Solar
by Miles Davis
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
A compact 12-bar form in Cm from 1954 that cycles through four key centers. The melody is elegant in its simplicity, tracing a path through Cm, F, Bb, and Eb major with characteristic Miles directness.
e|---3----5----6----8----10---8----6----5----3-----|
B|---4----5----6----8----10---8----6----5----4-----|
G|---3----5----5----8----10---8----5----5----3-----|
D|---5----5----6----8----10---8----6----5----5-----|
A|---3----5----6----8----10---8----6----5----3-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|---8---6---5---3---1---3---5---6---8---3---------|
B|---8---6---5---4---1---4---5---6---8---4---------|
G|---8---5---5---3---2---3---5---5---8---3---------|
D|---8---6---5---5---3---5---5---6---8---5---------|
A|---8---6---5---3---1---3---5---6---8---3---------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|