Autumn Leaves (jam track)
A little jam track I put together to work on some walking and soloing ideas over that standard-of-standards, "Autumn Leaves." My version follows the Real Book chords:
The "A" section goes like this:
| Am7 | D7 | G Maj7 | C Maj7 |
| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em | Em |
Play it twice. Then, you hit the "B" Section (about 00:00:28):
| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em | Em |
| Am7 | D7 | G Maj7 | G Maj 7|
| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em7 Eb7 | Dm7 Db7 |
| C Maj7 | B7 | Em | Em|
I put this together in Ableton Live, using EZdrummer for the percussion, one of Live's electric pianos for the keyboard part, and my Telecaster through a Pod Farm preset for the guitars. I've left the bass off on purpose. I'll post another version later with a sample walking line.
This one is pretty rough around the edges, but I decided to share it anyway.
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Sounds like fun. I may have
Sounds like fun. I may have to borrow it some time and play around with it. Is the walking line standard? I ask because I've never heard the tune.
Bo
You don't love me, you just love my FINGERSTYLE!
Peavey T40; SX/Squier P-bass; Spector Legend 5
Roland Bass 30 Cube
Bo
You don't love me, you just love my FINGERSTYLE!
Peavey T40; SX/Squier P-bass; Spector Legend 5
Roland Bass 30 Cube
There are a lot of versions
There are a lot of versions on YouTube. The walking lines I play on it are straight from the chords, four beats per bar. The tricky thing is that everyone plays this tune in a different key. So, if you do learn it, don't rely much on open strings!
The original version of the tune is in French, with the title "Les feuilles mortes" (literally: "Dead leaves"). You can find some versions by searching on that, too.
Wikipedia has a bit on the history of the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(song). And there's a page on it at JazzStandards.com: http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/autumnleaves.htm
Wheat
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Autmn leaves
Jimi66 Miles Davis did a steller cover of it , Live at /antibes in 1963, also i have a recording of him doing it in portland or, my home town in 1966, the year i was born. it;s a beautiful song.
Jimi66