Ted’s Arrangement, with compilation pages by Paul Vachon

Ted's Original Lesson sheet
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_Arrangement
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_CompingStudy_1983-12-06.pdf

My compilation pages, changes and comparisons
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_CompingStudy_pg1.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_CompingStudy_pg2.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_CompingStudy_pg3.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_CompingStudy_pg4.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_Sketch.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_Sketch_notation.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_Arr_grids_and_notation_p1.pdf
AutumnLeaves_TedGreene_Arr_grids_and_notation_p2.pdf

Autumn Leaves is a song that Ted enjoyed playing in many different keys and styles.  This version is a little challenging, but not too difficult. 

Normally written in E minor, Ted made this arrangement in D minor.  If you want to hear Ted playing a completely different version, watch Ted’s Musician’s Institute Seminar DVD from June 6, 1993, or go to YouTube and search for “Ted Greene Autumn Leaves.” He plays it in F# minor (I think) and was an improvised arrangement, so it’s completely different from the attached pages. 

Ted wrote at the top of the page:  “Please don’t release notes unless there is agood reason to” – which means to make all the notes in the chords sustain asmuch as possible while the melody moves. Give special attention to your fingerings, making sure you’re set up for the following chords, especially when there are tied notes.  Ted didn’t include the chord “flavors”or “qualities” – only the root names.  Iadded the names in red ink. 

Also attached here is one of Ted’s “sketches” for a couple of phrases of Autumn Leaves with some very different re-harmonization.  These examples are in E minor, so if you want to incorporate them into the other arrangement, you’ll simply have to move them down a step.

Ted didn’t include any chord names on this page, so again, I wrote my interpretations in red ink.  I also added two diagrams of “follow-up” chords that Ted indicated to finish one of the phrases.  I’m fairly sure that the voicings I added are what he intended.

Enjoy!

-- Paul