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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 Form Key Style1. All Of Me (Marks-Simons) 32 misure ABAC F Swing2. Autumn Leaves (Mercer-Kosma) 32 m. AABA Gm Swing

3. Blue Bossa (K.Dorham) 16 m. Cm Latin4. Blues Skies (I.Berlin) 32 m. AABA C Swing

5. C Jam Blues (D.Ellington) blues (semplice) C Swing

6. Fly Me To The Moon (B.Howard) 32 m. ABAC C Swing7. Lady Bird (T.Dameron) 16 m. C Bebop

8. Summertime (G.Geshwin) 16 m. Dm Swing9. Take the A train (B.Strayhorn) 32 m. AABA C Swing

10. There Is No Greater Love (I.Jones) 32 m. AABA B 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 Key Style1. Billies' Bounce (C.Parker) blues F Bebop2. Blue Moon (Rodgers) 32 AABA C Swing

3. But Not For Me (G.Gershwin) 32 ABAC E Swing

4. East of The Sun (J.Green) 32 ABAC G Swing5. Everything Happens to Me (M.Dennis) 32 AABC B Ballad

6. Garota de Ipanema (A.C.Jobim) 32 AABA F Bossanova7. Honeysuckle Rose (F.Waller) 32 AABA F Swing

8. How High the Moon (M.Lewis) 32 ABAC G Swing

9. I've Got Rhythm (G.Gershwin) 32 AABA B Swing10. In a Mellow Tone (D.Ellington) 32 ABAC A Swing

11. Misty (E.Garner) 32 AABA E Ballad12. On Green Dolphin Street (B.Kaper) 32 ABAC E Swing

13. Out of Nowhere (J.Green) 32 ABAC G Swing

14. Perdido (J.Tizol) 32 AABA B Swing15. Satin Doll (D.Ellington) 32 AABA C Swing

16. Someday My Prince Will Come (F.Churchill) 32 ABAC B Swing17. Stolen Moments (O.Nelson) blues minor Cm Hard Bop

18. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard) 32 ABAC A Swing

19. Tune Up (M.Davis) 32 ABAC D Bebop

20. What Is This Thing Called Love (C.Porter) 32 AABA C Swing

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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)

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