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 1 album track and in 1 transcribed solo.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — C major
A
×2B
A
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
- Gm7×6
- C7×6
- Cmaj7×5
- G7×4
- F7×3
- B♭maj7×3
Characteristics
- AABA song form
Recorded on these albums
| 1959 | Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald · “Sweet and Lovely” |
Transcribed solos on Sweet And Lovely
| Don Ellis trumpet | 134 BPM |
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.