ENDEIT

Clarinet solo · 1936

Benny Goodman: Nobody's Sweetheart

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
311 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Swing
Choruses
1
Form
A24B16C24

Benny Goodman's solo on “Nobody's Sweetheart” has 198 notes in 30 seconds (6.5 notes per second), spanning 25 semitones from D4 to Eb6. The average tempo is 311 BPM with a swing feel. About 34% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

198Notes
30sSolo length
6.5Notes per second
D4–Eb6Range (25 semitones)
34%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -3 ×41
  • -2 ×31
  • +3 ×25
  • +1 ×19
  • -4 ×13
  • +2 ×10

Changes played over

A1
A♭
A♭
F7
F7
Fm7
Fm7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭
C7
C7
A♭
A♭
E♭7
E♭7
B1
A♭
A♭
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
Fm
Fm
Edim
Edim
A♭
A♭
B♭m
E♭7
A♭
A♭C7
F7
F7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
A♭
A♭

Record

Record
From Swing to Bebop · History/This is Music · 1998
Recorded
1936-04-27
Line-up
Benny Goodman (cl); Teddy Wilson (p); Gene Krupa (dr)
Composer
Kahn/Erdman/Meyers/Schoebell
Solo length
01:04-01:34

Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.