Roy Eldridge “Body and Soul”

Discographic Information

Instrument

tp

Total Duration

76.7 s

Position in Track

01:41-02:58

Album Title

The Chronological Classics: Chu Berry 1937-1941

Label

Classic Records (Classics 784)

Recording Date

1938-11-11

Line Up

Roy Eldridge (tp); Chu Berry (ts); Clyde Hart (p); Danny Barker (g); Artie Shapiro (b); Sidney Catlett (dr)

Style

SWING

Key

Db-maj

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

SWING

Tonality Class

FUNCTIONAL

MusicBrainz ID

aa303ee8-9a54-47de-a7b9-4a725cf2680b

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||Eb-7 Bb79b |Eb-7 D7 |Dbj7 Gb7 |F-7 Eo7 |Eb-7   |Cm7b5 F7 |Bb-7Eb7Eb-7Ab7|Db6 Bb7 ||
A2: ||Eb-7 Bb79b |Eb-7 D7 |Dbj7 Gb7 |F-7 Eo7 |Eb-7   |Cm7b5 F7 |Bb-7Eb7Eb-7Ab7|Db A7 ||
B1: ||Dj7 E-7 |D/F# G-7C7|F#-7B-7E-7A7|Dj7   |D-7 G7 |Cj7 Ebo |D-7 G7 |C7B7Bb7 ||
A3: ||Eb-7 Bb79b |Eb-7 D7 |Dbj7 Gb7 |F-7 Eo7 |Eb-7   |Cm7b5 F7 |Bb-7Eb7Eb-7Ab7|Db6   |Db6NC  ||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

313

Number of Bars

34 bars

Number of Choruses

1

Mean Tempo

107.0 (MEDIUM SLOW)

Event Density

4.08 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

9.15 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.0:1

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

Metrical Centroid

3

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

Syncopicity

32.3 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

55-80 (25)

Min/max and range of MIDI pitches.

Extrema ratio

32.3 %

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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