Trombone solo · 1987

Steve Turre: If I Were a Bell

Key: F major
Tempo: 257 BPM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 2
Form: A16B16

Steve Turre's solo on “If I Were a Bell” has 307 notes in 59 seconds (5.2 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from C3 to D5. The average tempo is 257 BPM with a swing feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

307Notes

59sSolo length

5.2Notes per second

C3–D5Range (26 semitones)

48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

+1 ×44
-2 ×43
-3 ×43
-1 ×34
+3 ×32
+2 ×25

Changes played over

G⁷⁹

C^sus7913C⁷⁹¹³

F^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G⁷

G^m7C⁷⁹¹³

F⁶F⁷_/A

B♭⁶C⁷⁹¹³

F⁶

E^m7A⁷

D^m7D^m7_/C

B♭^m7E⁷

A^maj7B♭⁷

A^maj7D⁷

G⁷⁹

C^sus7913C⁷⁹¹³

F^maj7

A^m7

D⁷

G⁷

G^m7C⁷

F⁶F⁷_/A

B♭B^dim

F⁶_/CB♭⁷⁹¹³

A^m7D⁷

G^m7

C⁷⁹¹³

F⁶

Record

Record: Imagination · 32 Jazz · 1998
Recorded: 1987-06-24
Line-up: Kirk Lightsey (p); Steve Turre (tb); Ray Drummond (b); Carl Allen (dr); Woody Shaw (tp)
Composer: F. Loesser
Solo length: 02:41-03:40

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