The Opener | Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet — View, Transpose, Play Back
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About this The Opener lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for The Opener — the melody with chord symbols above it, the way it appears in a Real Book. Read it here for free, transpose it to any key — B♭, E♭ or bass clef included — and play it back to hear the form before you play it yourself.
- Style
- Medium Swing
- Genre
- Jazz, Post-bop
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols

The Opener chord changes
The chord progression of The Opener as written in this lead sheet — 26 bars, four to a line. Transpose the chart above to see the changes in any key.
| Cmaj7 C7 | Bm9(b5) E7+5(b9) | Am7 A♭o | Gm7 C7 | | Fmaj7 | Bm7b5 E7(b9) | Am7 D7(#11) | Gm9 C7+5 | | Fmaj7 | B♭9 | C6 E7+5 | Am7 E7+5 | | Am7 | D9(#11) | Dm7 G7 | A♭m7b5 D♭9 | | Em7 E♭o | Dm7 G9 | Cmaj7 | Dm7 G7(#9#5) | | Em7 A13(#11) | Dm7 G9 | Em7 E♭o | Dm7 G9 | | Comaj7 | Cmaj7 |
