ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1927

Bix Beiderbecke: Riverboat Shuffle

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
211 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16B16

Bix Beiderbecke's solo on “Riverboat Shuffle” has 161 notes in 37 seconds (4.4 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Ab3 to Ab5. The average tempo is 211 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 36% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

161Notes
37sSolo length
4.4Notes per second
Ab3–Ab5Range (24 semitones)
36%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +3 ×22
  • -2 ×21
  • +2 ×19
  • -3 ×17
  • 0 ×16
  • -1 ×11

Changes played over

A1
A♭
A♭Adim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭Adim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭7
D♭
D♭7C7B7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7NC
N.C.
B1
A♭
A♭Adim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭7
A♭7
D♭
D♭
D♭m
D♭m
A♭
F7
B♭7
E♭7
A♭

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz - Jazz Lips CD 2 · History
Recorded
1927-05-09
Line-up
Bix Beiderbecke (cor); Bill Rank (tb); Don Murray (cl, bs); Ernest Ingle (as); Frankie Trumbauer (ts-c); Itzie Riskin (p); Eddie Lang (g); Chauncey Morehouse (dr)
Composer
Voynow/Carmichael/Mills/Parish
Solo length
00:56-01:33

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