Bix Beiderbecke “Singin the Blues”

Discographic Information

Instrument

cor

Total Duration

56.6 s

Position in Track

00:58-01:55

Album Title

The Gold Collection - 40 Classic Performances

Label

Proper/Retro (R2CD 40-23/2)

Recording Date

04.20.1927

Line Up

Bix Beiderbecke (cor); Frank Trumbauer (ts-c); Jimmy Dorsey (cl, as); Miff Mole (tb); Paul Mertz (p); Eddie Lang (g); Chauncey Morehouse (dr)

Style

TRADITIONAL

Key

Eb-maj

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

TWOBEAT

Tonality Class

FUNCTIONAL

MusicBrainz ID

7c31f102-1178-46d2-baf6-25f08e4a6e48

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||F-7   |F-7 Bb7 |Eb   |EbAbEbEbo|Bb7   |Bb7   |Eb   |Eb EboEb||
B1: ||G7  D-7|G7 CoFo|C7   |C7   |C- C-7 |F7   |Bb7   |Bb7  Ebo||
C1: ||F-7   |F-7 Bb7 |Eb   |Eb FoEbo|Eo   |Eo C7 |F-  C7|F- C7F-|F-7   |Ebo   |Eb   |Eo C7 |F7   |F7 Bb7 |Eb   |Eb   ||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

160

Number of Bars

32 bars

Number of Choruses

1

Mean Tempo

134.0 (MEDIUM)

Event Density

2.83 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

5.04 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.26:1

Ratio of longer to shorter eighth of beats with binary subdivision.

Metrical Centroid

4

Mean concentration of events in the bar, rounded and normalized to 4/4.

Syncopicity

31.2 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

58-81 (23)

Min/max and range of MIDI pitches.

Extrema ratio

47.5 %

Share of notes with direction reversal (i.e, minima and maxima of pitch contour).

Extended Chordal Diatonic Pitch Class Histogram

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Extended Chordal Diatonic Pitch Class is calculated in reference to the underlying chord.

Pitch Class Histogram

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MIDI Pitch Histogram

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Semitone Interval Histogram

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Refined Contour Histogram

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Also known as “fuzzy intervals” or interval classification. See here for definition of classes

Metrical Circle Map (N=48) Histogram

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Metrical circle maps divides the bar duration into equal sized bins (48 in this case) and maps metrical positions to the corresponding bin. (Labels normalized to 4/4 measure).

Duration Class (Abs. and Rel.) Histogram

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Relative duration classes are based on the duration of the beat. Absolute duration classes are based on 120 bpm. See here for a definition of classes.

Midlevel Analysis Main Types Histogram

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Midlevel analysis is a qualitative annotation system of playing ideas, with nine different main categories, as defined in our paper

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