Autumn Leaves is a great way to start improvising following the harmony because it's a well known tune and it still covers a lot of important cadences in a key. In this lesson Iw will go over a set of arpeggios in one position, some exercises, target notes and strategies for making solos where you can hear the harmony in the improvisation.
You can download a PDF and read the article on my blog via this link: http://jenslarsen.nl/autumn-leaves-soloing-arpeggios/
Lesson on How to Play Jazz Chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esWyb1_hQRE&index=1&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFMUtQeI3qbbTI0Vu96-To0
Lesson on Target Notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TRWFf_WQo&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcHb5_aaODGBp1ZWT-ISCopC&index=1
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http://jenslarsen.nl/product/autumn-leaves-solo-lesson-1/
0:23 Intro - theory and form
1:55 Chord voicings for Autumn Leaves
4:08 Arpeggios in the 6th Position
5:40 Practising arpeggios on Autumn Leaves
6:55 Connecting the arpeggios
8:58 2nd Connection exercise
10:04 Target notes explanation
12:24 Target notes on Autumn Leaves
13:54 Using target notes
14:31 Solo example with target notes
15:04 Taking target note approach further
16:03 WebStore lesson on Autumn Leaves
16:33 Outro
Backing track for the intro video is from Bobby's backing tracks:
http://www.bobbysbackingtracks.com/en/jazz-trio/2503-jazz-trio-vol-1.html
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