Jazz Standards Autumn Leaves Progression (c) Jim Conquer www.theguitarschool.biz The following chord progression and scale choice lists should be tried over the verse of the jazz standard Autumn Leaves. (First three counts are pick up notes, anacrusis) / / / ||Amin7 / / / | D7 / / / |G Maj7 / / / | C Maj7 / / / | F#m7b5 / / / | B7b9 / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / || A min7 G major / A min. pentatonic / E min. pentatonic / F major D7 G major / A min. pentatonic / Diminished on b9, 3, 5, b7 G Maj7 G Major / D Major / F#, B or E minor pentatonic scales C Maj7 C Major / G Major / B , E or A minor pentatonic scales F#m7b5 G Major / A melodic min / G melodic min / E Harmonic min B7b9 E Harmonic min / Diminished on b9, 3, 5, b7 E min E Harmonic min / G major / E, B minor pentatonic There are more scale choices available for each chord, and if we were to consider all of the chordal substitutions available to us for each of the original chords in the progression and then list the substitute chords scale choices, the list would be endless. We will slowly over the coming months try to identify and list as many of them as we can find. All scale choices listed in this article have been demonstrated in earlier articles available on our site. I hope to be able to supply audio downloads and CD versions of all our tutorials to allow you to hear the way scales, arpeggios, and chords can sound when blended together properly. Anyone interested in a CD version covering the first twenty-five tutorials should contact me to order via email link from the site at a cost of £10 sterling (p+p not included). All the best for now... Jim