Sandra Sherman, I’ve had a few drinks, but I’m sure I’ll feel the same way in the morning. I love you. You spend so much of your time teaching us in a very mellow and patient way. You are the best.
Sandra, you have taught me the importance of learning the WHY! Jazz is like Algebra. If you don't learn why you're playing that chord, you will get lost eventually and only get so far. You can't just memorize songs. You have to understand the theory behind it... especially if you want to improvise
Absolutely. You can't imagine in how many keys I've played Autumn Leaves in the Lau 25 years. I wouldn't be able to do that, if I didn't know the cadences and the scale theory behind that song. It's both, the II V I in major and it's relative minor cadence in this song, with the IV degree as a connector chord. That's really all there is to this song.
I know it's a couple of years but your Jazz guitar videos like this one are still playing a big role in my learning to play Jazz guitar. Thanks, Sandra.
I paid $88 Australia to learn this a few weeks ago with a teacher who I think is good. But I just gotta say this... you are the best guitar/ music teacher that I NEVER met! I wish you lived here in Australia or I lived there in Vienna! I get so much out of your lessons. You really know how to GIVE! THANK YOU! 😊
Thanks so much! I’ve been a pop/rock guitar player for over 20 years but never even played a half-diminished seventh chord before last month, and now I’m playing my first jazz tune. It’s great that you’re doing this so well and not even in your native language!
Endlich eine Erklärung in einfacher und unmissverständlicher Art, wie ich sie schon lange suche. Das ist genau das, was ich üben kann bis es sitzt. Ein ganzes Stück von Anfang bis Ende und nicht den hier im Netz so oft zu findenden halben Kram. Leider bin ich an der Guitare Späteinsteiger ohne Chance auf Unterricht Face to Face. Deine Lexionen sind für mich deshalb Gold wert. Danke für deine Mühe. Es ermöglicht mir mit unendlich viel Spaß mich durch das Stück durchzuarbeiten. Eine Lexion durcharbeiten und sie mit einem Lächeln gekonnt und sauber spielen zu können, das ist es. Yeah !!!
Uwe Walter Oh, das freut mich total. Danke für deine netten Worte. In den nächsten Wochen werde ich noch mehr solcher Chord Melody Lessons veröffentlichen. Unter Anderem: Summertime, Sunny, Night and Day und Misty. Hoffe es ist was für dich dabei. Viel Erfolg beim üben. Und falls du Fragen hast, zögere nicht. LG aus Wien, Sandra.
I have gotten so much from your videos that I feel I need to thank you for everything you are doing. You have a gift for teaching and it's wonderful that you are sharing it with all of us on RUclips.
I'm glad to say this is the very first Jazz standard I managed to learn from a video lesson because you are a great teacher and made it not too overwhelming for beginners. I've acquired the tabs for the Chord Melody starter pack and hopefully learn the other songs as well. Thank you very much for your work.
So happy for you! You started a new adventure. Make sure to check out the bonus chord sheet and watch the connected video lesson for the basic chords, before learning chord meöody standards! It makes things so much easier.
thank you for this sandra. i am able to practice the chords you taught me. Not only that but i have another jazz standard to improve my playing thank you so much
This is the correct version of the song that my teacher gave me to learn as my first jazz tune. Thank you Sandra for your wonderful instruction. Its really helping me! Cheers, Dan
I'm glad my tutorial was off help. If you want to improvise and/or learn a solo over Autumn Leaves, check out my new video: ruclips.net/video/ixcpPUKl-8I/видео.html
Wow Sandra! Thanks so much for posting this. I especially like that you take the time to explain the chords and melody lines in depth. Easy to understand. You're truly a great teacher. :-)
i've been playing guitar for many years, your arrangements and style of teaching are awesome. you are a great teacher. I will be checking out all your other lessons, please keep posting these, thank you.
Sandra, I am enjoying your channel so much. I thought pieces like this, and many others you have dissected into tutorials were going to be out of my reach due to the time it takes to get good enough to play them. Thanks to you and your tab notations they are now possible. You're the best!
