Structure and Chord Progression
The song is in AABC form. "Autumn Leaves" offers a popular way for beginning jazz musicians to become acquainted with jazz harmony as the chord progression consists almost solely of ii-V-I and ii-V sequences which are typical of jazz. For example, in the key of G minor it opens with
Cm7 (ii) - F7 (V) - Bbmaj7 (I)The bridge contains the same sequence as well as
Fm7 (ii) - Bb7 (V) - Ebmaj7 (I).Read more about this topic: Autumn Leaves (song)
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