Tenor saxophone solo · 1979

Bob Berg: I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Key: F major
Tempo: 127 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A8A8B8C12

Bob Berg's solo on “I Didn't Know What Time It Was” has 906 notes in 204 seconds (4.4 notes per second), spanning 34 semitones from A2 to G5. The average tempo is 127 BPM with a swing feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

906Notes

204sSolo length

4.4Notes per second

A2–G5Range (34 semitones)

47%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×133
-2 ×131
+2 ×82
+1 ×80
-4 ×71
-3 ×68

Changes played over

E^m7A⁷

D^m7B^m7♭5

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

G^m7C⁷

D^m

B♭^maj7A^m7

G^m7F^m7

E^m7A⁷

D^m7B^m7♭5

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

G^m7C⁷

D^m

B♭^maj7A^m7

G^m7C⁷

F⁶D^m7

E^m7♭5

A⁷

D^m7C^m7F7

B♭^maj7A⁺⁷

D^m7

G^sus79G⁷⁹¹³

G^m7F^m7

E^m7A⁷

D^m7B^m7♭5

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

G^m7C⁷

D^m

B♭^maj7A^m7

B♭^m7E♭⁷

A^m7D⁷

G^m7C^sus7

F⁶

Record

Record: Second Set · SteepleChase · 2005
Recorded: 1979
Line-up: Bob Berg (ts); Cedar Walton (p); Sam Jones (b); Billy Higgins (dr)
Composer: Lorenz Hart/Richard Rogers
Solo length: 05:43-09:08

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