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HOW TO LEARN 100 STANDARDS (with a methodical and progressive system) Group 1 (10 tunes) These songs are mostly from the swing era. • • •

Simple music forms (16 or 32 bars) Modulation to closely related keys Melodies easy to remember

Title 1. All Of Me (Marks-Simons) 2. Autumn Leaves (Mercer-Kosma) 3. Blue Bossa (K.Dorham) 4. Blues Skies (I.Berlin) 5. C Jam Blues (D.Ellington) 6. Fly Me To The Moon (B.Howard) 7. La L ady Bird (T.Dameron) 8. Summertime (G.Geshwin) 9. Take the A train (B.Strayhorn) 10. There Is No Greater Love (I.Jones)

Form 32 misure ABAC 32 m. AABA 16 m. 32 m. AABA blues (semplice) 32 m. ABAC 16 m. 16 m. 32 m. AABA 32 m. AABA

Key F Gm Cm C C C C Dm C B♭

Style Swing Swing Latin Swing Swing Swing Bebop Swing Swing Swing

Key F C E♭ G B♭ F F G B♭ A♭ E♭ E♭ G B♭ C B♭ Cm A♭ D C

Style Bebop Swing Swing Swing Ballad Bossanova Swing Swing Swing Swing Ballad Swing Swing Swing Swing Swing Hard Bop Swing Bebop Swing

Group 2 (20 tunes) These songs are mostly from the swing era. • • •

Simple music forms Modulation to closely related and far keys Melodies of medium difficulty

Title Form 1. Billies' Bounce (C.Parker) blues 2. Blue Moon (Rodgers) 32 AABA 3. But Not For Me (G.Gershwin) 32 ABAC 4. East of The Sun (J.Green) 32 ABAC 5. Everything Happens to Me (M.Dennis) 32 AABC 6. Garota de Ipanema (A.C.Jobim) 32 AABA 7. Honeysuckle Rose (F.Waller) 32 AABA 8. How High the Moon (M.Lewis) 32 ABAC 9. I've Got Rhythm (G.Gershwin) 32 AABA 10. In In a Mellow Tone (D.Ellington) 32 ABAC 11. Misty (E.Garner) 32 AABA 12. On On Green Dolphin Street (B.Kaper) 32 ABAC 13. Out of Nowhere (J.Green) 32 ABAC 14. Perdido (J.Tizol) 32 AABA 15. Satin Doll (D.Ellington) 32 AABA 16. Someday My Prince Will Come (F.Churchill) 32 ABAC 17. Stolen Moments (O.Nelson) blues minor 18. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard) 32 ABAC 19. Tune Up (M.Davis) 32 ABAC 20. Wh W hat Is This Thing Called Love (C.Porter) 32 AABA www.leoravera.it

Group 3 (30 tunes) Difficult swing songs or tunes from the bebop period. • • •

Simple or complex music forms Modulation to closely related and far keys Complex melodies

1. A Foggy Day (G.Gershwin) 2. All the Things You Are (J.Kern) 3. Black Orpheus (A.C.Jobim) 4. Bluesette (T.Thielemans) 5. Body and Soul (J.Green) 6. Bye Bye Blackbird (R.Henderson) 7. Corcovado (A.C.Jobim) 8. Easy To Love (C.Porter) 9. Groovin' High (D.Gillespie) 10. I Hear a Rhapsody (G.Fragos) 11. I Should Care (S.Cahn) 12. If I Were A Bell 13. It Could Happen to You (V.Heusen) 14. It's You Or No One (J.Styne) 15. Jeannine (D.Pearson) 16. Just Friends (J.Klenner) 17. Like Someone in Love (V.Heusen) 18. Lover Man (J.Sherman) 19. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers) 20. Night and Day (C.Porter) 21. Prelude To a Kiss (D.Ellington) 22. Secret Love (Sherwood) 23. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (S.Romberg) 24. Stella By Starlight (V.Young) 25. Tea for Two (V.Youmans) 26. The Days of Wine and Roses (H.Mancini) 27. There Will Never Be Another You (H.Warren) 28. Up Jumped Spring (F.Hubbard) 29. Wave (A.C.Jobim) 30. Whisper Not (B.Golson)

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Group 4 (40 tunes) Complex tunes from the bebop or hard-bop periods. • • • •

Complex music forms Double choruses Modulation to closely related and far keys Complex melodies

1. Anthropology (C.Parker) 2. Autumn In New York (V.Duke) 3. Blue In Green (B.Evans) 4. Blues for Alice (C.Parker) 5. Blues March (B.Golson) 6. Cherokee (R.Noble) 7. Confirmation (Parker) 8. Desafinado (A.C.Jobim) 9. Dewey Square (C.Parker) 10. Donna Lee (M.Davis) 11. Giant Steps (J.Coltrane) 12. Good Bait (T.Dameron) 13. Have You Met Miss Jones? (R.Rodgers) 14. How Deep Is The Ocean (I.Berlin) 15. I Mean You (T.Monk) 16. I Remember Clifford (B.Golson) 17. I'll Remember April (G.De Paul) 18. If You Could See Me Now (T.Dameron) 19. Invitation (B.Kaper) 20. Just One of Those Things (C.Porter) 21. Line For Lyons (G.Mulligan) 22. Lush Life (B.Strayhorn) 23. Milestones old (M.Davis) 24. My Favorite Things (Rodgers) 25. Night in Tunisia (D.Gillespie) 26. Oblivion (B.Powell) 27. Oleo (S.Rollins) 28. Recordame (J.Henderson) 29. 'Round Midnight (T.Monk) 30. Ruby My Dear (T.Monk) 31. Soul Eyes (M.Waldron) 32. Speak Low (K.Weil) 33. Speak No Evil (W.Shorter) 34. Star Eyes (G.De Paul) 35. Stardust (H.Carmichael) 36. The Song is You (J.Kern) 37. The Way You Look Tonight (J.Kern) 38. Waltz for Debbie (B.Evans) 39. You Go To My Head (J.Coots) 40. You Must Believe In Spring (M.Legrand) www.leoravera.it