Summertime
by George Gershwin (1935) Jazz Standard 16 bars
From the opera "Porgy and Bess". One of the most recorded songs of all time.
Key: A
Progression
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
Voice Leading Patterns
Pattern 1
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
F
C
G
D
A
E
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0
0
2
0
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2
1
2
2
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0
0
2
0
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0
0
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0
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2
2
3
3
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4
2
5
3
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4
4
6
5
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4
2
5
3
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Pattern 2
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
4
2
5
3
✕
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4
4
6
5
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4
2
5
3
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4
2
5
3
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2
2
3
3
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4
2
5
3
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4
4
6
5
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4
2
5
3
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Pattern 3
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
7
5
7
7
✕
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8
7
9
7
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7
5
7
7
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7
5
7
7
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5
5
7
5
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7
5
7
7
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8
7
9
7
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7
5
7
7
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Pattern 4
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
9
9
10
10
✕
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11
9
12
11
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9
9
10
10
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9
9
10
10
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9
7
10
8
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9
9
10
10
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11
9
12
11
✕
✕
9
9
10
10
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Random:
Am7
E7
Am7
Am7
Dm7
Am7
E7
Am7
F
C
G
D
A
E
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0
0
2
0
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11
9
12
11
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0
0
2
0
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4
2
5
3
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2
2
3
3
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7
5
7
7
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8
7
9
7
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0
0
2
0
✕
Drop 2 Inversions
AMinor7
AInv 1
AInv 2
AInv 3
AInv 4
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
0
0
2
0
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4
2
5
3
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7
5
7
7
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9
9
10
10
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EDominant
EInv 1
EInv 2
EInv 3
EInv 4
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
8
7
9
7
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11
9
12
11
✕
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2
1
2
2
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4
4
6
5
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DMinor7
DInv 1
DInv 2
DInv 3
DInv 4
F
C
G
D
A
E
✕
5
5
7
5
✕
✕
9
7
10
8
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12
10
12
12
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2
2
3
3
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