This is my favorite Jazz song. I've been diving back into Jazz over the last few days. This really helped me develop a concept for chord/melody with this tune. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you soooo much. i have watched so many versions of this but yours are the only one i can relate to, so detailed and you are not trying to hide anything but just to help one to understand and enjoy playing the guitar. Thank you I just love your way of teaching. if at all possible i would love a version of Satin Doll it would be much appreciated.
elgato Negro Thank you for your kind words. That's one of the nicest compliments I've ever got ❤ And yes, Satin Doll is in my repertoire and on my list for a video. It won't be next, though, because I've already made a bunch of others, including "Fly Me To The Moon" and "Beautiful Love", that will be on next.
You such a fantastic teacher. Loved learning and now playing "Over the Rainbow" and half way through Autumn Leaves. Each afternoon while my wife plays piano I practice with you. Always something challenging and exciting to look forward to. Such much more to learn. THanks!!!!
This was great. As a new convert to Jazz and blues, I was able to follow a long with your logical explanations why you chose certain chords to provide tension and resolve. Beautiful tutorial!
AlbertandTempie Williams Thank you so much! Check out my basic jazz 7th Chords tutorial and the follow up für tension chords. Also, since your seem to like blues, I'll be having up a jazz blues swing style comping out in a couple of weeks.
hi sandra from the great white north, thx for replying so soon i am moving in a week and i will shortly be getting my guitar. soon after that i will use patreon,also i have read alot of the comments you get, and am not surprised that the people love you and your channel, your warmth comes across very well, u seem like a very nice gal, sort of wish you were closer, anyway i will be in touch and have started watching the videos on those cords u suggested , bye for now , john
Thank you very much for your explanation it helped me a lot because l knew the piece but l could not improvise and thanks to you l started to improvise thank you God bless you🎸
i cant imagine :D what if it becomes real, you shoot another lesson giving us a solo, accompanied with crazy chord substitutions (ones that makes one get lost in it), with your amazing precision on exploring and explaining...once i get the naked chemistry of those changes, i believe i can get a chance to manipulate some phrasing madness...thank you for your huge, huge effort and superb clarity.
Many thanks for posting this! While I found the single note melody playing comes easily to me, many of these chords are entirely new to me. I've found it to be very helpful to just play the chords in order(after writing down the chord shapes on a sheet of paper), to familiarize myself with these new shapes(and fingering changes between chords). This might be a helpful tip for others watching this lesson as well. I noticed you've asked for suggestions. Maybe a chord melody for "All the Things You Are"?
Thank you Sandra, that was awesome! Really appreciate the time and detail spent on all parts of the song! Your lessons/instructional materials are as good/better as any I have seen. Especially helpful for those like myself relatively new to jazz but having a real passion to grow and learn this music. So glad to have found your channel'! 😊🎶
Yay! Make sure to check out my chords playlist, so you know what you're doing. Knowing the basic jazz chords is the key to success here. I also have the chords video online for Autumn Leaves. Check it out!
Senior male citizen who also extends his gratitude and best wishes in relation to your tutorials featuring jazz guitar standards/classics. It is a joy to listen to your video and pick up the chords as well as the know-how in integrating melody lines along with chord patterns. Beautiful song of course, but you excel at teaching and have wonderful technique. If you ever get over to this side of the world (Chicago, IL, USA), would love to say hello and buy you lunch or a libation. Cheers!
Thx Sandra. your arrangement is so clever making playing technically easier. its the syncopation that is important for this piece. your inspirational and a excellent teacher with a great website. glad to have found you.
Glad you dig it. I think it's a good arrangement for beginners. Indeed I usually do a lot more syncopation, than they're is already in this arrangement, but I wanted to keep it simple, so beginners don't have a hard time.
Thanks a million~!! Took 2days to memorize your teaching. After playing about a year, I hope I can play with my own groove. Thank you again for your billiant guidance.
I love the way that you teach... Thank you!! You really want us to understand... Never show us at full speed, how it can really sound! (And , therefore, confuse us) Love that you show us the bones and then we can make it as musical/ jazzy etc as we want. Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!! Great teacher! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowlege!
