Standards
Close Your Eyes chords & key
- Key
- E♭ minor
- Form
- AABA
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
“Close Your Eyes” is a jazz standard by Bernice Petkere. Most bands play it in E♭ minor, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains no major ii–V–I cadences and 6 minor ii–V–i, uses 9 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 3 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ minor
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- B♭7♭9×10
- Fm7♭5×9
- E♭m6×7
- Cm7♭5×3
- E♭maj7×2
- B♭m7×2
Characteristics
- AABA song form
Recorded on these albums
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- Close Your Eyes Herb Lance · Ray Abrams Sextet · H. Lance · 1949 archive.org ↗
- CLOSE YOUR EYES HUMPHREY LYTTELTON AND HIS BAND · Petkers · 1956 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| You And The Night And The Music 25% | C minor |
| Maybe September 24% | A minor |
Frequently asked questions
What key is Close Your Eyes in?
Close Your Eyes is usually played in E♭ minor. For B♭ instruments that is F minor, for E♭ instruments C minor.
Who wrote Close Your Eyes?
Close Your Eyes was written by Bernice Petkere.
What is the form of Close Your Eyes?
Close Your Eyes has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is Close Your Eyes played?
The usual groove is Medium swing.
What are the chord changes to Close Your Eyes?
The opening bars are Fm7b5 | Bb7b9 | Fm7b5 | Bb7b9. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.