Autumn Leaves in 5/4

Every jazz musician knows and plays Autumn Leaves once in a while, whether he likes it or not. Autumn Leaves is one of these standards that have been played to dead.

One way to bring some new life into songs like Autumn Leaves is to play them with another time signature. The following sheet music is Autumn Leaves arranged for 5/4.

One bar of 5/4 contains 2 parts: a 2 beat part and a 3 beat part. Sometimes the 2 beat part comes first, sometimes the 3 beat part. In this arrangement of Autumn Leaves the 3 beat part comes first:

| 1 2 3   1 2 | 1 2 3   1 2 |1 2 3   1 2 |1 2 3   1 2 |...

The sheet music of another 5/4 standard: Take Five

Autumn Leaves Guitar Tabs