Thank you for this, I'm primarily an extreme metal musician, but this resource has broadened my ability to maneuver the fretboard. Cheers from Flint Mi🤘🏻😊
You dont know it but I have been spending the last 6 weeks or more with you. I learned All The Things and Autumn Leaves I'm a finger picker, mostly acoustic blues and rock. I have seen a lot of the greats Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel. The new guys too I have seen. Your teaching is very good you have a lot of patience. The jazz chords have such beauty, my favorite the 13th chords. The two chords B flat maj 7 and E flat Maj 7 that follow the second melody on AutumnLleaves part I played over and over again. They are so beautiful. It is like a painting. I think I dream of this stuff. So thank you very much from Long Beach California I'm 65 yr old and a guitar lover before I first heard the Beatles when their first USA album was released. I will drop something by paypal you are well worth it.
Oh, your wife or girlfriend will get jealous, if you spend so much time with me 😊. Thanks for your lovely words. I'm glad you let me be a part in your learning path. Keep swingin', my friend from Long Beach (my Dad grew up there).
Thank you Sandra for this lesson. I'm new to guitar but you make this lesson appear to be learnable at my level. The only piece of music I can presently play is the riff to Wonderful tonight by Eric Clapton. Autumn Leaves I was told is an essential song which must be learned. From looking through RUclips it can be a very simple or very complexed song to play many interpretations. Thanks again
Hi Sean, welcome to the jazz world! I highly recommend checking out the basic jazz chords and tension chords as a follow up FIRST, BEFORE you learn any chord melody stuff. Check my pkaylists on chords and comping. It will be so much easier, if you know what you're doing. Chord melody is the kind discipline and requires all kind of basic skills to have learned first.
I am a beginner in Jazz guitar and your lessons are the best in RUclips. Slow and detailed explanation show your kindness for students. Please keep going, it would be very very helpful for the others. Subscribed!
Recently discovered your channel, and as someone that considers themselves Jazz-curious, I've learned a number of standards and can play either the melody or the chords, but most chord-melody arrangements I've seen either don't include a lesson or are too advanced for me. This arrangement strikes a perfect balance of changes and single-note lines, and uses enough conventional chord shapes that I only had to learn a few new ones (always good!) to be able to play the entire arrangement. Can't wait to tackle the next one. I love your version of Mr. PC by the way! Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for your kind words ❤️. I try to keep it as simple as possible, while giving some theory information (at least on the intermediate level videos). My recent vids are mostly intermediate level, but I'll shoot a couple of easy level videos during the summer, which will be released in autumn. So, stay tuned!
Hi Sandra! Thank you very much! I am in a beginner level, before your lessons i was playing only open basic chords...since three days ago i start to pratice your "autumn leaves" lesson...now i am playing the A1 and 2 part so nice and moving to next part! Thank you again, you are amazing!
After watching your excellent class, I bought the Chord Melody Starter Pack. It is exactly what I was looking for! I played pop & rock for years, and now I am studying classical guitar, but I wanted to put my Les Paul to good use so your class is perfect for starting my experiences playing jazz. Good job, Sandra! Greetings from Iowa-USA!
Sandra Sherman, I’ve had a few drinks, but I’m sure I’ll feel the same way in the morning. I love you. You spend so much of your time teaching us in a very mellow and patient way. You are the best.
In vino veritas 😁
She is a wonderful lady.
Sandra, you have taught me the importance of learning the WHY! Jazz is like Algebra. If you don't learn why you're playing that chord, you will get lost eventually and only get so far. You can't just memorize songs. You have to understand the theory behind it... especially if you want to improvise
Absolutely. You can't imagine in how many keys I've played Autumn Leaves in the Lau 25 years. I wouldn't be able to do that, if I didn't know the cadences and the scale theory behind that song. It's both, the II V I in major and it's relative minor cadence in this song, with the IV degree as a connector chord. That's really all there is to this song.
I know it's a couple of years but your Jazz guitar videos like this one are still playing a big role in my learning to play Jazz guitar. Thanks, Sandra.
Glad you let me be a aprt of your jazz joirney. People like you make me continue, although it's not always easy. Keep swinging 🎸 🎶
I paid $88 Australia to learn this a few weeks ago with a teacher who I think is good. But I just gotta say this... you are the best guitar/ music teacher that I NEVER met! I wish you lived here in Australia or I lived there in Vienna! I get so much out of your lessons. You really know how to GIVE! THANK YOU! 😊
I give Skype lessons 😊🎸
Enjoying the journey into jazz Autumn Leaves was just what I needed.
