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Reharmonisation of chord sequences (e.g. “Stella By Starlight”)

Reharmonisation of chord sequences (e.g. "Stella By Starlight")

We look at the idea of reharmonising a chord sequence of a jazz standard and, as an example, consider Keith Jarrett’s reharmonisation of 6 bars in the middle of “Stella By Starlight” and a be-bop reharmonisation at the end.

You can download the chart for “Stella By Starlight (Jarrett Changes)” in PDF format at the bottom of this step.

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