[TPIN] Autumn Leaves

[Bill Biffle]

Well, it's G/em in the Real Book, but Miles - and I  :-) - play it in Bb/gm (C/am for us).  This is not the problem.  Guys who can play and who know the tune know it by the major key - where it starts, not the related minor key where it ends.  That said, if you called it in e minor, everyone would know where to start (in G).
 
My question was simply related to how often others had experienced difficulty in getting players of other instruments to do it in Bb/gm.  It lies much better for us in that key, I think.  Plus it avoids things like g#m7-5 and C#7  (the ii and V of the relative minor f#m) that we have to play when it's done in the Real Book key (G/em concert).
 
Bill Biffle 

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From: Michael Bottini [mailto:mbottini at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sat 1/5/2008 11:34 AM
To: 'Eric Bolvin'; 'TPIN'; Bill Biffle
Subject: RE: [TPIN] Autumn Leaves



Don't you mean 4 flats?
MLB

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[mailto:tpin-bounces+mbottini=sbcglobal.net at tpin.okcu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric
Bolvin
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:26 AM
To: TPIN; bbiffle at brgcc.com
Subject: [TPIN] Autumn Leaves


<I have a key question.  The fake books have Autumn Leaves in G, but I
know several tpt players - myself included - who like it much better in
Bb.  I have called it in Bb on the fly

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Perhaps your problem is that Autumn Leaves is in a minor key. The Real Book
key is E min.
I like to play it in G min concert (so do you). So when you call the tune,
call G min.
If you call Bb, the band is gonna play in 5 flats, that's why the crazy
looks.

HTH

Eb

Eric Bolvin
The Really Big Student Songbook
The Arban Manual
Tongue Level & Air
www.BolvinMusic.com
www.myspace.com/ericbolvin 
408.236.2009

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