ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1928

Bix Beiderbecke: Margie

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
180 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A8B8

Bix Beiderbecke's solo on “Margie” has 62 notes in 19 seconds (3.2 notes per second), spanning 13 semitones from D4 to Eb5. The average tempo is 180 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

62Notes
19sSolo length
3.2Notes per second
D4–Eb5Range (13 semitones)
59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×14
  • +2 ×11
  • 0 ×9
  • -2 ×9
  • -3 ×4
  • +3 ×3

Changes played over

A1
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭7
A♭
A♭
G7
G7
E♭
E♭
E♭E♭7D7D♭7
C7
Fm7
B♭7
E♭
B♭7
I1
E♭

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz - Jazz Lips CD 2 · History
Recorded
1928-09-21
Line-up
Bix Beiderbecke (cor); Bill Rank (tb); Izzy Friedman (cl); Min Leibrook (b); Lennie Hayton (p); Roy Bargy (p); George Marsh (dr)
Composer
Davis/Conrad/Robinson
Solo length
01:48-02:10

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