Phil Cooper Thank you. Jazz is indeed an enjoyable journey ☺
Thank you for this wonderful lesson. You are a great teacher, the best on RUclips, MAYBE ON THE PLANET!
Wow, thank you for this amazing compliment! ❤️ Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman thank you so much, your lessons are awesome, easy to understand and see, unlike other jazz teachers on youtube,
she is a good teacher ,,i agree,,one love
I just discovered your channel. That's some top level teaching. Thanks for all the phantastic tutorials ❤❤❤
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 🤗
Nice job! Great for us jazz newbies! Thanks a ton Sandra, I'm 80% through it. Really appreciate the effort!
Paul Lazarus Wow, so great! Proud of you ❤
Let's get the jazz party started ! Many thanks Sandra !
Thank you for providing such a great detail on this beautiful jazz song! I learnt a lot from your video!
Thanks so much! I’ve been a pop/rock guitar player for over 20 years but never even played a half-diminished seventh chord before last month, and now I’m playing my first jazz tune. It’s great that you’re doing this so well and not even in your native language!
Welcome to the jazz family, my friend! ❤️
Endlich eine Erklärung in einfacher und unmissverständlicher Art, wie ich sie schon lange suche. Das ist genau das, was ich üben kann bis es sitzt. Ein ganzes Stück von Anfang bis Ende und nicht den hier im Netz so oft zu findenden halben Kram.
Leider bin ich an der Guitare Späteinsteiger ohne Chance auf Unterricht Face to Face. Deine Lexionen sind für mich deshalb Gold wert. Danke für deine Mühe. Es ermöglicht mir mit unendlich viel Spaß mich durch das Stück durchzuarbeiten. Eine Lexion durcharbeiten und sie mit einem Lächeln gekonnt und sauber spielen zu können, das ist es. Yeah !!!
Uwe Walter Oh, das freut mich total. Danke für deine netten Worte. In den nächsten Wochen werde ich noch mehr solcher Chord Melody Lessons veröffentlichen. Unter Anderem: Summertime, Sunny, Night and Day und Misty. Hoffe es ist was für dich dabei.
Viel Erfolg beim üben. Und falls du Fragen hast, zögere nicht.
LG aus Wien, Sandra.
Still the best lesson on Autumn Leaves hands down!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Lovely arrangement, I'm going to try this. Thank you.
Eva Cassidy, dann Mr. Slowhand und jetzt dieser tolle workshop, von dem man weiss, dass man ihn umsetzen kann.- Grossartig und vielen Dank!!!
I have gotten so much from your videos that I feel I need to thank you for everything you are doing. You have a gift for teaching and it's wonderful that you are sharing it with all of us on RUclips.
Oh, that's super sweet of you ❤️. Thanks so much. Keep on swinging (and watching my videos) 😊
Thank you Sandra, this is by far the best Autumn Leaves lesson I've come across. Please keep it up!
+William Moser Thank you so much! Doing my best to make you guys happy 😊
I'm glad to say this is the very first Jazz standard I managed to learn from a video lesson because you are a great teacher and made it not too overwhelming for beginners. I've acquired the tabs for the Chord Melody starter pack and hopefully learn the other songs as well. Thank you very much for your work.
So happy for you! You started a new adventure. Make sure to check out the bonus chord sheet and watch the connected video lesson for the basic chords, before learning chord meöody standards! It makes things so much easier.
Me too! Thanks Sandra!
@GuitarVersum Sandra Sherman I agree
thank you for this sandra.
i am able to practice the chords you taught me. Not only that but i have another jazz standard to improve my playing
thank you so much
This is the correct version of the song that my teacher gave me to learn as my first jazz tune. Thank you Sandra for your wonderful instruction. Its really helping me! Cheers, Dan
I'm glad my tutorial was off help. If you want to improvise and/or learn a solo over Autumn Leaves, check out my new video: ruclips.net/video/ixcpPUKl-8I/видео.html
Wow Sandra! Thanks so much for posting this. I especially like that you take the time to explain the chords and melody lines in depth. Easy to understand. You're truly a great teacher. :-)
+The Claw Thank YOU for watching!
