ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1926

Louis Armstrong: Muskrat Ramble

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

Louis Armstrong's solo on “Muskrat Ramble” has 81 notes in 22 seconds (3.7 notes per second), spanning 20 semitones from C4 to Ab5. The average tempo is 184 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 37% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

81Notes
22sSolo length
3.7Notes per second
C4–Ab5Range (20 semitones)
37%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×14
  • 0 ×10
  • +3 ×9
  • -3 ×9
  • +1 ×8
  • -1 ×5

Changes played over

A1
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭A♭dim
E♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭
B♭7
E♭7
A♭
A♭G7G♭7
F7
B♭m
B♭7E♭7
A♭
I1
B♭7

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
01:01-01:23

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