This page is for jazz guitar exercises and soloing on the chord changes of “Autumn Leaves.” I will be periodically updating this page with new lessons and guitar tabs. Tutorials include arpeggio exercises, scale patterns, melodic cells, chords, triads, etudes, soloing examples and more. For beginner and intermediate guitar players.
Guitar tabs with chord diagrams available for download as PDFs.
Autumn Leaves
“Autumn Leaves” is a popular jazz standard that originated as “Les Feuilles Mortes” in French. The music was composed by Joseph Kosma, with lyrics written by poet Jacques Prévert. The song was introduced in the 1946 French film “Les Portes de la Nuit” (“Gates of the Night”) directed by Marcel Carné and starred by Yves Montand. The English lyrics were later written by Johnny Mercer.
Autumn Leaves Melodic Pattern 1235
The Guitar Tab
This exercise focuses on the 1 (root), 2 (2nd scale tone or 9th of the chord), 3 (the 3rd of the chord), and 5 (the fifth of the chord) as the main melodic cell. When the melodic pattern changes, I note it at the beginning of the change above the staff.
See video above for the complete exercise. Below is an example of the tab as a PDF. The full version (2 pages) is available for sale as a PDF to support the website.
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