ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1926

Louis Armstrong: Cornet Chop Suey

Key
F major
Tempo
192 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
1
Form
A16

Louis Armstrong's solo on “Cornet Chop Suey” has 92 notes in 19 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 21 semitones from C4 to A5. The average tempo is 192 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 24% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

92Notes
19sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
C4–A5Range (21 semitones)
24%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +3 ×16
  • +5 ×13
  • -2 ×10
  • -3 ×7
  • +4 ×6
  • -4 ×6

Changes played over

A1
F
F
F
C7
F
B♭B♭m
F
G7C7F
F
F
F
C7
F
B♭B♭m
F
G7C7F

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
1926-02-26
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Louis Armstrong
Solo length
01:41- 02:01

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