ENDEIT

Guitar solo · 1996

Pat Metheny: Cabin Fever

Key
B♭ major
Tempo
308 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
8
Form
A12

Pat Metheny's solo on “Cabin Fever” has 450 notes in 72 seconds (6.3 notes per second), spanning 36 semitones from Bb2 to Bb5. The average tempo is 308 BPM with a swing feel. About 57% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

450Notes
72sSolo length
6.3Notes per second
Bb2–Bb5Range (36 semitones)
57%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×103
  • +1 ×55
  • -2 ×50
  • -3 ×48
  • +2 ×44
  • +3 ×42

Changes played over

A1
B♭7N.C.
E♭7
B♭7
B♭7
E♭7
E♭7
B♭7
G7
Cm7
F7
B♭7
B♭7

Record

Record
Tales from the Hudson · Impulse! Records · 1996
Recorded
1996
Line-up
Michael Brecker (ts); Dave Holland (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr); Pat Metheny (g); Joey Calderazzo (p)
Composer
Michael Brecker
Solo length
03:14-04:27

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