ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1926

Louis Armstrong: Big Butter and Egg Man

Key
G major
Tempo
197 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A32

Louis Armstrong's solo on “Big Butter and Egg Man” has 173 notes in 40 seconds (4.3 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from A3 to G5. The average tempo is 197 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 33% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

173Notes
40sSolo length
4.3Notes per second
A3–G5Range (22 semitones)
33%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • 0 ×42
  • +1 ×22
  • +3 ×20
  • -1 ×14
  • -2 ×13
  • -3 ×11

Changes played over

A1
G
G
A7
A7
D7
D7
G
GD7
A2
G
Gdim
Am
D7
D7
D7
G
G
B1
G7
G7
C
C
E7
E7
A7
D7
C1
G
G
A7
A7
Am7
D7
G
G
I1
G
G

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
1926-11-16
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Percy Venable
Solo length
01:57- 02:37

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