Gracias por tus enseñanzas, un saludo Sandra, desde Cartagena, España.
One of the best explanations and all around feeling I have ever seen ...
Einfach unglaublich, diese Frau! Eine Gitarren-Göttin...
Hihi, danke für die "Göttin" 😊❤️
Thank you for both the video and the tab.
A wonderful teacher.God bless!
Thank you so very much!
Sandra -- great lesson. I love how you break it down into sections. Melody then the chord is perfect for this song. Thank you!!
Thank you, Ken! Glad it works for you. Keep swingin 🎶 🎸
i've been playing guitar for many years, your arrangements and style of teaching are awesome. you are a great teacher. I will be checking out all your other lessons, please keep posting these, thank you.
Thank you, Chris. I will keep posting videos as long as there are lovely people out there, like you, who keep watching them 😊❤️
lotta versions added yours into the mix very nice addition thank you from the intermediate corner!!
Ralz Mathias Thank you Mathias! I will put up intermediate lessons on chord melody standards during the next weeks.
Thank you so much for this video. I love it! Great song!
Thank you for your kind words!
Sandra, I am enjoying your channel so much. I thought pieces like this, and many others you have dissected into tutorials were going to be out of my reach due to the time it takes to get good enough to play them. Thanks to you and your tab notations they are now possible. You're the best!
That makes me lily happy! Thank you ❤️
Keep swinging, my friend 🎶
This is my favorite Jazz song. I've been diving back into Jazz over the last few days. This really helped me develop a concept for chord/melody with this tune. Thank you so much!!!
Glad this video helped you on your jazz path.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you soooo much. i have watched so many versions of this but yours are the only one i can relate to, so detailed and you are not trying to hide anything but just to help one to understand and enjoy playing the guitar. Thank you I just love your way of teaching. if at all possible i would love a version of Satin Doll it would be much appreciated.
elgato Negro Thank you for your kind words. That's one of the nicest compliments I've ever got ❤
And yes, Satin Doll is in my repertoire and on my list for a video. It won't be next, though, because I've already made a bunch of others, including "Fly Me To The Moon" and "Beautiful Love", that will be on next.
You'r welcome and i Love Fly me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra, Thanks agin looking forward.
Yes please! "Satin Doll" is a must know jazz standard. A lesson of this great song would be very much appreciated. Thanks Sandra! 😉
may I share your sentiments and add my agreement to Satin Doll being much appreciated.
elgato Negro this lesson is a bit harder than the others because it uses TRUE theory and I love it!
best autumn leaves tutorial on RUclips, thank you so much :)
i'm definitely subscribing
Thanks so much for that great compliment ❤️
You such a fantastic teacher. Loved learning and now playing "Over the Rainbow" and half way through Autumn Leaves. Each afternoon while my wife plays piano I practice with you. Always something challenging and exciting to look forward to. Such much more to learn. THanks!!!!
Thank you, my friend. Did you try playing some jazz songs with the wife on piano and you play the melody?
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Haven't yet but that's the plan. Thanks so much. Hopefully there is a new jazz guitar for Christmas:)
@@ddisalle I keep my fingers crossed for your Christmas gift. Shouldn't be a problem if you were a good boy all year long 😊
You are such an excellently patient teacher that even a 68 year old like me can follow you so easily. Thank you Sandra
Thank you, my friend! ❤️ Remember, you're never too old to to what you love! Enjoy the jazz ride 😊
nice me like great chords and embellishments as well
Love that! Thanly you very much!!!!!
Nice, enjoying the Jazz ride, very helpful, keep making it accessible to everyone, wonderful!
This was great. As a new convert to Jazz and blues, I was able to follow a long with your logical explanations why you chose certain chords to provide tension and resolve. Beautiful tutorial!
AlbertandTempie Williams Thank you so much! Check out my basic jazz 7th Chords tutorial and the follow up für tension chords. Also, since your seem to like blues, I'll be having up a jazz blues swing style comping out in a couple of weeks.
Even though I've learned a version in this key I still learned and I am learning still from this lesson.
