ENDEIT

Clarinet solo · 1927

Johnny Dodds: Hotter than That

Key
E♭ major
Tempo
212 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16

Johnny Dodds's solo on “Hotter than That” has 170 notes in 36 seconds (4.7 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from G4 to Eb6. The average tempo is 212 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 46% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

170Notes
36sSolo length
4.7Notes per second
G4–Eb6Range (20 semitones)
46%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +3 ×29
  • +1 ×24
  • -2 ×19
  • -1 ×18
  • +2 ×16
  • -3 ×14

Changes played over

A1
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭
E♭
B1
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
A♭
Adim
E♭
C7
F7
B♭7
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
1927-12-13
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Lillian Hardin
Solo length
00:43-01:19

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