Yes I can certainly create a transcription for you if it would be helpful. Check out the our beginner course Bluesy Stride Piano For Beginners for a step-by-step series of lessons where we arrange the entire tune. This lesson provides an introduction to reading lead sheets using the tune “Georgia”. Having an understanding of F major diatonic harmony is very useful when arranging Georgia and other tunes written in F major. The notation can be found in the Downloads section below. Georgia is written in the key of F Major and so we quick recap of the diatonic 7th chords and the common chord progressions in the key of F such as the 251 and the 36251 progressions. The 3rd and 7th can be played in either hand, often this role will be shared between both hands to achieve an even spread of notes on the piano and balanced sound in our voicings. To construct a spread voicing, we take the notes of the any 7th chord, we play the root note of the chord in our left hand in the lower registers of the piano, we play the melody with our right hand, and we ‘voice’ the 3rd and 7th of the chord in between. The most basic technique to arrange a lead sheets is to use spread voicings.
In this lesson we will learn how to arrange the A Section of the tune using spread voicings.
Welcome to this beginner jazz piano tutorial on the tune “Georgia On My Mind”.