Soprano saxophone solo · 1960
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things
- Key
- E major
- Tempo
- 179 BPM MEDIUM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Swing
- Style
- Postbop
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- open
John Coltrane's solo on “My Favorite Things” has 723 notes in 140 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 28 semitones from B3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 179 BPM with a swing feel. About 42% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
723Notes
140sSolo length
5.2Notes per second
B3–Eb6Range (28 semitones)
42%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -2 ×126
- +2 ×98
- -3 ×72
- +3 ×70
- -1 ×50
- -5 ×49
Changes played over
A1
I1
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
- 10:00-02:17
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.