Naima
by John Coltrane
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★★
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Coltrane's exquisite 1959 ballad dedicated to his first wife, featuring a melody that floats serenely over a pedal-point bass. The lush upper-structure voicings shift while the bass remains static, creating a dream-like harmonic suspension.
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B|---4----6----9----11---9----6----4----2----------|
G|---5----6----8----11---8----6----5----1----------|
D|---6----6----8----11---8----6----6----2----------|
A|---4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----------|
E|---4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----------|
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