Ralz Mathias Thank you so much ❤ Glad I can help.
hi sandra from the great white north, thx for replying so soon i am moving in a week and i will shortly be getting my guitar. soon after that i will use patreon,also i have read alot of the comments you get, and am not surprised that the people love you and your channel, your warmth comes across very well, u seem like a very nice gal, sort of wish you were closer, anyway i will be in touch and have started watching the videos on those cords u suggested , bye for now , john
Thank you very much for your explanation it helped me a lot because l knew the piece but l could not improvise and thanks to you l started to improvise thank you God bless you🎸
Thanks a million for this teaching. I've learnt a lot from you, you're such a great, patient and methodical teacher 👍
Emmanuel Owoeye-Wise I'm blushing already 😊 Thank you so very much ❤
i cant imagine :D what if it becomes real, you shoot another lesson giving us a solo, accompanied with crazy chord substitutions (ones that makes one get lost in it), with your amazing precision on exploring and explaining...once i get the naked chemistry of those changes, i believe i can get a chance to manipulate some phrasing madness...thank you for your huge, huge effort and superb clarity.
Thank you for your kind words
very kind of you...hope i can catch up for a bebop bassline, at certain time :D
Cankut Bayhan yeah dude these chord progressions are mad. I love em tho. There's a whole lot of theory involved obviously.
Many thanks for posting this! While I found the single note melody playing comes easily to me, many of these chords are entirely new to me. I've found it to be very helpful to just play the chords in order(after writing down the chord shapes on a sheet of paper), to familiarize myself with these new shapes(and fingering changes between chords). This might be a helpful tip for others watching this lesson as well. I noticed you've asked for suggestions. Maybe a chord melody for "All the Things You Are"?
Did it just using those chords to answer the vocals, and a jazzy beat !!! Works for me
THNX
Great idea!
You're a great teacher, many thanks for the wonderful lessons
Great lesson, Sandra. Well done.
Thank you so much Ali!
Great lesson. Very detailed and easy to follow. Suggested future chord melody lessons - Misty, Fly me to the moon.
Kevin Herren I shot "Fly me to the moon" last week. It will be on in 2 to 4 weeks. Next up is "Moonlight in Vermont" today! Stay tuned.
Hi Kevin, Thank you for your nice feedback! Misty is on my list and "Fly Me To The Moon" is shot already and will be up on here in 2 - 4 weeks.
You are a wonderful teacher! These are the best beginner jazz guitar lessons on RUclips. Thank for doing these!
Neil S Oh, I'm blushing 😊 Thank you so much for your kind words!
I keep coming back to this video to tell you how great a teacher you are, professor Sherman. Thanks for all you do!!!
Awh, you're so kind. Thank you and glad you enjoy the tutorials 😊
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I always do!
0:43 Song Playthrough
1:54 Section A1 Explanation
11:48 Section A2 Explanation
15:33 Section B
32:22 Autumn Leaves Slow Tempo
You are the hero we need.
Do you plan on adding the introduction part of that song? You are the real deal. I have learned a lot from you. Carlo from Florida
@@carlotoussaint6901 What introduction?
@@carlotoussaint6901 The „verse part“ is the introduction
Seriously thinking about getting a guitar.
Pickles Presents Not sure if a 4-string dude can handle 6 of em.
Just kidding. Go for it ❤
@ Pickles Presents. Absolutely love the songs you've done with Postmodern Jukebox. What a genius!
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Es sei denn, du steigst auf nem E-Bass um.
Thank you Sandra. You have made this so approachable. I am enjoying playing it so much!
Glad you like it, Glynis! Keep swinging my friend.
So glad I found you....love the way you teach and the slow part to practice to....Your the Best.....rc
Thank you Sandra, that was awesome! Really appreciate the time and detail spent on all parts of the song! Your lessons/instructional materials are as good/better as any I have seen. Especially helpful for those like myself relatively new to jazz but having a real passion to grow and learn this music. So glad to have found your channel'! 😊🎶
Bill Ward This is so kind of you. I'm trying hard and people like you make me feel good about what I do. ❤❤❤
I wish I had no accent, though 😊
No problem Sandra, love your accent! 😟
That was supposed to be a big smile Sandra! 😊🎶
perfect lovely lesson...guitar sounds great
I agree with positive previous comments. I've been looking for this type of teaching for a long time. Thank you thank you you're fabulous.
