ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1956

John Coltrane: Soultrane

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
82 BPM MEDIUM SLOW
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
1
Form
A8A8B8A8

John Coltrane's solo on “Soultrane” has 357 notes in 95 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from Eb3 to Eb5. The average tempo is 82 BPM with a swing feel. About 62% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

357Notes
95sSolo length
3.7Notes per second
Eb3–Eb5Range (24 semitones)
62%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×58
  • -2 ×58
  • +2 ×55
  • -1 ×50
  • +3 ×29
  • -3 ×21

Changes played over

A1
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5C7
Fm7
D♭7
A♭m7D♭7Do
E♭maj7G7C7
F7B♭7
Gm7C7F-7B♭7
A2
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5C7
Fm7
D♭7
A♭m7D♭7Do
E♭maj7G7C7
F7B♭7
E♭maj7Am7♭5D7
B1
Gm7
Am7♭5D7
Gm7
C7B7
B♭maj7Gm7
Cm7♭5F7
Fm7/B♭B♭dim
B7B♭7E7
A3
E♭maj7
Gm7♭5C7
Fm7
D♭7
A♭m7D♭7Do
E♭maj7G7C7
F7B♭7
E♭maj7

Record

Record
Trane's Blues · Giants of Jazz · 1990
Recorded
1956-11-30
Line-up
John Coltrane (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); John Simmons (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Composer
Tadd Dameron

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