Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Sigmund Romberg · Key of Cm · AABA

Easy · 4 unique chords

Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote this in 1928. Its repetitive minor ii-V-i pattern makes it one of the best standards for developing voice leading fluency in minor keys.

Voicing style:

A

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

A2

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

B

Ebmaj7Rootless A

Ebmaj7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

A3

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

Cm7Rootless A

Cm7Rootless A

Dø7Rootless A

G7b9Rootless B

Cm7Rootless A

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Practice this standard

Stage 1Two-Note Shells — Learning Path

Listen to

Sonny Clark — Cool Struttin' (1958)

Hard bop piano voicings — shell and rootless in a driving minor groove.

Chords in this standard

Cm7 Dø7 G7b9 Ebmaj7

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Sources & Further Reading

Gioia, The Jazz Standards — Oxford University Press Levine, The Jazz Piano Book — Sher Music Mantooth, Voicings for Jazz Keyboard — Hal Leonard Jazz at Lincoln Center — Education Learn Jazz Standards