AUTUMN LEAVES 'Daydream about music, hearing yourself singing or playing and sounding great. This will strengthen your conviction of what you want to sound like'. Dan Hearle “Autumn Leaves” is the most important non-American standard. It has been recorded about 1400 times by mainstream and modern jazz musicians alone and is the eighth most recorded tune by jazzmen. Using drop 2 voicings on guitar, you can play a sophisticated chord melody arrangement of the first 16 Bars. Autumn Leaves Playalong Chord melody for guitar PDF The “real book” lead sheet of Autumn leaves: Autumn Leaves is also often played in the key of G minor, so it is important to learn it in this key also: Chord Melody with Walking Bass PDF Download.

(by Joseph Kosma) Autumn Leaves is a very well known jazz standard song. It was composed by Joseph Kosma in 1946 for the movie. The original title was Les Feuilles Mortes (in French please!).

English lyrics and title by Johnny Mercer in 1949. Jazzmen will usually want to play this one in G minor. Maya Doll And Stuff For Poser Daz3d on this page.  Guitarists, you have be warned! So many of us tend to play it in the “Fakebook key”, which is E minor / G Major, with the first chord being Am7. If you want to avoid a little surprise at a jam session (or a bad experience) just be prepared to play Autumn Leaves in G minor / Bb major, like the grownups do.

Playing Changes by Using Chords Arpeggios. Ole Borud Shakin The Ground Rar Files. 5 - Autumn Leaves Solo that based on Arpeggio Etude with chords tensions and extensions, modes and passing tones.

(-: It’s also advisable to learn the classic introduction to Autumn Leaves. It’s just a bass riff that goes 1-b3-5-6 (and back down), defining a Gm6 chord. ANDROiD Magazin Mai Juni 2013 there. You can hear it on the.

When I play gigs as a leader, I often simply start this riff and the other musicians come in whenever they like. (See below for PDF and mp3 clip of intro suggestions for jazz guitarists) The whole song stays pretty much in the same key (and it’s related major) throughout. There’s not really any “funny business” going anywhere, except for that little “III-VI-II-V” turnaround going to Eb in the few last bars. You’ll have to shed it a little.

I find this piece allows for a lot of freedom in improvisation. It also lends itself to many styles. I personally play that tune all over the place, from a ballad tempo all the way to some up-swing in 5/4 time! Unfortunately this song is often perceived as a beginner tune by intermediate players.