The reason I prefer Justin over other guitar teachers because he understands beginners like me. For him, I could learn all the chords for Autumn Leaves. Thanks man !
Justin for President!! We are all blessed! No one is as good and as generous with their time and talent as you my friend. Thank you so much! Great lesson! Love it!
This is the first lesson I've watched of yours. I LOVE how you do the short playthrough before you start the video! More people should make their videos like that. Saves you the trouble of skipping through the videos. Thank you thank you!
Seriously man, I can't thank you enough! You're to the point, you're a great player, and unlike other tutorials you make sure to provide the best example with little to no mistakes. Huge fan.
Simon Tay I play piano and guitar and one thing a guitar has over the piano is just by moving up and down the frets we can change keys and scales. On piano all the keys are different. btw autumn leaves is a modal masterpiece..
I can't even express how long I've looked for this songs lesson. Thanks you Justin your work and what you do is great for us who can't afford a guitar lesson thanks again.
Michael Anthony People that can't afford things.. are often criticised.. I can't afford many things..I have learned to be content and work with what I have. Also when you are forced to dig things out from free sources books ECT.. it makes you better and ultimately the knowledge will stick because better because learning slowly is better.
Michael Anthony I didn't know Justin taught jazz but it's very good.. I'll pass something on.. I was working on this very song, and trying out different inversions. Here is what I learned the 7 # 5 can be played in a very unique way .. play g with f position.. don't hit the high string. you'll just have g b.d. Now move whole chord up to strings 345 .. now move this towards the bridge. you have the notes d# g. b.... the sharp five is in the base. I just realized I commented to comment awhile back it's still good info. so I'll leave it.
Your way of explaining is easy to follow. I came across your site in search of ways of learning how to play jazz songs on the guitar. I am more of a classical guitarist with a limited background of jazz chords and progressions. I'll keep your advice to be patient in mind.
Hands down, the best tutorial for this song on this site. I always enjoy your videos, Justin, you're a wonderful teacher. Your patience, with us, as students, always shines through with each lesson. Thank you for all your hard work
Just for the history, the origin of this beautiful jazz standard is French and was written by the poet Jacques Prévert in 1945, and sing by the famous actor Yves Montand under the name : "Les feuiiles mortes"...
Louie McConnell This as you look into it further is a classic example of advanced music theory. It uses the 2 5 1.. a lot ., I just use circle of fourths. same thing .
@haikai fauzi They are referring, to the number of the chord. Given it's in Gmajor.. scale is G a b C D e F#, where lower case means minor, and the F# is (half) diminished... Chords of the song are are "a D G C F# b e", or if you use the number of the chord in the diatonic scale 2(a) 5(D) 1(G) 4(C) 7(F#) 3(B.. Interesting it's a B7 and not Bm7) 6(e) back to 2 5 1 4 7 3 6. A common progression in rock is 1 4 5. Sometimes you'll see the numeric representation of the chords in the scale as Roman numerals. They do it this way because you could play the song in any key, and, if you keep the chords in the scale in the same numeric order, the song will be the "same" except in a different key.
Nick Tursi The real book was modeled after fake books to have a standard. The only way to know for sure is to find the original and go from there. Having said that even though the notes may say one thing the artist may have played it a little different.. Putting in tritone substitution is a sophisticated way and I would rather see it. The tritone sub is a nice way to slide from the minor a half step up to the new major.. Also I would learn it both ways .. the way people usually hear it and other options for flavor.. one stipulation the band has to know where you are going unless you plan to play just solo.
Thx...good clear explanation of this wonderfull melody...good for beginners to start with ..as you've mentioned. Thx for not bei g so 'misterious' about it..like some teachers I've met way back in the past.
Thank you Justin. We are learning Autumn Leaves for a local Musical Performance I love your instructional.. But I was curious about the arrow tat on your left arm. We shoot traditional archery and I build self bows.
Hi Justin, thanks so much for the basic jazz standard chords and songs posted for beginners like me. Would love to learn to play Have yourself a very merry Christmas since the time of year is fast approaching an also a jazz version of Happy Birthday. Be blessed
Great video, very informative and I'll stay tuned for more jazz...but what about that stuff around 1:49 or so? There were some inversions you didn't cover.
Justin I didn't know you taught jazz.. I love to play it and can call always pick up ahem steal a lick from another player.. I have an old guitar channel but have been busy building my piano site on yt. This song as we get further into is a masterpiece of shuuh.. music theory.
