FORMES CLASSIQUES

—AABA
classic lengths: 32 or 64 bars
nardis, take the A train

other lengths:
36bars: 8 8 8 12
I remember you

56bars: 16 16 8 16
Up Jumped Spring

12 12 8 12
Wave

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Pannonica

14 14 8 14
Speak No Evil

—ABAC
someday my prince will come, if I were a bell, origin, moment’s
notice

—ABCD
classic lengths: 16, 32 bars
Bye Bye Blackbird, my shining hour, played twice

other lengths:
8 8 8 10
along came betty

—AABC
alone together (14 14 8 8), very early (16 16 8 8 ), lonnie’s lament (4
4 4 4)

—AB
Giant steps, tune up, blue bossa, st thomas

—ABC
Mercy mercy mercy, resolution, black narcissus
—ABA
Infant eyes, stablemates

—AAB
Night and day

—Unique to a single tune

Windows ( A B C D E), Epistrophy (A B C B ), Barbara (A B A C D E),
Blue in green (10bars), Serenity (14bars)

Then we can find also INTRO, INTERLUDE (played between solos),

SPECIAL ENDING (played on the out chorus), SHOUT CHORUS
(played between last solo and out head), VERSE (special intro played
rubato)

-Tunes have combinations of intro, interludes and endings.

-On some tunes the intro, interlude and ending are the same.
-Some tunes do not have written melody but only chord changes.
-The melody can be played by the bassist (So what)