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All The Things You Are

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All The Things You Are Tutorial

‘All The Things You Are’ is one of the most popular jazz standards of all time. It has been recorded by many different jazz musicians and so it’s definitely worth listening to as many versions as you can to get some creative ideas and inspiration.

Check out the Wikipedia page on ‘All The Things You Are’ where you can find a huge list of jazz musicians who have recorded the tune. This would be a good starting point to find a few versions you like so that you can incorporate their ideas into your arrangement.

Originally written in the key of Ab Major, the tune actually starts in F Minor and then modulates through C Major, G Major and E Major before returning back to the key of F Minor in the final section.

We’re going to start off with some 2 handed chord voicings and work through the whole tune at a slow-medium tempo. The second time through we will add more of an upbeat swing tempo and introduce some rhythmic elements to bring the tune to life.

In this lesson we also explore some new applications of quartal harmony and a number of different passing chords to achieve a sense of forward motion throughout the form.

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  1. giannismusic says

    October 19, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Hallo. Nice video, but the transcription is not the same to the video ! Could you fix the sheet music (transcription) ?
    Thanks.

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    • Hayden says

      October 20, 2017 at 10:36 pm

      Hey Ioannis, thanks for letting me know about this… I will correct it for you. Cheers, Hayden

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      • giannismusic says

        October 21, 2017 at 11:22 am

        Τhank you. I am looking forward.

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      • giannismusic says

        November 19, 2017 at 5:43 pm

        Hello, I am still looking forward. 🙂

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        • Hayden says

          November 20, 2017 at 1:22 pm

          Hey Ioannis… yes I haven’t forgot about this! I will redo it for you as soon as possible 🙂 Cheers, Hayden

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          • giannismusic says

            November 20, 2017 at 4:51 pm

            thank you.

  2. Robert S Gingher says

    April 21, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    At 3:31 do you mean to say ‘we also go to the 2 chord of A7 before hand’ or to the ‘2 chord of E7’? (Am doubtless missing something here.)

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    • Hayden Hill says

      April 22, 2020 at 9:06 am

      Hi Robert,

      Apologies if this is not clear, E-7 and A7 is a 25 progression.

      A clearer way to explain this is that we approach the A7 with its related ii-7 chord to create an additional 25 progression.

      Whenever we have a V7 chord, we can approach it from its related ii-7 chord to create more interesting harmony.

      E-7 –> A7 –> Dmaj7 would be a 251 in D Major.

      In this case we are leading to Abmaj7, and the E-7 –> A7 is the tritone sub 25.

      Does that make sense?

      Cheers,
      Hayden

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