![]() ![]() ![]() In example 1 I have written out chord voicings for the song. A good place to start is to just play the chords of the song. The form of Autumn leaves is a bit uncommon for jazz since it is AAB where the B is 16 bars and the 8 bars. In this lesson (and for copyright reasons) I can’t go over the melody, but if you want some hints on how to do this you could check out this Q&A video where I talk about that: Q&A #3 In the end the melody is more important because the harmony may vary from version to version but the melody will stay the same. Learning the songīesides knowing the arpeggios and the chords by heart you need to know the melody of the song you want to improvise on. In this way you cover two of the most important harmonic movements in this key. The two main cadences in the song are II V I cadences, one to the major tonic (Bb) and one to the minor tonic (Gm). You will find a few versions in the key of E minor since it is printed in that key in the old Realbook, but the most common key is G minor. In this lesson I have chosen to work on Autumn Leaves in the key of G minor. In this lesson I will go over a set of Jazz Guiat arpeggios in one position, some exercises, target notes and strategies for making solos where you can hear the harmony in the improvisation. It’s a well known tune and it still covers a lot of important cadences in a key. Autumn Leaves is a great chord progression to start improvising following the harmony. ![]()
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