ENDEIT

Trumpet solo · 1987

Woody Shaw: If I Were a Bell

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

Woody Shaw's solo on “If I Were a Bell” has 306 notes in 61 seconds (5 notes per second), spanning 26 semitones from A3 to B5. The average tempo is 252 BPM with a swing feel. About 70% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

306Notes
61sSolo length
5Notes per second
A3–B5Range (26 semitones)
70%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

Most frequent intervals

  • -1 ×61
  • -2 ×57
  • +2 ×55
  • +1 ×42
  • +3 ×23
  • -3 ×20

Changes played over

A1
G7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Am7♭5
D7
G7
Gm7C7
B1
F7
B♭7
F7
A+7
Dm7
Bm7E7
Amaj7E7
Amaj7D7
A2
G7
Gm7C7
Fmaj7
Fmaj7
Am7♭5
D7
G7
Gm7C7
B2
F7
B♭7Bdim
FE+7
E♭7D7
Gm7
C7
F
D+7

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
00:39-01:40

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