Autumn Leaves, Part 1

from: Chord Melody Mandolin with Aaron Weinstein

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Learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards in the style pioneered by jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns and guitarists like Joe Pass and Bucky Pizzarelli.

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Your fretting hand determines the notes you’re playing but your picking hand determines how those notes (and chords) are articulated. Aaron shows you how to create different sounds with the two progressions you learned in Part 1 by separating the chord and melody notes in different rhythmic ways, for example, playing the melody note before the full chord, or the bass note before the full chord. He also demonstrates how you can combine these approaches to give your chord melody performance some rhythmic variety.

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Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves, Part 1

Autumn Leaves, Part 2

“Autumn Leaves” Play-Along Track

Autumn Leaves, Part 1

“Autumn Leaves” is one of the most popular jazz standards. Aaron’s arrangement (in the key of G minor) starts with a rubato treatment of the first half and then goes into time (a tempo) for the second half. Aaron starts by explaining what guided his interpretive choices before walking you through the arrangement phrase by phrase. You’ll learn the first (rubato) half of Aaron’s arrangement of “Autumn Leaves” in this video.

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