ENDEIT

Piano solo · 1966

Herbie Hancock: Gingerbread Boy

Key
Tempo
286 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
9
Form
A16

Herbie Hancock's solo on “Gingerbread Boy” has 708 notes in 117 seconds (6.1 notes per second), spanning 39 semitones from C3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 286 BPM with a swing feel. About 61% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

708Notes
117sSolo length
6.1Notes per second
C3–Eb6Range (39 semitones)
61%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×136
  • -2 ×112
  • +1 ×111
  • +2 ×72
  • -3 ×56
  • +3 ×51

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
F7
F7
F7
F7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7

Record

Record
Miles Smiles · Columbia · 1967
Recorded
24-25.10.1966
Line-up
Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (dr)
Composer
Jimmy Heath

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