Standards · 1947
Our Delight chords & key
- Key
- A♭ major
- Form
- AABA
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1947
“Our Delight” is a jazz standard by Tad Dameron from 1947. It is usually played in A♭ major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains 3 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 17 different chords. In this atlas it appears in 1 transcribed solo.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — A♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- B♭7×6
- F7×6
- B♭m7×4
- E♭7×4
- A♭6×4
- A7×3
Characteristics
- AABA song form
History
"Our Delight" is a 1946 jazz standard, composed by Tadd Dameron, and recorded by Dizzy Gillespie. It is considered one of Dameron's best compositions, along with "Good Bait", "Hot House", "If You Could See Me Now", and "Lady Bird". It has an AABA construction. A moderately fast bebop song, it featured the trumpeter Fats Navarro, who is said to "exhibit mastery of the difficult chord progression". One author said, "'Our Delight' is a genuine song, a bubbly, jaggedly ascending theme that sticks in one's mind, enriched by harmonic interplay between a flaming trumpet section led by Dizzy, creamy moaning reeds and crooning trombones. The written accompaniments to the solos–in particular the leader's two statements–are full of inventiveness, creating call-and-response patterns and counter-melodies. What is boppish here is the off-center, syncopated melody, as well as the shifting, internal voicings of the chords, especially at the very end.
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Transcribed solos on Our Delight
| Fats Navarro trumpet | 201 BPM |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Ask Me Now 23% | D♭ major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is Our Delight in?
Our Delight is usually played in A♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is B♭ major, for E♭ instruments F major.
Who wrote Our Delight?
Our Delight was written by Tad Dameron (1947).
What is the form of Our Delight?
Our Delight has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is Our Delight played?
The usual groove is Medium swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 201 BPM.
What are the chord changes to Our Delight?
The opening bars are Bb7 | A7 | Abmaj7 | F7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.