This is excellent. Massive thanks for such a clear explanation. I thought such a tune would be out of my reach - but thanks to this tutorial I am slowly managing to get through it. I must have spent 3 hrs yesterday strumming and grinning. Again - thanks Justin. PS - check out the Iggy Pop version on UA-cam - it's possibly my favourite rendition. Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes (Live @ France Inter)
no doubt this is a good lesson but my old guitar teacher taught me this song... I did not like going there, he was a jazz player (nothing bad about that). Too much in his head and could not transfer his passion for playing to me. didn't go anymore after a while.. my guitar now lies around, it's better when a video of Justin shows up ;-)
Hey Justin, great video, any chance you could do a tutorial on playing the melody at the same time like you do at 1:46 please? I have learned the basic chords now, I think it would be a really helpful step up if you showed what you’re doing there, thank you!
Hey mate. May I first thank you for this stuff. I'm learning this stuff from a non jazz back ground bit think I know what I need. From the first vid showing the basic jazz chords we would want a link directly to this vid... but with the chords in text form on the screen so we have a practical learning curve actually using the chords we just learnt. Slow down and let the student follow the chords on screen. This song then link directly to the next song. I've tried to learn this stuff but got lost stupidly I know but with this next step you'd trap all in here... Just a thought
+lqz its kind of like a walking bass line which usually have chromatic notes in it(chromatic notes are one fret up or down from what note your on) and some music uses this because its a great way to break key just like this particular song that breaks key in this section, but ultimately you can play either way but its up to you which sounds better or good.
This way gives us a VI II V I sequence, which is a very popular turnaround in jazz and is good practice for beginners. The sequence found in tabs is a substitution for that underlying 6-2-5-1, covering the same harmonic space, but sounding more elegant. There's a lot of variation in this spot in different recordings, more than any other place in the song.
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It is a 'Jazz 7 grip'. Take an E-shape dominant 7 and only play strings 6, 4, 3 and 2. www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/e-shape-dominant-7th-chords-mt-604. Justin teaches a whole load of useful chord study in this course: www.justinguitar.com/categories/practical-fast-fun-music-theory Cheers | close 2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & JG Forum Mod [ justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php ]
@@JustinGuitarSongs Wow, thanks so much for the reply! Honestly didn't really expect to get a reply from the JustinGuitar channel, haha. I'll be sure to check out those resources! Thanks again
Nice. I have a question. Some of the chords you are showing are different from the chords that are written in the chart on the website(2 last bars of the 6th line and 1st bar of the last line). Why? What is the correct? I am bit confused because i am beginner with jazz. Thank you
Great Lesson - Just curious about the amp / settings to get your tone. I also have a 335 but this is my first dip into jazz standards and looking for the tone. Any suggestions?
Hi Saepium. Thanks for watching and asking. If you visit the main JustinGuitar website, Justin has a section dedicated to several Jazz standards, including Autumn Leaves. Check here: www.justinguitar.com/modules/jazz-standards Justin covers the Intro, Chords, Melody, Harmonic Analysis, Exploring / Improv and the Walking Bass. Cheers :) | close 2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & JG Forum Mod
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That G major half diminished flat 9 add 7 dorian minor seventh sixtyforth minor major mixolydian chord, is my favorite.
The reason I prefer Justin over other guitar teachers because he understands beginners like me. For him, I could learn all the chords for Autumn Leaves. Thanks man !
He doesn’t like you”I don’t like you either, you just watch yourself, we’re wanted men, I have the death sentence on twelve systems.”. 😡😡😡
Justin for President!! We are all blessed! No one is as good and as generous with their time and talent as you my friend. Thank you so much! Great lesson! Love it!
Grovel grovel
This is the first lesson I've watched of yours. I LOVE how you do the short playthrough before you start the video! More people should make their videos like that. Saves you the trouble of skipping through the videos. Thank you thank you!
Devon Marantz I know you made this comment a long time ago, but I wanted to point out that all the big guitar channels play the song at the beginning
@@chef4025 Give the Internet time. People will be responding to 65 year old threads eventually.
@@waseatenbyagrue bruhh lol
Seriously man, I can't thank you enough! You're to the point, you're a great player, and unlike other tutorials you make sure to provide the best example with little to no mistakes. Huge fan.
This is awesome. Now I'm hook to learning Jazz guitar
same here buddy
really love justin
Simon Tay I play piano and guitar and one thing a guitar has over the piano is just by moving up and down the frets we can change keys and scales. On piano all the keys are different. btw autumn leaves is a modal masterpiece..
you learn it yet?
