Alto saxophone solo · 1947

Charlie Parker: Don't Blame Me

Key: C major
Tempo: 64 BPM SLOW
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Bebop
Choruses: 1
Form: A8A8B8A8

Charlie Parker's solo on “Don't Blame Me” has 516 notes in 122 seconds (4.2 notes per second), spanning 27 semitones from E3 to G5. The average tempo is 64 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

516Notes

122sSolo length

4.2Notes per second

E3–G5Range (27 semitones)

57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-1 ×81
-2 ×79
+1 ×68
+2 ×64
-3 ×54
+3 ×52

Changes played over

C⁶F^m7B♭7

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7A^m7

D^m7G⁷

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^6A7D-7G7

C⁶F^m7B♭7

E^m7A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7A^m7

D^m7G⁷

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C⁶G^m7C7

F^maj7

E⁷

A^m7

D⁷

D^m7A♭⁷

G⁷

C⁶F^m7B♭7

A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^maj7A^m7

D^m7G⁷

E^m7♭5A⁷

D^m7G⁷

C^6A7D-7G7

Record

Record: Boss Bird Disc 2 · Proper Records · 2002
Recorded: 1947-11-04
Line-up: Miles Davis (tp); Duke Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (dr); Charlie Parker (as)
Composer: Fields/McHugh

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