Tenor saxophone solo · 1972
Sonny Rollins: Playin' in the Yard
- Key
- G major
- Tempo
- 155 BPM MEDIUM UP
- Rhythm feel
- Funk
- Style
- Fusion
- Choruses
- 1
- Form
- A16
Sonny Rollins's solo on “Playin' in the Yard” has 266 notes in 75 seconds (3.5 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C3 to D5. The average tempo is 155 BPM with a funk feel. About 47% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).
Notes
266Notes
75sSolo length
3.5Notes per second
C3–D5Range (26 semitones)
47%Stepwise motion
Pitch-class distribution
C
C♯
D
E♭
E
F
F♯
G
A♭
A
B♭
B
Most frequent intervals
- -2 ×47
- -3 ×45
- +2 ×41
- +3 ×39
- +1 ×19
- -5 ×19
Changes played over
A1
Record
- Record
- Next Album · Milestone · 1972
- Recorded
- 1972
- Line-up
- Sonny Rollins (ts); George Cables (p); Bob Cranshaw (b); David Lee (dr); Jack De Johnette (dr); Arthur Jenkins (cga)
- Solo length
- 00:50-02:07
Source: Weimar Jazz Database, Jazzomat Research Project (HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0.