---
title: Autumn Leaves
artist: Cannonball Adderley
key: G
tempo: 1/4=110
rhythm: Medium Swing
midiprogram: 32
date: 2020-07-20
---

## Activities

{% activityList pid="autumnleaves" %}

- [x] Play with iReal - semibreves
- [x] Play with iReal - minims
- [x] Rewrite with 1st and 5th in each bar
- {% activity %} Learn and play along 1st 16 bars
- [x] Check transcription - last bar. I think note 1 could be low G and 2nd D is higher G
- {% activity %} Play and say all the 7th Chords
- [x] Extend my bassline by adding beats 3/4 - 7ths
- {% activity %} Play my bassline @ 50 bpm in iReal
- [x] Play along beats 1 & 3 with root and 5th keeping strict timing (ignore piano)
- [x] Make a walking bassline by adding beat 2
- [ ] Play 3 x root + 1 from scale per bar

{% endactivityList %}

## Dots

### In G

<details>
<summary>Expand...</summary>
<!-- prettier-ignore -->
{%- abc title=title, artist=artist, key=key,unitnotelength=1, tempo=tempo, rhythm=rhythm,  midiprogram=midiprogram -%}
P: A
|: "A-7"A | "D7"d | "G△7"G | "C△7"c |
| "F♯ø7"F | "B-7"B | "E-7"E | "E-7"E :|
P: B
|| "F♯ø7"F | "B-7"B | "E-7"E | "E-7"E |
| "A-7"A | "D7"d | "G△7"G | "C△7"c ||
P: C
|| "F♯ø7"F | "B-7"B | "E-7"E/2 "E♭7"_E/2 | "D7"D/2 "D♭7"_D/2 |
| "F♯ø7"F | "B-7"B | "E-7"E | "E-7"E |]

{% endabc %}

</details>

---

### Stevie's bassline

<!-- prettier-ignore -->
{%- abc title=title, artist=artist, key="Bb", unitnotelength="1/4", tempo=tempo, rhythm=rhythm,  midiprogram=midiprogram -%}
P: A
|: "C-7"cdeg | "F7"fdcA | "B♭△7"Bdfd | "E♭△7"efgB |
| "Aø7"Acce | "D-7"defA | "G-7"GfdB | "G-7"GGdg :|
P: B
|| "Aø7"Acge | "D-7"dec^F | "G-7"GABF | "G-7"GAFB |
| "C-7"cfbg | "F7"fgeC' | "B♭△7"BBAd | "E♭△7"eddB ||
P: C
|| "Aø7"Acge | "D-7"defA | "G-7"G2^F2 | "F7"F2=E2 |
| "Aø7"Aceg | "D-7"ddc^f | "G-7"gedB | "G-7"GBdB |]

{% endabc %}

---

### Transcription - 1st 16 bars

<!-- prettier-ignore -->
{%- abc title=title, artist=artist, key="Bb", unitnotelength="1/4", tempo=tempo, rhythm=rhythm,  midiprogram=midiprogram, swing="hard" -%}
P: Head
| "C-7"c'2c'2 | "F7"f2c'f | "B♭△7"b2f3/2d/2 | "E♭△7"e2be |
| "Aø7"A2A2 | "D-7"d2d^F | "G-7"G2d2 | "G-7"g3/2d1/2Bd |
| "C-7"c2c2 | "F7"F3/2E/2Fa | "B♭△7"B2Bd | "E♭△7"e2be |
| "Aø7"A2A2 | "D-7"dd^F | "G-7"G2d2 | "G-7"G3/2d1/2 g1/2g1/2e |]

{% endabc %}

## Structure

{% videoSeekList vid="u37RF5xKNq8", title="Canoball Adderley" %}

- {% seekVideo time="00:01" %} Intro
- {% seekVideo time="00:52" %} Head A x2
- {% seekVideo time="01:28" %} Head B
- {% seekVideo time="01:46" %} Head C
- {% seekVideo time="02:02" %} Solos
- {% seekVideo time="07:45" %} Head A x2
- {% seekVideo time="08:19" %} Head B
- {% seekVideo time="08:37" %} Head C - piano only
- {% seekVideo time="08:57" %} Outro

{% endvideoSeekList %}

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