ENDEIT

Cornet solo · 1927

Louis Armstrong: Once in a While

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

Louis Armstrong's solo on “Once in a While” has 193 notes in 41 seconds (4.8 notes per second), spanning 22 semitones from B3 to A5. The average tempo is 198 BPM with a twobeat feel. About 40% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

193Notes
41sSolo length
4.8Notes per second
B3–A5Range (22 semitones)
40%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -2 ×29
  • 0 ×25
  • +1 ×22
  • -3 ×16
  • -1 ×16
  • +5 ×15

Changes played over

A1
C
C
E7
E7
Am
Am
C7
C7
F
Fm
C
A7
D7
D7
G7
G7
A2
C
C
E7
E7
Am
Am
C7
C7
F
Fm
C
A7
D7
G7
C
C
C
C
C

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
1927-12-10
Line-up
Louis Armstrong (cor); Kid Ory (tb); Johnny Dodds (cl); Lillian Hardin Armstrong (p); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)
Composer
William H. Butler
Solo length
02:34-03:12

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