Michael Brecker “Naked Soul”

Discographic Information

Instrument

ts

Total Duration

166.5 s

Position in Track

01:55-04:42

Album Title

Tales from the Hudson

Label

Impulse! Records (IMP 11912)

Recording Date

1996

Line Up

Michael Brecker (ts); Pat Metheny (g); Joey Calderazzo (p); Dave Holland (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr)

Style

POSTBOP

Key

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

SWING

Tonality Class

COLOR

MusicBrainz ID

7d19ca3a-8e57-4850-b1f9-597dc22444b0

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||G-   |G-   |G7911#   |D79#11#   |F-7911   |E/G G |Csus7   |C79#   ||
B1: ||Fsus   |D79#11#   |Bbsus   |Gb/A   |C/Ab   |C7alt   |Fj7   |Ej79# D7alt ||
C1: ||G-79   |F7/G   |Gj7911#   |D79#11#   |Gb/F   |E/B G7alt |G-7   |A/C   ||
D1: ||Dbj7   |Eb6   |Db+/C A/B |Bj7/A#   |C/Ab   |Db79#11# C7alt |F-j7   |F-j7   ||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

771

Number of Bars

64 bars

Number of Choruses

2

Mean Tempo

92.4 (MEDIUM SLOW)

Event Density

4.63 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

12.02 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.85:1

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

39.2 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

44-80 (36)

Min/max and range of MIDI pitches.

Extrema ratio

31.3 %

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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