Here you can learn everything about the famous jazz standard " Autumn Leaves " as a smooth jazz version.

The tutorial is devided into the following chapters :

Introduction 0:07
Chords 3:42
Scales 10:29
Melody 20:03
Easy Improvisation 27:52
Advanced Improvisation 35:57

The chords which I used are displayed here :
C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7 A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7
C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7 A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7
A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7 C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7
A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 C7/ F-7 Bb7 Eb7 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7

The modes used are :
G-7 - aeolian
C-7 - dorian
F7 - mixolydian
Bbmaj7 - ionian
Ebmaj7 - lydian
A-7b5 - locrian
D7#9 – phrygian nat. 3
G-7 - dorian
C7 - mixolydian
F-7 - dorian

Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

autumne leaves smooth jazz.mp3

Edited August 21Aug 21 by admin
Added tabs and the backing track to the tutorial

Thanks again Hans for the lesson,downloaded a couple today,will enjoy them with a nice bottle of red later this evening.

Yeah Red Wine probably fits well to this tune. ?

On 2/25/2020 at 6:40 PM, admin said:

 

Here you can learn everything about the famous jazz standard " Autumn Leaves " as a smooth jazz version.

The tutorial is devided into the following chapters :

Introduction 0:07
Chords 3:42
Scales 10:29
Melody 20:03
Easy Improvisation 27:52
Advanced Improvisation 35:57

The chords which I used are displayed here :
C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7 A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7
C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7 A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7
A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7 C-7 / F7 / Bbmaj7 / Ebmaj7
A-7b5 / D7#9 / G-7 C7/ F-7 Bb7 Eb7 / D7#9 / G-7 / G-7

The modes used are :
G-7 - aeolian
C-7 - dorian
F7 - mixolydian
Bbmaj7 - ionian
Ebmaj7 - lydian
A-7b5 - locrian
D7#9 – phrygian nat. 3
G-7 - dorian
C7 - mixolydian
F-7 - dorian

autumne leaves smooth jazz.mp3Unavailable

Really good tutorial HP................smooth and classy!..........great stuff!........thank you.

I have now added some cool tabs as PDF and guitarpro file which contains the theme and an easy solo over the entire form.