Thanks, my friend! Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
I AM LEARNING MY FIRST JAZZ STANDARD, YEAAHEY
Yay! Make sure to check out my chords playlist, so you know what you're doing. Knowing the basic jazz chords is the key to success here. I also have the chords video online for Autumn Leaves. Check it out!
Senior male citizen who also extends his gratitude and best wishes in relation to your tutorials featuring jazz guitar standards/classics. It is a joy to listen to your video and pick up the chords as well as the know-how in integrating melody lines along with chord patterns. Beautiful song of course, but you excel at teaching and have wonderful technique. If you ever get over to this side of the world (Chicago, IL, USA), would love to say hello and buy you lunch or a libation. Cheers!
Oh, thank you for your lovely compliment ❤️. And I learned a new English word (libation 😊).
Thx Sandra. your arrangement is so clever making playing technically easier. its the syncopation that is important for this piece. your inspirational and a excellent teacher with a great website. glad to have found you.
Glad you dig it. I think it's a good arrangement for beginners. Indeed I usually do a lot more syncopation, than they're is already in this arrangement, but I wanted to keep it simple, so beginners don't have a hard time.
Thanks a million~!! Took 2days to memorize your teaching. After playing about a year, I hope I can play with my own groove. Thank you again for your billiant guidance.
Thanks so much!
I love the way that you teach... Thank you!! You really want us to understand... Never show us at full speed, how it can really sound! (And , therefore, confuse us) Love that you show us the bones and then we can make it as musical/ jazzy etc as we want. Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!! Great teacher! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowlege!
Oh, thank you for your lovely words! I really appreciate it. ❤️ Keep swinging, my friend 🎸🎶
Your arrangements are perfect for me. An intermediate player who is beginning jazz. 👍👍
Great, that you're enjoying my lessons! Thanks a lot ❤️
Thanks is not a big enough word for your generosity in sharing this beautifully taught lesson done with such detail. A million thanks anyways.
Hi Martyn, taka for watching ❤️. The pleasure's all mine!
Thanks you so much for all your great lessons .I have always loved this song thanks
Love this lesson, thanks for posting 🎸👍
Thank you Sandra....so well layed out and you do a fantastic job explaining, no smoke and mirrors.
Thanks, Gary! Trying my best :-)
Another great lesson Sandra thanks so much.
Thank you for this, I'm primarily an extreme metal musician, but this resource has broadened my ability to maneuver the fretboard. Cheers from Flint Mi🤘🏻😊
Welcome to the jazz ride on my channel 😊 🎶 🎸
I have that song on a old music box...soooo cool to here how its played
Thanks Sandra for making this simple enough that new players can get an easy version under their fingers before trying a more difficult arrangement.
And even you feel ready for a solo on Autumn Leaves, there is one on my channel 😁
Thanks! I will check that out as well. I am just getting comfortable with arpeggios and improvising by playing the changes.
Beautifully done - a great melody made accessible at last!
Kelvin Smith Thank you so much!
You dont know it but I have been spending the last 6 weeks or more with you. I learned All The Things and Autumn Leaves I'm a finger picker, mostly acoustic blues and rock. I have seen a lot of the greats Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel. The new guys too I have seen. Your teaching is very good you have a lot of patience. The jazz chords have such beauty, my favorite the 13th chords. The two chords B flat maj 7 and E flat Maj 7 that follow the second melody on AutumnLleaves part I played over and over again. They are so beautiful. It is like a painting. I think I dream of this stuff. So thank you very much from Long Beach California I'm 65 yr old and a guitar lover before I first heard the Beatles when their first USA album was released. I will drop something by paypal you are well worth it.
Oh, your wife or girlfriend will get jealous, if you spend so much time with me 😊. Thanks for your lovely words. I'm glad you let me be a part in your learning path. Keep swingin', my friend from Long Beach (my Dad grew up there).
You are wonderful! Thank you so much for your calm, clear approach to simple, beautiful melodic and harmonic arrangement! Namaste! :)
Thank you for your kind words, Joseph. It makes me really happy to see you enjoy my lesson! Keep swingin'!
You're a good teacher! That's from one teacher to another. Thanks for the tips on this songs I've been wanting to enhance a bit.
