LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Any tunes with changes similar to "Pent Up House" ?
Jazz+ -- 08/13/2004, 20:16:21 -- #6496
Can you think of any tunes that use the same chord progression or similar changes to "Pent Up House"?

Also, can you think of any tunes with chord changes similar to "Soul Eyes?

Mike -- 08/14/2004, 14:14:13 -- #6501
The changes to Pentup house can be thought of as basically the
same as the bridge to half the bridge to I've got Rhythm, making it
similar to all Rhythm tunes.  Its movment is ii v I   in G  with a tritone sub for the v chord.  The same as the ii v starting out the
Rhythm bridge.  The difference being Pent up house actually goes to
the one chord and then repeats the same ii v i before doing the same
modulation as the Rhythm Bridge... a v of v or down a fifth if you like.

Jazz+ -- 08/14/2004, 20:25:41 -- #6505
Thanks, but I don't consider being the same for only two bars out of sixteen close enough to be considered the same or similar.
V of V in the key of G is A7, which is not in Pent Up House. V of V in Bb is C7. Pent Up House does not modulate like the bridge of Rhythm Changes.

Pent Up House in G
|  A-7  | D7  | G maj7  |       |
|  A-7  | D7  | G maj7  |       |
|  D-7  | G7  | C-7     | F7    |
|  A-7  | D7  | G maj7  |       |

Rhythm Changes in Bb
bridge:
|(A-7) | D7    |(D-7)  | G7    |
|(G-7) | C7    |(C-7)  | F7    |

Mike -- 08/15/2004, 05:54:27 -- #6512
yes you wrote it out just like I said.  and as I said
" The difference being Pent up house actually goes to
the one chord "  
but whatever...

Jazz+ -- 08/15/2004, 16:30:23 -- #6521
Here are some tunes that have the same chord sequence as Pent Up House
for the first 8 bars: Perdido, I Love You, I Wish You Love, It's You Or No One, I've Got You Under My Skin,  Strangers In Paradise, Tangerine, Tea For Two, What A Difference A Day Makes, Baubles Bangles And Beads, Fools Rush In

But none of them take the same direction that Pent Up House does in bar 9. I would say that there are no tunes that use the exact chord progression as Pent Up House.

first 8 bars:
|  ii  | V7   |  I    |    |

| ii  | V7   |  I    |    |

or with a turn-around every fourth bar:
| ii  | V7    | I   | (VI) |

busier turnaround:
| ii  | V7    | I  (IV | iii  VI)|

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