Take the A Train Chord Reference Sheet As always, we've added chord reference pages with shapes that you can use to comp over the whole tune Download your "Take the A Train Chord Melody, Solo, and More" PDF here Suggested ListeningOscar Peterson's Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington album recorded and released in 1952 This take featuresThink of Take the "A" Train with a contemporary flair and you have the idea behind this inventive chart by Alan Baylock Opening up in a swing groove, then alternating with a funk feel, bari sax, bass 'bone, guitar and bass have the initial melodic statement in this terrific chartTake the "A" Train starts with two bars of C major (on bar 5 in the sheet music below, after the 4bar intro), before going to two bars of D7#11 (the #11 is in the melody), which functions as a II7 For improvisation, use the D Lydian dominant scale over the D7, the fourth mode of the A melodic minor scale, which is closely related to C maj...