Same but can’t play barre chords
1:46 to 2:00 is my favorite part. Been trying for months to play it that smooth! Thanks for the absolutely best youtube version of this tune!
I can't even express how long I've looked for this songs lesson. Thanks you Justin your work and what you do is great for us who can't afford a guitar lesson thanks again.
Michael Anthony People that can't afford things.. are often criticised.. I can't afford many things..I have learned to be content and work with what I have. Also when you are forced to dig things out from free sources books ECT.. it makes you better and ultimately the knowledge will stick because better because learning slowly is better.
Michael Anthony I didn't know Justin taught jazz but it's very good.. I'll pass something on.. I was working on this very song, and trying out different inversions. Here is what I learned the 7 # 5 can be played in a very unique way .. play g with f position.. don't hit the high string. you'll just have g b.d. Now move whole chord up to strings 345 .. now move this towards the bridge. you have the notes d# g. b.... the sharp five is in the base. I just realized I commented to comment awhile back it's still good info. so I'll leave it.
Magic Justin - clear and concise teaching. Your tutorial is a priceless gift , I love this song and now can play it..
Your way of explaining is easy to follow. I came across your site in search of ways of learning how to play jazz songs on the guitar. I am more of a classical guitarist with a limited background of jazz chords and progressions. I'll keep your advice to be patient in mind.
Hands down, the best tutorial for this song on this site. I always enjoy your videos, Justin, you're a wonderful teacher. Your patience, with us, as students, always shines through with each lesson. Thank you for all your hard work
Justin - always confident when I search something and its you thats got the solution. This is great for anyone learning the jazz thing! best regards
Thanks. Acoustic folks could also play the F-sharp half-diminished at the 4th fret (root on 4th string).
Just for the history, the origin of this beautiful jazz standard is French and was written by the poet Jacques Prévert in 1945, and sing by the famous actor Yves Montand under the name : "Les feuiiles mortes"...
Desperado1712 pfft...he said "prevert" pfftt...
Norman Blaine Yes i said Jacques Prévert for the lyrics and exactly Joseph Kosma for the music, what's the problem???
Desperado1712 I think it rates up there as one of the top love songs.. .. was it exactly like the song or was it changed a little.
Desperado1712 Yes but I like the part written by Johnny Mercer. .
You might want to google József Kozma ;)
Hey Justin, I really appreciate this lesson, you are such a good teacher. Cheers from Santiago de Chile!
Justin always brightens my day
I do love Justin's lessons been following him now since 2006 gets better all the while... earlier stuff was fun learning too!
Just started playing and this is my dream song. Justin is really great!
this is just a lot of 2 - 5 - 1s! thanks music theory1!!
Louie McConnell This as you look into it further is a classic example of advanced music theory. It uses the 2 5 1.. a lot ., I just use circle of fourths. same thing .
What does that mean
@haikai fauzi They are referring, to the number of the chord. Given it's in Gmajor.. scale is G a b C D e F#, where lower case means minor, and the F# is (half) diminished... Chords of the song are are "a D G C F# b e", or if you use the number of the chord in the diatonic scale 2(a) 5(D) 1(G) 4(C) 7(F#) 3(B.. Interesting it's a B7 and not Bm7) 6(e) back to 2 5 1 4 7 3 6. A common progression in rock is 1 4 5. Sometimes you'll see the numeric representation of the chords in the scale as Roman numerals. They do it this way because you could play the song in any key, and, if you keep the chords in the scale in the same numeric order, the song will be the "same" except in a different key.
Louie McConnell b(nn
That's Jazz!
The chords in this video are correct. The chords in question in these other tabs mentioned are tri-tone substitutions for the A 7 and G 7 chords.
Nick Tursi The real book was modeled after fake books to have a standard. The only way to know for sure is to find the original and go from there. Having said that even though the notes may say one thing the artist may have played it a little different.. Putting in tritone substitution is a sophisticated way and I would rather see it. The tritone sub is a nice way to slide from the minor a half step up to the new major.. Also I would learn it both ways .. the way people usually hear it and other options for flavor.. one stipulation the band has to know where you are going unless you plan to play just solo.
Thx...good clear explanation of this wonderfull melody...good for beginners to start with ..as you've mentioned.
Thx for not bei g so 'misterious' about it..like some teachers I've met way back in the past.
