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Soprano saxophone solo · 1960

John Coltrane: My Favorite Things

Key
E minor
Tempo
179 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
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Form
open

John Coltrane's solo on “My Favorite Things” has 743 notes in 142 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from B3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 179 BPM with a swing feel. About 65% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

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142sSolo length
5.2Notes per second
B3–Eb6Range (28 semitones)
65%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×176
  • -2 ×170
  • -1 ×78
  • -3 ×66
  • +3 ×61
  • +1 ×55

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Record

Record
The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings CD 4 · Atlantic Records · 1995
Recorded
1960-10-21
Line-up
John Coltrane (ss); McCoy Tyner (p); Steve Davis (b); Elvin Jones (dr)
Composer
Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein
Solo length
07:27-09:43

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