Tenor saxophone solo · 1957

Stan Getz: My Funny Valentine

Key: F minor
Tempo: 131 BPM MEDIUM
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Cool
Choruses: 3
Form: A8A8B8C12

Stan Getz's solo on “My Funny Valentine” has 654 notes in 199 seconds (3.3 notes per second), spanning 33 semitones from Ab2 to F5. The average tempo is 131 BPM with a swing feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

654Notes

199sSolo length

3.3Notes per second

Ab2–F5Range (33 semitones)

48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×102
+3 ×80
+2 ×79
-1 ×71
-3 ×62
-2 ×57

Changes played over

F^m

F^mj7

F^m7

F^m6

D♭^maj7

B♭^m7

G^m7♭5

C^79♭

F^m

F^mj7

F^m7

F^m6

D♭^maj7

B♭^m7

D♭^m6

E♭^79♭

A♭^maj7B♭^m7

C^m7B♭^m7

A♭^maj7B♭^m7

C^m7B♭^m7

A♭^maj7C⁷

F^mE♭^m7D7

D♭^maj7

G^m7♭5C^79♭

F^m

F^maj7

F^m7

F^m6

D♭^maj7

G^m7♭5C^79♭

F^m

E♭^m7D^7911♯

D♭^maj7

B♭^m7E♭^79♭

A♭⁶

Record

Record: Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House · Polydor K.K · 1995
Recorded: 1957-09-29
Line-up: Stan Getz (ts); J.J. Johnson (tb); Oscar Peterson (p); Herb Ellis (g); Ray Brown (b); Connie Kay (dr)
Composer: Rodgers, Hart
Solo length: 03:18-06:36

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