Bix Beiderbecke “I’m Coming Virginia”

Discographic Information

Instrument

cor

Total Duration

88.2 s

Position in Track

01:27-02:55

Album Title

The Gold Collection - 40 Classic Performances

Label

Proper/Retro (R2CD 40-23/2)

Recording Date

1927-12-05

Line Up

Bix Beiderbecke (cor); Frank Trumbauer (ts-c); Don Murray (cl, bs); Bill Rank (tb); Doc Ryker (as); Irving Riskin (p); Eddie Lang (g); Chauncey Morehouse (dr)

Style

TRADITIONAL

Key

F-maj

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

TWOBEAT

Tonality Class

FUNCTIONAL

MusicBrainz ID

1f4d1333-8e87-45ac-b75f-517f03dea974

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||F Abo |F6Bbj7A-7D-7|D7 G7 |C7 F7 |Bb A7 |G7 C7 |F7 G-7 |C7G-7EboC7||
A2: ||F Abo |F   |A-   |A-   |Bm7b5 E7 |Am7b5 D7 |Gbj7 C7 |F7 F ||
B1: ||Bb6 G-7 |G-7 D- |D-6   |C D7 |G-7   |G7 C7 |F7 G-7 |F   ||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

225

Number of Bars

48 bars

Number of Choruses

2

Mean Tempo

131.5 (MEDIUM)

Event Density

2.55 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

4.66 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.43:1

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

Metrical Centroid

2

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

Syncopicity

25.3 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

58-81 (23)

Min/max and range of MIDI pitches.

Extrema ratio

46.2 %

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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