How to Play Autumn Leaves on Piano | Jazz Piano Lesson | Rootless Chords and Scale Improvisation

Learn how to play Autumn Leaves on piano with this in-depth jazz piano lesson! For more lessons see this playlist:    • Music Lessons   For some G blues riff examples check out:    • How to Play Blues Piano in G | Shuffle, Ri...   In this tutorial, we’ll break down the form, chords, melody, rootless chord voicings, and jazz improvisation techniques you can use to play Autumn Leaves with a more authentic jazz sound. We’ll look at Autumn Leaves in Bb major, thinking primarily in terms of its relative minor, G minor, and use that framework to understand the harmony and improvise over the entire tune. In this Autumn Leaves piano lesson, you'll learn: 🎹 The form of Autumn Leaves — understanding the AABC form and how the sections fit together. 🎹 How to play the chords — breaking down the chord progression and understanding how the harmony moves through the tune. 🎹 Rootless left-hand chords — practical jazz piano voicings that leave out the root and create a fuller, more professional sound (and make your bass player happy 🙂). 🎹 How to play the melody — learning the melody and seeing how it fits with the underlying harmony. 🎹 How to improvise over Autumn Leaves — using a few essential scales and sounds to start creating jazz solos. Scales covered: G Natural Minor / Aeolian Scale G Minor Blues Scale G Harmonic Minor Scale G Minor Pentatonic Scale Rather than treating Autumn Leaves as a collection of unrelated chords, we’ll look at the tune through the lens of G minor, making it easier to understand the harmony and approach improvisation in a musical way. This lesson is useful whether you're just getting started with jazz piano improvisation or you're looking to improve your chord voicings, left-hand technique, and ability to solo over jazz standards. If you're learning jazz piano, Autumn Leaves is one of the best tunes to study because it gives you a great introduction to ii-V-I harmony, minor-key harmony, chord voicings, and jazz improvisation. 🎵 Tune: Autumn Leaves 🎹 Key: Bb Major / G Minor 🎼 Form: AABC 🎹 Topics: Jazz Piano, Rootless Chords, Chord Voicings, Melody, Improvisation, Jazz Scales If you enjoyed the lesson, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and let me know in the comments what jazz standard you'd like to learn next! #JazzPiano #AutumnLeaves #PianoLesson #JazzImprovisation #RootlessChords