Standards · 1934
You And The Night And The Music chords & key
- Key
- C minor
- Form
- BBAA
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium-up swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1934
“You And The Night And The Music” is a jazz standard by Arthur Schwartz from 1934. It is usually played in C minor as a medium-up swing, and the 32-bar BBAA form has 4 sections. Harmonically it contains no major ii–V–I cadences and 7 minor ii–V–i, uses 9 different chords. In this atlas it appears on 1 album track and in 1 transcribed solo.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — C minor
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Cm×8
- Dm7♭5×7
- G7♭9×7
- A♭7×5
- Cmaj7×4
- G7×4
History
"You and the Night and the Music" is a popular song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. The song was debuted in the Broadway show Revenge with Music. The show originally opened on November 28, 1934, ran for 22 performances, after which it closed temporarily on December 15, reopening on December 24 and running for an additional 135 performances. Authors Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, in their book Song by Song: 14 Great Lyric Writers, say that “...the musical yielded two enduring hits and a profit although it was an artistic failure.”
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Recorded on these albums
| 1961 | Ring-a-Ding Ding! Frank Sinatra · “You and the Night and the Music” |
Transcribed solos on You And The Night And The Music
| Bob Berg tenor saxophone | 167 BPM |
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Chucho 28% | D minor |
| Close Your Eyes 25% | E♭ minor |
| Cheese Cake 23% | C minor |
| Lullaby Of The Leaves 23% | C minor |
| Decision 22% | F minor |
| Serenade To A Cuckoo 22% | F minor |
| Sway 21% | G minor |
Frequently asked questions
What key is You And The Night And The Music in?
You And The Night And The Music is usually played in C minor. For B♭ instruments that is D minor, for E♭ instruments A minor.
Who wrote You And The Night And The Music?
You And The Night And The Music was written by Arthur Schwartz (1934).
What is the form of You And The Night And The Music?
You And The Night And The Music has 4 sections (BBAA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is You And The Night And The Music played?
The usual groove is Medium-up swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 167 BPM.
What are the chord changes to You And The Night And The Music?
The opening bars are Cm | Dm7b5 G7b9 | Cm C7b9 | Fm7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.