Cornet solo · 1978

Woody Shaw: In a Capricornian Way

Key
Tempo: 172 BPM MEDIUM UP
Rhythm feel: Swing
Style: Postbop
Choruses: 3
Form: A16A16B20

Woody Shaw's solo on “In a Capricornian Way” has 864 notes in 178 seconds (4.9 notes per second), spanning 31 semitones from Ab3 to Eb6. The average tempo is 172 BPM with a swing feel. About 48% of the melodic motion is stepwise (one or two semitones).

Notes

864Notes

178sSolo length

4.9Notes per second

Ab3–Eb6Range (31 semitones)

48%Stepwise motion

Pitch-class distribution

C♯

E♭

F♯

A♭

B♭

Most frequent intervals

-2 ×147
+2 ×125
-1 ×83
-3 ×78
+5 ×76
0 ×68

Changes played over

D^m7

G^m69

D^m7

E^m7

D^m7

E♭^7911♯

D^m7

A⁷

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

G♭^m7

B⁷

D^m7

G^m69

D^m7

E^m7

D^m7

E♭^7911♯

D^m7

A⁷

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

G♭^m7

B⁷

G^m7

A♭^m7

G^m7

E♭^sus7

B^sus7

E♭^sus7

E^sus7_/A

D♭^+79♯C^+79♯

D^m7

G^m69

D^m7

E^m7

D^m7

E♭^7911♯

D^m7

A⁷

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

F^sus7

E♭^sus7

G♭^m7

B⁷

Record

Record: Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard · Columbia · 1978
Recorded: 05.&06.08.1978
Line-up: Woody Shaw (cor, flgn); Carter Jefferson (ts, ss); Onaje Allan Gumbs (p); Clint Houston (b); Victor Lewis (dr)
Composer: Woody Shaw
Solo length: 01:04-04:02

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