If you sometimes find learning standards tricky, check out this article I published.Įven if you already know this tune, there should hopefully be material here that helps you develop your single and comping and chordal chops, so let’s get stuck in.Īutumn Leaves is a 32 bar song form that follows the AABC song form structure. This article breaks down the harmony and structure of Autumn Leaves and shows you how to create a chord melody, blow, and comp over the changes.
If you are new to jazz guitar, Autumn Leaves is a great tune to start with, but hopefully this article should be of interest to more experienced players too. While everyone had good suggestions, the tune I got requested the most for was how to play Autumn Leaves on guitar. Earlier this week on my Facebook Page I mentioned that I was going to revive the tune study section of my website and asked readers what standard they would like to see a new article on.
