IMPROVISING ON AUTUMN LEAVES Jazz Tactics #25

Autumn Leaves is a great tune for improvising because it is a study in the relationship between major and relative minor key centers and the II Vs that establish them. In this video I analyze the harmonic structure, which contains elements that are common to many other tunes, and the relationship of the melody to the chords. I then demonstrate how to improvise melodic lines over this chord progression, starting with a fully diatonic solo, then adding a few of the notes that are outside of the key signature and which define the ‘sharp corners’ in the harmonic outline, and finally incorporating chromaticism which provides nearly an infinite number of melodic pathways.

ABOUT THIS SERIES
This is the 25th video in the Jazz Tactics series, exploring elements of jazz improvisation, based on my book of the same name and a university course that I taught for over thirty years. The sequential videos in this series will provide a solid foundation of understanding of the principles and practices of jazz improvisation, on both aural and intellectual levels. Below are some suggestions to get you started:

Do You Speak Jazz?    • YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO IMPROVISE / J...  
What Makes Jazz Jazz?    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Why I Can't Teach You Jazz    • WHY I CAN'T TEACH YOU JAZZ (a theoret...  
What's So Great About Chet Baker?    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Trading Fours With Freddie Hubbard    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Improvising on Autumn Leaves    • IMPROVISING ON AUTUMN LEAVES Jazz Tac...  
Improvising on Sweet Georgia Brown    • SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Jazz Tactics #28  
Improvising on Rhythm Changes    • IMPROVISING ON RHYTHM CHANGES Jazz Ta...  
Improvising on There Will Never Be Another You    • IMPROVISING ON ANOTHER YOU Jazz Tacti...  
Improvising on All The Things You Are    • IMPROVISING ON ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE...  


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