Hot House by Tadd Dameron

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → A Section → Bridge → A Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

A Section 1

• Gm7♭5 – C7♭9 – Fm7 – Dm7♭5 – G7♭9 – Cmaj7
  vø7 – I7b9 – iv7 – iiø7 – V7b9 – Imaj7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge

• Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – A♭7 – G7
  i7 – IV7 – bVIImaj7 – bVI7 – V7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C7♭9	I7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fm7	iv7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
Dm7♭5	iiø7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
G7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Cm7	i7	Borrowed from C minor	Bridge
F7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B♭maj7	bVIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
G7	V7	In the key	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• Fm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Dm7♭5 (iiø7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• G7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Cm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Hot House” (credited “Dameron Tadd”, style Up Tempo Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Hot House” (credited “Dameron Tadd”, style Up Tempo Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 100%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.