Sign up to join a community of over 60,000 bass players today. Apr 16, 2015 here is our walking bass line that we wrote on april 8th, 2015. Scotts bass lessons is the leading online bass guitar community, with a wealth of free online lessons and courses for new and experienced bass players alike. Generated using the power tab editor by brad larsen. Under each phrase i wrote the logic behind it and how i came up with it. Autumn leaves is a great song to get starting playing easy chord melody arrangements on guitar. Autumn leaves walking bass sound of emotions learn. Print and download in pdf or midi autumn leaves solo. I had a great time coming up with all the cool lines for the solos.
Autumnleaveswalkingbass guitar free download as pdf file. Looking forward to hearing your walking bass lines over autumn leaves. I hope you enjoy working on my arrangement of autumn leaves. Because of the simple form, harmony, and melody, autumn leaves is one of the easier tunes to learn in twelve keys. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor. Here is our walking bass line that we wrote on april 8th, 2015. For more free bass tutorials, search through the lessons playlist on the jplanejazz youtube channel. Print and download bill evans trio autumn leaves bass tab. Autumn leaves tab by eva cassidy autumn leaves acoustic. Make sure to grab your pdf and play along with this one. Chord melody with walking bass autumn leaves bass part pdf download. In this lesson, you learn how to remove the root from common chords to create triads in your playing. Autumn leaves bass transcription sam jones somethin else.
Then you apply that knowledge to a jazz standard, autumn leaves, as you take these triads to a musical situation. This is a solo i wrote for the jazz standard autumn leaves using a variety of thecniques that i have learned over my years of playing jazz. In this lesson, you will learn to play the melody of autumn leaves, combined with chords to fill up the gaps. Bass transcription of the walking bass line over autumn leaves by sam jones. In this walking bass version of autumn leaves you pay the bass and chords at the same time. If you want to take this a step further then you can check out the webstore lesson with a 50 minute video lesson i made on a 4 chorus solo. Autumn leaves bass guitar lesson basslines jazz standard. In this weeks lesson were looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the jazz standard autumn leaves. It goes over some basic ideas as shown hear and continues to more.
Bass tablature for autumn leaves by cannonball adderley. Remember to click on the included lesson mp3 to hear the chords and melody in action. Learning the melody is an important part of studying any jazz standard. Autumn leaves bass by johnny mercer, joseph kosma, and. Here is the bass lines for autumn leaves that everyone contributed to last week. Autumn leaves sheet music for flute, piano, bass download. Note the chords shown above are from my own composition fall off trees which happens to have the same chord changes as autumn leaves, but as they use the same harmonies its worth looking at here. I take you through chord tone and passing tone construction, giving you the tools you need to develop your own strong walking lines. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners talkingbass. It goes over some basic ideas as shown hear and continues to more complicated concepts like reharmonization and different. Music notes for choral instrumental pak sheet music by johnny mercer, joseph kosma, and jacques prevert. Join us on any of my social media accounts on wednesdays to participate. When creating walking bass lines, its important to outline the root and 5th of the chord.
Autumn leaves is a popular song written in 1945 and the original lyrics are in french. Get the full version of center stage bass academy including over 200 lessons and accurate song lesson tabs. Autumn leaves is also often played in the key of g minor, so it is important to learn it in this key also. Bundle of 48 backing tracks and 12 pdf files with chord changes. Were going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines.
Cannonball adderley autumn leaves bass ultimateguitar. Chord melody for guitar pdf autumn leaves chordmelody. Autumn leaves is a 32 bar song form that follows the aabc song form structure. Autumn leaves guitar tab by eva cassidy with free online tab player. Free bass transcription of autumn leaves by rickie lee jones. Next, you will learn a guitar solo over the chords of autumn leaves, and the scales needed to play that solo. How to play autumn leaves on guitar jamie holroyd guitar. Autumn leaves solo improvisation guide and walking bass. Check out the tutorial video for this lesson here youtube. If you want to learn to play a chord melody of autumn leaves then have a look at this lesson. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus.
Jul 09, 20 in this lesson, the jazz standard considered is the famous, autumn leaves. If youre looking for a challenge, it would be beneficial to learn to play and solo over autumn leaves in all of the keys. Practicing in all keys is going to consolidate your knowledge of the patterns as well as help you to freely move around the entire fret board. And, since the bass guitar is covering the root note, you dont lose anything by leaving out the root.
For those of you out there that already have a firm grasp on creating bluegrass licks and are interested in. Autumn leaves tutorial intro, chord melody, singlenote. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. Teds arrangement february 22, 1992 compilation pages by paul vachon. The pdf and a guitarpro file is available for registered users. Incorporating the 3rd of the chord will also give your bass line a stronger harmonic foundation. Bill evans trio autumn leaves bass tab in bb major. Autumn leaves is a song that ted enjoyed playing in many different keys and styles.
This famous jazz standard is both a great melody and a fairly easy option to play an easy chord melody. The guitarpro file will be particularly useful as you can change the speed and play along and even edit it and experiment with using different links between different chords. Make sure you have all the elements chords and melody confident before getting all fancy with this version. This set of playalongs and chord charts is a great addition to the walking bass lines course. Walking bass autumn leaves i continue the series on walking with a look at one of the most common standards, autumn leaves. Oct 21, 2016 the melody to autumn leaves is singable and full of sequences. Walking bass line piano tutorial walking bass jazz piano.
Jun 30, 2016 we have an official autumn leaves tab made by ug professional guitarists. Check out the autumn leaves tutorial if you havent already watched it. Autumn leaves solo improvisation by the dutch jazz guitarist matt otten. Please consider making a small donation to support this project for a free hd tutorial go to. Pdf autumn leaves transcription achim kohl dani dan. Autumn leaves fingerstyle guitar tab tab by frank sinatra. Print and download in pdf or midi autumn leaves les feuilles mortes. Having two a sections which are almost the same means the harmony and chords in the first half of the tune are almost identical. Sheet music is available for piano, voice, guitar and 32 others with 22 scorings and 7 notations in 37 genres. Autumn leaves fingerstyle guitar tab guitar tab by frank sinatra with free online tab player. Easy autumn leaves chord melody and quick howtoplay. Johnny mercer wrote the english lyric in 1947 and its since been a pop and jazz hit in both languages. Autumn leaves by joe pass full score guitar pro tab. Autumn leaves sheet music 72 arrangements available.
Autumn leaves is a great tune to try in chord melody form because the harmony moves in 4ths and it also presents some basic challenges in the melody. Autumn leaves joe pass, the best guitar pro tabs and music sheets for guitar, bass, drums, piano and more. Each section is 8 bars long and marked out on the example below for you to follow along with. Simple walking bass line for jazz beginners autumn leaves.