Standards

Sweet And Lovely chords & key

Key: C major
Form: AABA
Bars: 32
Groove: Medium swing
Time signature: 4/4

“Sweet And Lovely” is a jazz standard by Arnheim-Daniels-Tobias. It is usually played in C major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AABA form has 4 sections. In this atlas it appears on 24 album tracks and in 1 transcribed solo.

Chord changes

to key

Showing in: Concert (C) — C major

×2

G^m7

C⁷

G^m7

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7E♭⁷

C^maj7G⁷

C⁶

F^m7B♭⁷

C^maj7

F^m7B♭⁷

C^maj7

A♭^m7D♭⁷

E♭^maj7

E♭^m7A♭⁷

D^m7G⁷

G^m7

C⁷

G^m7

C⁷

F⁷

B♭^maj7E♭⁷

C^maj7G⁷

C⁶

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

Harmonic analysis

0Major ii–V–I

0Minor ii–V–i

11ii–V moves

0Tritone substitutions

3Dominant chains

16Different chords

Most used chords

G^m7×6
C⁷×6
C^maj7×5
G⁷×4
F⁷×3
B♭^maj7×3

Characteristics

AABA song form

Recorded on these albums

1944	Piano solos Art Tatum · “Sweet & Lovely”
1953	Thelonious Monk Trio Thelonious Monk · “Sweet and Lovely”
1956	Inside Hi-Fi Lee Konitz · “Sweet and Lovely”
1956	The Brothers ! Cohn, Perkins, Kamuca
1957	Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan · “Sweet and Lovely”
1957	The Real Lee Konitz Lee Konitz · “Sweet and Lovely”
1957	Erroll Erroll Garner · “Sweet and Lovely”
1957	On Vibes Vic Feldman · “Sweet and Lovely”
1958	Politely! Keely Smith · “Sweet and Lovely”
1958	As You Desire Me Bill Doggett · “Sweet and Lovely”
1959	Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald · “Sweet and Lovely”
1959	To You With Love Joe Zawinul Trio · “Sweet and Lovely”
1959	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach Booker Little 4 & Max Roach · “Sweet and Lovely”
1959	Bags & Flutes Milt Jackson with Frank Wess & Bobby Jaspar · “Sweet and Lovely”
1959	Bongo Fever Jack Costanzo at the Garden of Allah Jack Costanzo · “Sweet and Lovely (Cha Cha Cha)”
1960	Just Us Roy Haynes · “Sweet and Lovely”
1960	The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance Junior Mance · “Sweet and Lovely”
1961	The Romantic Approach Stan Kenton · “Sweet and Lovely”
1963	One World Concert Erroll Garner
1965	Solo Monk Thelonious Monk · “Sweet and Lovely”
1966	Bongo Fever! Jack Costanzo · “Sweet and Lovely”
1967	Lush Life Lou Donaldson · “Sweet and Lovely”
1972	Doin' It Right Now Von Freeman · “Sweet and Lovely”
1974	Sirius Coleman Hawkins · “Sweet and Lovely”

Transcribed solos on Sweet And Lovely

Don Ellis trumpet

134 BPM

C-maj

1961-04-21

Historic 78 rpm recordings

SWEET AND LOVELY FLIP PHILLIPS FLIPTET · Joe "Flip" Phillips · Ralph Burns · Arnheim… · 1944 archive.org ↗
Sweet and Lovely Herbie Haymer's Orchestra · Herbie Haymer · Clyde Hurley · Heinie… · 1946 archive.org ↗
SWEET AND LOVELY HERBIE HAYMER'S ORCHESTRA · Herbie Haymer · Clyde Hurley · Heinie… · 1946 archive.org ↗
SWEET AND LOVELY NAT BRANDWYNNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Arnheim · Tobias · Lemare · 1947 archive.org ↗
Sweet and Lovely Dexter Gordon · Jimmy Rowells · Red Callender · Roy Porter · 1948 archive.org ↗
Sweet and Lovely Reinhold Svennson Quintet · Reinhold Svennson · 1950 archive.org ↗
Sweet and Lovely Sonny Stitt · Arnheim · Tobias Lemare · 1953 archive.org ↗
SWEET AND LOVELY JOE LOCO His Piano & Quintet · Arheim · Tobias · LeMare · 1954 archive.org ↗

Frequently asked questions

What key is Sweet And Lovely in?

Sweet And Lovely is usually played in C major. For B♭ instruments that is D major, for E♭ instruments A major.

Who wrote Sweet And Lovely?

Sweet And Lovely was written by Arnheim-Daniels-Tobias.

What is the form of Sweet And Lovely?

Sweet And Lovely has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.

How fast is Sweet And Lovely played?

The usual groove is Medium swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 134 BPM.

What are the chord changes to Sweet And Lovely?

The opening bars are Gm7 | C7 | Gm7 | C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.