Great Justin! For the first time I can play melody and filll with chords. It took me a few days, but I'm really happy :-):-):-)
Honestly I was looking for music to chill to but listening to your voice saying guitar notes and the guitar playing is pretty gold
Thank you Justin. We are learning Autumn Leaves for a local Musical Performance I love your instructional.. But I was curious about the arrow tat on your left arm. We shoot traditional archery and I build self bows.
known about Justin for a long time but this made me hit the subscribe button
Thank you Justin, you are a legend mate!
At 1:47 it sounds exactly like, A Lovely Night, from La La Land.
Hi Justin, thanks so much for the basic jazz standard chords and songs posted for beginners like me. Would love to learn to play Have yourself a very merry Christmas since the time of year is fast approaching an also a jazz version of Happy Birthday. Be blessed
This song sounds sooooo chill. Gotta be patient though 'cause I don't know the chords you're mentioning hahaha
Go to a chord chart and copy the chord shapes down if you don't know them
Thank you Justin, with your help i've just learned my first jazz song!
When all else fails, Justin prevails...Thanks, mate!
great video, esp the bit explaining & experimenting with the chords
Thank you so much justin! This helped me so much and I've been practicing and im 11 and this song is simple but sounds amazing to other people. :)
Thanks man..this easy lesson i ever see here..thumbs up..
Hi Justin, I have not tried jazz, but love the chords,a good lesson,Mw
Great video, very informative and I'll stay tuned for more jazz...but what about that stuff around 1:49 or so? There were some inversions you didn't cover.
Thanks! This chords sound familiar, I think it rings to me the melody of John Mayer's "new light"
Justin I didn't know you taught jazz.. I love to play it and can call always pick up ahem steal a lick from another player.. I have an old guitar channel but have been busy building my piano site on yt. This song as we get further into is a masterpiece of shuuh.. music theory.
TY taught me this song in like 5 mins you are awesome
This is just one of the great songs!
Ah i love this guy. He's SO happy :D
excellent tutorial, I managed to pick the whole thing right at the first segment... although the explanation helped me a lot... :)
etherlords88 liar ;-)
bakters umm partially... yeah... :P
etherlords88
try learning the walking bass version from the first segment :D
You're an excellent teacher!!!
Awesome, thanks!
This is excellent. Massive thanks for such a clear explanation. I thought such a tune would be out of my reach - but thanks to this tutorial I am slowly managing to get through it. I must have spent 3 hrs yesterday strumming and grinning. Again - thanks Justin.
PS - check out the Iggy Pop version on UA-cam - it's possibly my favourite rendition.
Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes (Live @ France Inter)
Thanks, didn't know this one, definitely a great listen!
great tip for future videos. actually record these lessons in a standard tuning so I don't break my freaking strings tuning that high up. cool. thanks
Is that a joke? This is standard tuning.
Awesome and effective!! May I suggest a jazz standard lesson for Brubeck's Take Five?
thanks, best video on jazz guitar I've seen, great camera angle. So many get that wrong in making a video.
It's "Still Got The Blues" & the chorus of "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie 👌🏼
nice man ! regards from barcelona spain. thanks
This tutorial is extraordinary
you are amazing Justin
Fantastic lesson, Justin (as always).
no doubt this is a good lesson but my old guitar teacher taught me this song... I did not like going there, he was a jazz player (nothing bad about that). Too much in his head and could not transfer his passion for playing to me. didn't go anymore after a while.. my guitar now lies around, it's better when a video of Justin shows up ;-)
Thank you going over this standard. Love this song.
Hey Justin thanks for the lesson, could you give us more details about walking bass?
GREAT...again...Nice work nice teaching
Compliments Senor!
very clear!!
These new Jazz lessons are great, thanks.
00:42 Play-through
01:45 Chord Melody - some different chord voicings to accommodate this
02:04 Chord-by-chord
03:08 B7 or B7b9(=Cdim)
Hey Justin, great video, any chance you could do a tutorial on playing the melody at the same time like you do at 1:46 please?
I have learned the basic chords now, I think it would be a really helpful step up if you showed what you’re doing there, thank you!
Iconic standard
Jason you are the best 🙌
Thanks so much! Awesome! 👍😎❤️
Great stuff Justin, we need more Jazz!
Omgomgomg. Just what I was looking for! Thanks for sharing!
Okay so I’ll need to look up these chords hahahhaha.
