ENDEIT

Trombone solo · 1926

Kid Ory: Muskrat Ramble

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

Kid Ory's solo on “Muskrat Ramble” has 52 notes in 18 seconds (2.9 notes per second), spanning 17 semitones from Eb3 to Ab4. The average tempo is 184 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 27% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

52Notes
18sSolo length
2.9Notes per second
Eb3–Ab4Range (17 semitones)
27%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -3 ×9
  • +1 ×6
  • +5 ×6
  • -4 ×6
  • -5 ×4
  • -1 ×4

Changes played over

A1
A♭
A♭A♭dim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
F7
B♭m
B♭7E♭7
A♭

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
00:43-01:01

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