Jazz lead sheet · Advanced

All the Things You Are

A tour of five keys built from root movement by 5ths, the classic test of a jazz musician's ears.

Composer: Jerome Kern
Form: AABA, 36 bars
Key: A♭ major
Style: Swing
Length: 36 bars

Tempo152 bpmLoop

Practice

A♭ majorConcert pitchAABA, 36 bars

A1A♭ major

vi7F Aeolian

ii7B♭ Dorian

V7E♭ Mixolydian

Imaj7A♭ Ionian

C major

IVmaj7D♭ Lydian

ii7D Dorian

V7G Mixolydian

Imaj7C Ionian

A2E♭ major

vi7C Aeolian

ii7F Dorian

V7B♭ Mixolydian

Imaj7E♭ Ionian

G major

IVmaj7A♭ Lydian

iiø7A Locrian

V7D Mixolydian

Imaj7G Ionian

ii7A Dorian

V7D Mixolydian

Imaj7G Ionian

E majorA♭ major

iiø7F♯ Locrian

V7B Mixolydian

Imaj7E Ionian

V7/viC Phryg. dom.

vi7F Aeolian

ii7B♭ Dorian

V7E♭ Mixolydian

Imaj7A♭ Ionian

IVmaj7D♭ Lydian

iv7D♭ Dorian

♭VII7G♭ Lydian ♭7

iii7C Phrygian

♯ii°7B W–H dim.

ii7B♭ Dorian

V7E♭ Mixolydian

I6A♭ Ionian

iiø7/viG Locrian

V7/viC Phryg. dom.

For students

What to notice

Bars 1–5 fall in 5ths through A♭ major: vi–ii–V–I–IV (Fm7–B♭m7–E♭7–A♭maj7–D♭maj7).
The second A is the same pattern a 4th higher, in E♭ major. Each A section ends with a ii–V into a new key (C, then G).
The bridge moves through G major and E major. C7♯5 at the end of the bridge is V7/vi, leading back to Fm7.

Practice plan

Three steps to improvising

Write the key of every bar above the chart: A♭, C, E♭, G, E, A♭.
Play guide tones through the whole tune. Most of the time a single half step connects each chord to the next.
Practise the bridge alone: G major, then E major a major 3rd below.

For teachers

Using this chart in class

Project the chart with Play along running and loop one section while students find the guide tones.
Choose Practice → Name the numerals for a whole-class quiz: students vote, then reveal the explanation.
Mixed ensemble? Print the worksheet once per transposition: B♭, E♭, F and bass clef parts all line up bar for bar.
Share a link: the key, instrument and view you choose are saved in the address bar.

Chord changes are common performance versions written out by Music Theory Lessons. No melodies or lyrics are reproduced. Names of songs and composers are used only to identify each tune.