
Learning some useful Shell-voicings for the song This also allows for using the melody in the lower octave that often sounds a little fuller.

The arrangement is using call-response to also allow the chords to add some groove to. The form of Autumn Leaves is AAB where A is 8 bars and B is 16 bars, so it is a 32 bar form. This is not the key from the real book, but it is the most common key for performing the song.

The key that I am using for Autumn Leaves in this arrangement is G minor. You can scroll down and download the PDF of the Arrangement at the end of the page.Īutumn Leaves – The Song and the Chord Melody Arrangement The chords I am using are for the biggest part simple 3-note voicings called shell-voicings and I have also included some exercises to check those out. In this lesson I will go over a chord melody arrangement of Autumn Leaves that I made. This famous jazz standard is both a great melody and a fairly easy option to play an easy chord melody.

Autumn Leaves is a great song to get starting playing easy chord melody arrangements on guitar.
