John Coltrane “Body and Soul”

Discographic Information

Instrument

ts

Total Duration

110.1 s

Position in Track

00:10-02:00

Album Title

The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings CD 4

Label

Rhino Records Inc (R2 71984)

Recording Date

1960-10-24

Line Up

Steve Davis (b); Elvin Jones (dr); McCoy Tyner (p); John Coltane (ts)

Style

POSTBOP

Key

Db-maj

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

SWING

Tonality Class

FUNCTIONAL

MusicBrainz ID

9b4e9548-b049-4480-b406-cb1eedaeede2

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||Eb-/Ab Eb-79/Ab |Ab7   |Eb-/Ab   |Ab7   |Db79/Ab   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F-7/Ab   |E-7 A7 |Absus   |Absus   |Ab7   |B7911#   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab Ab7 |Db79 F79b13bBb+7||
A2: ||Eb-/Ab Eb-79/Ab |Ab7   |Eb-/Ab Eb-79/Ab |Ab7   |Db79/Ab   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F-7/Ab   |E-7 A7 |Absus   |Absus   |Ab7   |B7911#   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab Ab7 |Db79 E-7A7||
B1: ||D79   |E-7   |D/F#   |G-7 C7 |Dj7 F7 |Bbj7 Db7 |Gbj7 A7 |Dj7   |Dm7b5   |G79b   |C79   |Eb7   |Abj7 B7 |Ej7 G7 |Cj7 B7 |Bbsus Bb7913 ||
A3: ||Eb-/Ab Eb-79/Ab |Ab7   |Eb-/Ab Eb-79/Ab |Ab7   |Db79/Ab   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F-7/Ab   |E-7 A7 |Absus   |Absus   |Ab7   |B7911#   |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab G+/Ab |F+/Ab Ab7 |Db79 F79b13bBb+7||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

393

Number of Bars

65 bars

Number of Choruses

1

Mean Tempo

141.6 (MEDIUM UP)

Event Density

3.57 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

6.05 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.69:1

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

47.1 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

48-76 (28)

Min/max and range of MIDI pitches.

Extrema ratio

45.8 %

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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