70 BPM · G Minor

Slow Jazz Backing Track

The 8-bar “Autumn Leaves Feel” arrangement in G minor, slowed from 140 to 70 BPM. Bar timings, a tempo ladder and drills for practicing at slow tempos.

Open in the app · G · 70 BPM

Hear the jazz feel: “Autumn Leaves Feel” · G minor · 140 BPM

This is the recording of the arrangement charted above, at its original 140 BPM. Use the tempo ladder to open it slower in the app.

8-bar chord chart in G Minor

8-bar “Autumn Leaves Feel” arrangement in G minor. Count four beats per bar; each card shows where the chord starts, and when it arrives at 70 BPM.

  1. Bar 1 · 0:00 Cm7 iv7 · 4 beats
  2. Bar 2 · 0:03 F7 bVII7 · 4 beats
  3. Bar 3 · 0:07 Bbmaj7 bIIImaj7 · 4 beats
  4. Bar 4 · 0:10 Ebmaj7 bVImaj7 · 4 beats
  5. Bar 5 · 0:14 Am7b5 iiø7 · 4 beats
  6. Bar 6 · 0:17 D7b9 V7b9 · 4 beats
  7. Bar 7 · 0:21 Gm7 i7 · 4 beats
  8. Bar 8 · 0:24 Gm7 i7 · 4 beats

Chart of the bundled demo arrangement. The demo's inspiration prompt is a style reference, not a transcription of a song.

The app opens with the style, key, tempo and this chart filled in; press Generate to create your track (it counts toward your daily generations). The original demo opens the recorded arrangement without a generation.

Tempo ladder

Start at the slowest tempo you can play cleanly, then move up one rung per session.

TempoBeatBarFull formOpen
60 BPM 1 s 4 s 0:32 Open at 60 BPM
70 BPM 0.86 s 3.43 s 0:27 Open at 70 BPM
90 BPM 0.67 s 2.67 s 0:21 Open at 90 BPM
140 BPM (recorded) 0.43 s 1.71 s 0:14 Open at 140 BPM

More about “Autumn Leaves Feel”

Chord chart and notes for “Autumn Leaves Feel”.

Where to play in G Minor

Five-fret windows in standard tuning, anchored on G on the low E string. Highlighted notes are the root.

G Dorian
Stringfret 2fret 3fret 4fret 5fret 6
e G A Bb
B D E F
G A Bb C
D E F G
A C D
E G A Bb
Notes: G A Bb C D E F. Root on the 6th string at fret 3, on the 5th string at fret 10.
G Natural Minor
Stringfret 2fret 3fret 4fret 5fret 6
e G A Bb
B D Eb F
G A Bb C
D F G
A C D Eb
E G A Bb
Notes: G A Bb C D Eb F. Root on the 6th string at fret 3, on the 5th string at fret 10.

Practice drills

  1. 1. Count the form at 70 BPM

    At 70 BPM one beat lasts 0.86 s, one bar 3.43 s, and the 8-bar form 0:27. Count aloud through one full chorus before you play.

    Play only the root on the first beat of each change: C (bar 1, Cm7), F (bar 2, F7), Bb (bar 3, Bbmaj7), Eb (bar 4, Ebmaj7), A (bar 5, Am7b5), D (bar 6, D7b9), G (bars 7–8, Gm7). Keep counting through every bar that holds the same chord; the form resolves back to G.

  2. 2. Subdivide the shuffle

    This groove swings, so the beat divides into three. Play G in triplets: at 70 BPM that is 3.5 notes per second. Then keep only the first and third note of each triplet to hear the shuffle.

    Play G Dorian (G A Bb C D E F) up and down in frets 2–6, one note per beat at 70 BPM. Start and finish on G: 6th string fret 3, or 5th string fret 10 for the next position up.

  3. 3. Sustain and resolve

    Hold Eb, the third of Cm7, for a whole bar (3.43 s) with slow, even vibrato. When the chord changes, move to the nearest chord tone of the new chord.

Guide tones for every chord in the chart
ChordRoot3rd7th / 6th
Cm7CEbBb (b7)
F7FAEb (b7)
Bbmaj7BbDA (7)
Ebmaj7EbGD (7)
Am7b5ACG (b7)
D7b9DF#C (b7)
Gm7GBbF (b7)

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