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Rose Room chords & key

Art Hickman

Key
A♭ major
Form
ABAC
Bars
32
Groove
Medium swing
Time signature
4/4

“Rose Room” is a jazz standard by Art Hickman. Most bands play it in A♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 32 bars in ABAC form. Harmonically it contains 2 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 12 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 1 album track.

Chord changes

Showing in: Concert (C) — A♭ major

A
B♭7
E♭7
A♭6
A♭6
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6
D♭6
B
D♭m7
G♭7
A♭maj7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭m7
E♭7
A
B♭7
E♭7
A♭6
A♭6
E♭m7
A♭7
D♭6
D♭6
C
D♭m7
G♭7
A♭maj7
F7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭6G7♭9
G♭7F7

Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.

Harmonic analysis

2Major ii–V–I
0Minor ii–V–i
5ii–V moves
0Tritone substitutions
5Dominant chains
12Different chords

Most used chords

  • B♭7×5
  • A♭6×5
  • E♭7×4
  • D♭6×4
  • G♭7×3
  • F7×3

Characteristics

  • ABAC song form

Recorded on these albums

2023 Ellington In Order, Volume 4 (1932)
Duke Ellington

Historic 78 rpm recordings

  • ROSE ROOM Barney Bigard · Sidney Catlett · Art Tatum · Al Casey · Oscar… archive.org ↗
  • ROSE ROOM BILL COLEMAN and his ORCHESTRA · BILL COLEMAN · STEPHANE GRAPPELLY ·… · 1937 archive.org ↗
  • Rose Room Barney Bigard Quintet · Barney Bigard · Joe Thomas · John Guarnieri… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • ROSE ROOM BARNEY BIGARD QUINTET · Barney Bigard · Joe Thomas · John Guarnieri… · 1945 archive.org ↗

Standards with similar changes

Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.

TitleComposerKeyFormGroove
Dewey Square 38% Charlie Parker E♭ major AABA · 32 Medium-up swing
Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me 36% Duke Ellington B♭ major AB · 32 Medium swing
Crazy Rhythm 31% Wolfe-Kahn-Meyer F major AABA · 32 Up-tempo swing
Them There Eyes 30% Tracy-Tauber-Pinkard A♭ major ABAC · 32 Up-tempo swing
Indiana (Back Home Again In) 29% James Hanley F major BA · 32 Up-tempo swing
In A Mellow Tone (In A Mellotone) 27% Duke Ellington A♭ major ABAC · 32 Medium swing
Ballade 25% Charlie Parker F major AABA · 32 Ballad
Old Cape Cod 25% Rothrock-Vakus-Jeffrey E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad

Frequently asked questions

What key is Rose Room in?

Rose Room is usually played in A♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is B♭ major, for E♭ instruments F major.

Who wrote Rose Room?

Rose Room was written by Art Hickman.

What is the form of Rose Room?

Rose Room has 4 sections (ABAC) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Rose Room played?

The usual groove is Medium swing.

What are the chord changes to Rose Room?

The opening bars are Bb7 | Eb7 | Ab6 | Ab6. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.