Lessons

In lesson two on our ‘Autumn Leaves in all 12 keys’ course we are moving the melody into two other keys and solidifying our work from lesson one by playing the melody over the backing tracks. 

In this lesson we are going to be looking at playing the melody in just two different keys – G minor and F minor (concert) so A minor & G minor on tenor, D minor and C minor on Alto. Remember that Autumn Leaves starts with a MAJOR ii V I progression, so sometimes people can wrongly think that it is a ‘major’ tune – it resolves to the minor so it’s said to be in a minor key!

The fourth and final lesson in our ‘In A Mellow Tone’ transcription project.  In this lesson we will cover clips 7&8 and show you how to record your version of the project.

In this lesson we will be dealing with Clips 5&6 and in the video lesson, I will be going into much more detail than usual, (it’s a long one, so get a drink and settled!)

Clips 3&4 are quite contrasting clips. In clip 3 Javon seems to keep it quite ‘straight’ and inside the scale of Bb major, whereas in Clip 4 he explores more of the chromatic enclosures that are often found in Bebop.