ENDEIT

Clarinet solo · 1927

Johnny Dodds: Got No Blues

Key
F major
Tempo
142 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A8B8

Johnny Dodds's solo on “Got No Blues” has 100 notes in 27 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from F4 to C#6. The average tempo is 142 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 49% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

100Notes
27sSolo length
3.7Notes per second
F4–C#6Range (20 semitones)
49%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×17
  • +2 ×14
  • +3 ×12
  • -2 ×12
  • -3 ×9
  • -4 ×5

Changes played over

A1
E♭C7
F7B♭7
E♭C7
F7B♭7
E♭
E♭C7
F7
B♭7
B1
E♭C7
F7B♭7
CmBmB♭
AD7
E♭C7
F7B♭7
E♭
E♭

Record

Record
College Music Sociecty Sourcebooks in American Music, Louis Armstrong, The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrogn · Pendragon Press, New York · 2007
Recorded
1927-12-09
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Lillian Hardin
Solo length
02:00-02:26

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