ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1954

Hank Mobley: Doodlin'

Key
D♭ major
Tempo
121 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
3
Form
A12

Hank Mobley's solo on “Doodlin'” has 283 notes in 72 seconds (3.9 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from C#3 to C#5. The average tempo is 121 BPM with a swing feel. About 59% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

283Notes
72sSolo length
3.9Notes per second
C#3–C#5Range (24 semitones)
59%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×66
  • -2 ×43
  • +1 ×32
  • -3 ×26
  • +2 ×23
  • +3 ×21

Changes played over

A1
D♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7
G♭7
G♭7
D♭7
D♭7B♭7
E♭m7
A♭79
D♭7
A♭7

Record

Record
Quadromania Jazz Edition, Horace Silver, Down Home; CD 3 · Membran Music Ltd. · 2005
Recorded
1954-11-13
Line-up
Kenny Dorham (tp); Hank Mobley (ts); Horace Silver (p); Doug Watkins (b); Art Blakey (dr)
Composer
H.Silver
Solo length
02:19-03:33

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