How you add extensions and color to the Autumn Leaves Chords is a big part of the sound of Jazz Harmony. In this video I am going to go over 5 different sets of chords ranging from a very basic Drop2 set via a various extensions and alterations to a spacy modal harmonization.

When checking out the possiblities for adding and changing the chords it is practical to use a chord progression that you already know and have in your ears. In that way it doesn't become only theory but you can also relate it to a song you already know.

In this lesson I am going to use the first 8 bars of Autumn Leaves and I have 5 different variations of the chords on this song that you can use to explore what is possible and of course also directly start using in your playing.

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Content:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Drop2 voicings
1:26 Ex 1 Basic Drop2 voicings
3:42 Ex 2 Adding Extensions + basic rules
7:07 Ex 3 More Extensions + advanced rules
9:51 Ex 4 Advanced Sounds
13:09 Ex 5 Modal Harmonization (Herbie Hancocks Playground)
18:06 A few thoughts on comping
18:57 Do you have a great approach for working with chord extensions?


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