Anathole

The correct name is Rhythm Changes.

now I don't have time to add anything else, maybe a long discussion can be developed.....:-)

Feliciano wrote:

The correct name is Rhythm Changes.

I quote; in fact, I cannot understand (and I am not addressing Dante) how one can speak of 'anatole' when nobody knows its meaning in relation to rhythm changes.

... it seems to me like a classic Italian thing, precisely: where exactly did you hear it, Dante?

In fact, the term anatole is only used in Italy; anyway, it refers to pieces with a structure analogous to pieces like Gershwin's 'I Got Rhythm', a structure that is precisely defined as rhythm changes

Thank you everyone

Feliciano wrote:

now I don't have time to add anything else, maybe a long discussion can be developed.....:-)

...so I will wait

JazzMania wrote:

... it seems to me like a classic Italian thing, precisely, where did you hear Dante?

... it is also used in France ;-)

The term Rhythm Changes derives precisely from the song I got rhythm by G. Gershwin ("changes" in English represents the harmonic structure).

Broadly speaking, it is a 32-bar structure in AABA form (although I got rhythm is slightly different), in which the A is largely composed of a turnaround and the B of a sequence of secondary dominants that lead to the V degree of the home key (generally B-flat). Naturally, numerous variations are found.

Some examples:

I got rhythm (Gershwin)

Anthropology (Parker)

Rhythm-a-ning (Monk)

Oleo (Rollins)

Cotton tail (Ellington)

Meet the Flintstones (Curtin)

Lester leaps in (Young)

Salt peanuts (Gillespie)

Suspone (Stern)

etc.