ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1927

Louis Armstrong: Got No Blues

Key
F major
Tempo
143 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Twobeat
Style
Traditional
Choruses
2
Form
A8B8

Louis Armstrong's solo on “Got No Blues” has 192 notes in 57 seconds (3.4 notes per second), spanning 24 semitones from A3 to A5. The average tempo is 143 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 38% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

192Notes
57sSolo length
3.4Notes per second
A3–A5Range (24 semitones)
38%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +1 ×24
  • -2 ×23
  • 0 ×22
  • +3 ×17
  • -3 ×17
  • -1 ×14

Changes played over

A1
F
C
F
C
F
F
C
B♭
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
F

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
1927-12-09
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
Lillian Hardin
Solo length
01:03-02:00

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