The Opener | Sheet Music

Jazz Lead Sheet — View, Transpose, Play Back

Engraved by Verovio 6.1.0-682d606 Medium Swing  = 152 C7 C7 Bm9(b5) E75(b9) Am7 A o Gm7 C7 5 F7 Bm7b5 E7(b9) Am7 D7(#11) Gm9 C75 9 F7 B 9 C6 E75 Am7 E75 13 Am7 D9(#11) Dm7 G7 A m7b5 D 9 (1) 17 Em7 E o Dm7 G9 To Coda C7 Dm7 G7(#9#5) D.C. al Coda (2.) 21 Em7 A13(#11) Dm7 G9 Em7 E o 24 Dm7 G9 Co7 C7   The Opener   Bill Evans Copyright © Realbook.site

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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 lead sheet — melody and chords, first page
The Opener lead sheet, first page

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 |
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