ENDEIT

Tenor saxophone solo · 1961

Wayne Shorter: Down Under

Key
F♯ minor
Tempo
147 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel
Swing
Style
Hardbop
Choruses
2
Form
A12

Wayne Shorter's solo on “Down Under” has 273 notes in 46 seconds (5.9 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from A2 to E5. The average tempo is 147 BPM with a swing feel. About 65% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

273Notes
46sSolo length
5.9Notes per second
A2–E5Range (31 semitones)
65%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×63
  • -2 ×49
  • +2 ×39
  • +1 ×25
  • -3 ×21
  • +3 ×16

Changes played over

A1
F♯m7
G♯m7♭5C♯7
F♯m7
F♯m7
G7
G7
F♯m7
Em7A7
D7
C♯7
F♯m7
C♯7

Record

Record
Art Blakey Jazz Profile Nr 3 · Blue Note · 1997
Recorded
1961-10-02
Line-up
Freddie Hubbard (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Cedar Wilson (p); Jymie Merritt (b); Art Blakey (dr); Curtis Fuller (tb)
Composer
Freddie Hubbard
Solo length
01:37-02:23

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