Thanks! ❤️
And I thought, I had met
them all.
Sandra, I adore your
musical humor!
Pete Lutz, Hamburg
Thank you Sandra for this lesson. I'm new to guitar but you make this lesson appear to be learnable at my level. The only piece of music I can presently play is the riff to Wonderful tonight by Eric Clapton. Autumn Leaves I was told is an essential song which must be learned. From looking through RUclips it can be a very simple or very complexed song to play many interpretations. Thanks again
Hi Sean, welcome to the jazz world!
I highly recommend checking out the basic jazz chords and tension chords as a follow up FIRST, BEFORE you learn any chord melody stuff. Check my pkaylists on chords and comping. It will be so much easier, if you know what you're doing. Chord melody is the kind discipline and requires all kind of basic skills to have learned first.
I am a beginner in Jazz guitar and your lessons are the best in RUclips. Slow and detailed explanation show your kindness for students. Please keep going, it would be very very helpful for the others. Subscribed!
Thank you so much, my frined, welcome to the channel! Enjoy the jazz ride 😊
Thank you so much Sandra Sherman - You're a wonderful Teacher
Thank you bunches ❤️. Glad it's helpful 😊
Most important is the feeling of swing, which you show
Thanks! ❤️ I just uploaded "It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing" 😊
Recently discovered your channel, and as someone that considers themselves Jazz-curious, I've learned a number of standards and can play either the melody or the chords, but most chord-melody arrangements I've seen either don't include a lesson or are too advanced for me. This arrangement strikes a perfect balance of changes and single-note lines, and uses enough conventional chord shapes that I only had to learn a few new ones (always good!) to be able to play the entire arrangement. Can't wait to tackle the next one. I love your version of Mr. PC by the way! Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for your kind words ❤️. I try to keep it as simple as possible, while giving some theory information (at least on the intermediate level videos). My recent vids are mostly intermediate level, but I'll shoot a couple of easy level videos during the summer, which will be released in autumn. So, stay tuned!
Hi Sandra! Thank you very much! I am in a beginner level, before your lessons i was playing only open basic chords...since three days ago i start to pratice your "autumn leaves" lesson...now i am playing the A1 and 2 part so nice and moving to next part! Thank you again, you are amazing!
Wow, that's an awesome progress you made! Respect, my friend for your attainment.
Thank you for your recommendations. I will check it out
Thank you! I play bass by ear and wanted to hear the whole melody part. Appreciate you taking the time to create this video.
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank's Sandra love the way you teach. Great job! Downloaded tabs so I'm off & running. :?)
Thank you so much for this!!! It helped me so much!!
After watching your excellent class, I bought the Chord Melody Starter Pack. It is exactly what I was looking for!
I played pop & rock for years, and now I am studying classical guitar, but I wanted to put my Les Paul to good use so your class is perfect for starting my experiences playing jazz.
Good job, Sandra! Greetings from Iowa-USA!
Hey, glad you like it. Thanks for letting me be a part of your jazz journey.
Beautiful arrangement!!!
Great lesson! Thank you for making this possible to learn as the melody is right there and pronounced, making it enjoyable to play along with!
My pleasure! Glad you like it! 😊
I learned this in E minor, but your rhythm ideas have really helped. Thank you.
Cool. It's always a good idea to practice in different keys. Singers always ask for another key.
He aprendido mucho con usted maestra, muchas gracias, le mando un cariñoso saludo.
You're a very good teacher Sandra. It's a pleasure to watch your videos. Greetings from Canada. ❤️
Thanks so much ❣ I'm blushing a bit now 😊
you are a great teacher , and player !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outstanding player! Love you chops...Outstanding teacher!! Great presentation....
That's so sweet of you! Thanks so much
Thank you, Sandra,
very simple, clear, easy to play and jazzy.
Thanks my jazz friend. Enjoy the jazz ride on my channel 😊
Greetings from Portugal.
Great version of this song ;
You're an awesome teacher.
God bless you 😍!!!
That's super kind of you! Thanks ❤️
I really enjoy your videos. You are a great teacher. Thank you.
Jose Santiago Thank you so very much for your nice words and for watching!
Thank you very much Sandra I have learned a whole lot.
All time classic! Thanks again