In
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
music, the Montgomery-Ward bridge (also
Riepel's Monte) is a standard
chord progression
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western musical tradition from the common practice ...
often used as the
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
, or 'B section', of a
jazz standard
Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive lis ...
. The progression consists, in its most basic form, of the chords I
7–IV
7–ii
7–V
7. Often, some or all of the
dominants are
substituted with
ii–V progressions or otherwise
altered. This is used in such standards as "
The Sunny Side of the Street
''The Sunny Side of the Street'' is an album recorded by John Lithgow, released in 2006.
Track listing
#Getting to Know You
#On The Sunny Side
#Pick Yourself up
#Baby!
#Be Human
#Ya Gotta Have Pep
#Everyone Says I Love You
#Inka Dinka Doo
" ...
", "
When You're Smiling
"When You're Smiling" is a popular song written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin in 1928. It bears resemblance to the Spanish Canción " Amapola" by José María Lacalle García. Early popular recordings were by Seger Ellis (1928) ...
", "
Satin Doll
"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progressio ...
",
[.] and particularly "
Honeysuckle Rose".
[.]
Eight bars:
:
See also
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Turnaround (music)
In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section. This next section is most often the repetition of the previous section or the entire piece or song.Randel, Don Michael (2002). ''The Harvard Concise Dicti ...
References
Jazz techniques
Chord progressions
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