Brilliant, Justin - even 9 years ago!!! :)
Great work, thanks. I am going to learn it this Christmas.
explained very well!..thank you for caring!
I love your cap !
Great tutorial. Thanks a lot !
good basic lesson! Thank you very much! Might be really helpfull for my show two weeks from now, (coffee shop) :)
Thank you Justin!
Awesome , thanks so much Justin !
This is great, Justin. Thank you so much!
Always a great job of explaining
Hey mate. May I first thank you for this stuff. I'm learning this stuff from a non jazz back ground bit think I know what I need. From the first vid showing the basic jazz chords we would want a link directly to this vid... but with the chords in text form on the screen so we have a practical learning curve actually using the chords we just learnt. Slow down and let the student follow the chords on screen. This song then link directly to the next song.
I've tried to learn this stuff but got lost stupidly I know but with this next step you'd trap all in here...
Just a thought
you always do great jazz lessons. thank you
first time Ive seen your clips this is great
@Justin you got to do "winds of change -scorpians.."
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
just a question: you play the sequence Em7, A7, Dm7, G7 when most tabs go Em7, Eb7, Dm7, Db7. Is there any reason for this? thanks for the lesson!!
+lqz its kind of like a walking bass line which usually have chromatic notes in it(chromatic notes are one fret up or down from what note your on) and some music uses this because its a great way to break key just like this particular song that breaks key in this section, but ultimately you can play either way but its up to you which sounds better or good.
This way gives us a VI II V I sequence, which is a very popular turnaround in jazz and is good practice for beginners. The sequence found in tabs is a substitution for that underlying 6-2-5-1, covering the same harmonic space, but sounding more elegant. There's a lot of variation in this spot in different recordings, more than any other place in the song.
This sounds an awful lot like Porter/Sinatra's Under My Skin.. guess it uses some of the same changes. I love it!
Lovely.
Justin,
The Gibson sounds absolutely beautiful. What happened to the neck? Indents on frets 2, 4 & 6. God bless and great lesson.
L Phillips That's evidence of a much-played and obviously very well cared-for guitar. I'll bet it plays like a dream.
L Phillips He played too hard with his G-String
Lloyd Andrews I agree. it's road were.. I have played some guitars for a thousand hours or so.. mainly practicing.
rubbish - its been submitted to a trauma- either something fell hard against/onto it of was badly packed and pressure forced something onto it.
It's scalloped from not cutting your nails as far as I can tell. Don't think Justin caused the damage though. I'd be curious to know though.
sir...i want to be a guitarist like you....I hope I can play this song someday....just so mesmerising
Can you play it now?
Great lesson!
Are there any videos on how to pick/strum like this for jazz?
Good lesson, thanks.
very very big thanks!
Great video! Could you do it in Gmi, which is the key all my friends play it in? I'll work on transposing but just a beginner here. thanks.
A little theory can go a long way! www.justinguitar.com/classes/practical-fast-fun-music-theory-music-theory-course
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Thank you veru much! This is really good!!!
Thanks this was very good!
What frets is he pressing down on for the B7 chord at 0:52?
It is a 'Jazz 7 grip'.
Take an E-shape dominant 7 and only play strings 6, 4, 3 and 2.
www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/e-shape-dominant-7th-chords-mt-604.
Justin teaches a whole load of useful chord study in this course: www.justinguitar.com/categories/practical-fast-fun-music-theory
Cheers
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@@JustinGuitarSongs Wow, thanks so much for the reply! Honestly didn't really expect to get a reply from the JustinGuitar channel, haha. I'll be sure to check out those resources! Thanks again
Nice. I have a question. Some of the chords you are showing are different from the chords that are written in the chart on the website(2 last bars of the 6th line and 1st bar of the last line). Why? What is the correct? I am bit confused because i am beginner with jazz. Thank you
excellent. Thank you
man, i love this
Great Lesson - Just curious about the amp / settings to get your tone. I also have a 335 but this is my first dip into jazz standards and looking for the tone. Any suggestions?
Quality lesson.
Justin, did you ever do the chord melody for this song? Says so in the description but can't seem to find it. Its a fantastic song 🎵
Hi Saepium. Thanks for watching and asking. If you visit the main JustinGuitar website, Justin has a section dedicated to several Jazz standards, including Autumn Leaves. Check here: www.justinguitar.com/modules/jazz-standards
Justin covers the Intro, Chords, Melody, Harmonic Analysis, Exploring / Improv and the Walking Bass.
Cheers :)
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