: ii V i Bb: VI
|| D7 | D7 | G7 | G7 |
| C7 | C7 | F7 | F7 ||
Sweet Georgia Brown (beginning)/
Caravan bridge
|| F7 | F7 | F7 | F7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 |
| Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Ab | etc.
Jordu bridge
|| G7 C7 | F7 Bb7 | Eb7 Ab7 | Db |
| F7 Bb7 | Eb7 Ab7 | C#7 F#7 | B |
Cycle Substitution Changes
The cycle can be used as substitution changes virtually anywhere by working backwards from a target resolution. In both the blues and rhythm changes measure 5 is often used as a target arrival point.
Rhythm Changes A section: begin on bVI
Rhythm Changes m. 1-5
|| Bb G7 | C- F7 | D- G7 | C- F7 | Bb
Cycle over Rhythm Changes m. 1-4
|| F#7 B7 | E7 A7 | D7 G7 | C7 F7 | Bb
Blues m. 1-4: begin on bII
Blues in Bb m. 1-4
|| Bb7 | Eb7 | Bb7 | Bb7 | Eb7
Cycle over Blues in Bb m. 1-4
|| B7 E7 | A7 D7 | G7 C7 | F7 Bb7 | Eb7
Diatonic Cycle
The diatonic cycle in "Autumn Leaves" features ii V I in major and relative minor linked by IV. The roots touch on all the notes in the major key moving by diatonic 4ths--all perfect 4ths except the augmented 4th between Eb and A.
Autumn Leaves
||: C- | F7 | Bb | Ebmaj+4 |
Bb: ii V I IV
| Aø | D7b9 | G- | (G7b9) :||
G-: ii V i Bb: VI