ENDEIT

Guitar solo · 1987

Pat Metheny: Nothing Personal

Key
G minor
Tempo
242 BPM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Postbop
Choruses
3
Form
A12

Pat Metheny's solo on “Nothing Personal” has 416 notes in 73 seconds (5.7 notes per second), spanning 35 semitones from A2 to Ab5. The average tempo is 242 BPM with a swing feel. About 54% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

416Notes
73sSolo length
5.7Notes per second
A2–Ab5Range (35 semitones)
54%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • +2 ×70
  • +3 ×61
  • -1 ×59
  • -2 ×50
  • +1 ×47
  • 0 ×34

Changes played over

A1
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Cm7
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
E♭7
E♭7
D7
D7
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm

Record

Record
Michael Brecker · Impulse! Records · 1987
Recorded
1987
Line-up
Michel Brecker (ts); Charlie Haden (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr); Pat Metheny (g); Kenny Kirkland (key)
Composer
Grolnick
Solo length
01:11-02:23

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