ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1927

Bix Beiderbecke: Royal Garden Blues

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
174 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A12

Bix Beiderbecke's solo on “Royal Garden Blues” has 72 notes in 15 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from Bb3 to F#5. The average tempo is 174 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 51% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

72Notes
15sSolo length
4.7Notes per second
Bb3–F#5Range (20 semitones)
51%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×17
  • +3 ×10
  • +2 ×8
  • -1 ×7
  • +1 ×4
  • +4 ×4

Changes played over

A1
B♭
B♭
B♭
B♭
E♭
E♭
B♭
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭
B♭
N.C.

Record

Record
The Cradle Of Jazz - Jazz Lips CD 2 · History
Recorded
1927-10-05
Line-up
Bix Beiderbecke (cor); Bill Rank (tb); Don Murray (cl); Adrian Rollini (b); Frank Signorelli (p); Chauncey Morehouse (dr)
Composer
C. & S. Williams
Solo length
02:25- 02:41

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