Autumn Leaves is a great piece of music to write a solo guitar arrangement for no. Although the lead sheet shows each of the chords in separate bars, common. Ying-liang Kuo. I Love You (Classical) - Per-Olov Kindgren. Bernard Tang.

Welcome to your Autumn Leaves beginner jazz guitar lesson. I will show you the easiest and most musical approach to learning this great jazz standard and also throw in a free PDF lead sheet. Let’s get started!

Use this lesson to: • Learn the chords. • Play the melody.

• Grab a few tricks for sounding hip. • Have fun while you learn! Your Autumn Leaves Lead Sheet Here is a simple chord chart of this great tune.

I have included some suggested scales and chord substitutions to put in. Disclaimer: This is a non-profit study strictly for educational purposes. I do not own the rights for Autumn Leaves. No melody is written, only chord changes. Autumn Leaves Leadhseet Autumn Leaves Video Tutorial In this video I outline an easy and systematic approach to playing the melody and chords to Autumn Leaves. Check it out then let’s examine the tune in detail.

How Do I Memorize this Song? Your first step in learning any tune is to memorize the chord changes and the melody. Once you do away with the sheet music you can then start creating REAL music. 4 steps to quickly memorize this song: • Listen – listen to 5 different versions. Detective conan episode terakhir sub indonesia.

I made this easy for you by selecting my favorite 5 into a Youtube playlist, • Use your Brain – Analyze the structure of the song. How many sections are there? Do chords repeat? What key is it in? Hint: The form is A A B A and LOTS of chords repeat, and the key is G Major or E minor (same thing).

• Learn the Words – Learning lyrics not only helps you to memorize a song but enables you to really dig into the meaning of it. Your national anthem isn’t just a nice melody it has meaning and significance. Autumn leaves is a love song, learn the words and it will show in your playing. • Use a Play Along – or better yet make your own! I often use garageband or even just a BOSS looper to play along with myself.

Throw yourself out there, start soloing along right away. How to Solo: the Easy Way Before I throw a whole bucket of music theory at you here is some musical fast food: You can solo on E Aeolian or natural minor scale over this WHOLE tune. Here is an Aeolian fret diagram, just centre the white dot over any E (e.g. 7th fret on your A string) and BAM, you have your scale. Here is what E Natural Minor or Aeolian sounds like: Now, change the b7 (D note) to D# on the B7 chord. This scale is E Harmonic minor (sounds exotic right?).

Can you hear the difference between the two? A Better Approach; examine each chord individually. So you know how to easily solo on this tune, now let’s check out each chord for a better approach. Jazz is about outlining the chord changes so let’s get down to business. The following tips are all included in the free PDF above, so make sure you have that as we progress. Side note: Feel free to click on any scale or arpeggio – it will link to an in depth lesson.