{"id":14267,"date":"2020-10-07T19:29:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=14267"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:19:47","slug":"flintstones-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/flintstones-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flintstones Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Meet) The Flintstones is the theme of the ’60s television series The Flintstones (from season 3 on) and is one of the most recognizable theme songs ever. It was composed by Hoyt Curtin in 1961 and recorded with a big band and the Randy Van Horne Singers. In this lesson, you will learn how to play The Flintstones on guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

The harmonic structure of The Flintstones theme is that of a basic rhythm changes<\/a> in Bb.<\/p>\n

The song became a jazz standard and has been played and recorded by numerous jazz musicians, including Kenny Burrell, George Barnes, Herb Ellis, and Barney Kessel.<\/p>\n

Here is a fast version of the theme by Herb Ellis & Barney Kessel.<\/p>\n

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