Autumn Leaves Analysis – mDecks Music
Published: 2025-09-20
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A focused harmonic analysis of "Autumn Leaves" that traces tonicizations between B♭ major and G minor and explains the role of the Gm6/E♮.
This lesson breaks down the progression of "Autumn Leaves," marking dominant movements, tritone substitutions, and minor-to-minor resolutions to reveal nested tonicizations. It demonstrates how chains of fifths and circle-of-fifths paths create varying strengths of tonicization, and why the Gm6 (with its E natural) functions as a convincing tonic. Practical takeaways include how to interpret secondary dominants in the tune and how to use the E natural when improvising over the G minor sonority.
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