ENDEIT

Clarinet solo · 1927

Johnny Dodds: Once in a While

Key
C major
Tempo
209 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16

Johnny Dodds's solo on “Once in a While” has 142 notes in 35 seconds (4.1 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from G4 to Eb6. The average tempo is 209 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

142Notes
35sSolo length
4.1Notes per second
G4–Eb6Range (20 semitones)
48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×24
  • 0 ×22
  • -1 ×20
  • +2 ×14
  • -3 ×14
  • -2 ×10

Changes played over

A1
C
C
E7
E7
Am
Am
C7
C7
F
F
C
A7
D7
D7
G7
G7
B1
C
C
E7
E7
Am
Am
C7
C7
F
F
C
A7
D7
G7
C
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
1927-12-10
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
William H. Butler
Solo length
01:56-02:31

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