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Clarinet solo · 1926

Johnny Dodds: Muskrat Ramble

Key
A♭ major
Tempo
185 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16

Johnny Dodds's solo on “Muskrat Ramble” has 93 notes in 20 seconds (4.6 notes per second), spanning 16 semitones from Ab4 to C6. The average tempo is 185 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 58% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

93Notes
20sSolo length
4.6Notes per second
Ab4–C6Range (16 semitones)
58%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×17
  • -1 ×16
  • +1 ×13
  • -3 ×9
  • +2 ×7
  • +3 ×7

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭A♭dim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
F7
B♭m
B♭7E♭7
A♭
I1
N.C.

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
1926-06-16
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Edward Ory
Solo length
01:23-01:44

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