Autumn Leaves: Mandolin Chord Melody

Autumn Leaves was written in 1945 by Joseph Kosma, and it is one of my favorite jazz standards. It is an important piece to study because it shows lots of basic concepts quite clearly: movement to IV, ii-V-I progressions, and the relative major/minor relationship.

I hope you enjoy my chord melody arrangement on mandolin.

As usual, I am playing my modified Fender 4-string electric mandolin. This time my pedal chain is as follows: mandolin--overdrive (Tech21 XXL)--EQ (Joyo 12-Band Graphic EQ)--Compressor (Electro-Harmonix Tone Corset)--amp (Monoprice 15-watt).