Michael Brecker “Confirmation”

Discographic Information

Instrument

ts

Total Duration

262.9 s

Position in Track

00:36-04:59

Album Title

Three Quartets

Label

Stretch Records (SCD-9002-2)

Recording Date

1981

Line Up

Michael Brecker (ts); Chick Corea (p); Eddie Gomez (b); Steve Gadd (dr)

Style

POSTBOP

Key

F-maj

Signature

4/4

Groove/Feel

SWING

Tonality Class

FUNCTIONAL

MusicBrainz ID

cebb75e6-b79c-48e5-89ab-07e8128dfff1

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Piano Roll

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MIDI

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Transcription

Chord changes of solo:

A1: ||Fj7   |Em7b5 A7 |D-7 G7 |C-7 F7 |F-7 Bb7 |Am7b5 D7 |G7   |C7   ||
A2: ||Fj7   |Em7b5 A7 |D-7 G7 |C-7 F7 |F-7 Bb7 |Am7b5 D7 |G-7 C7 |Fj7   ||
B1: ||C-7   |F7   |Bbj7   |Bbj7   |Eb-7   |Ab7   |Dbj7   |G-7 C7 ||
A3: ||Fj7   |Em7b5 A7 |D-7 G7 |C-7 F7 |F-7 Bb7 |Am7b5 D7 |G-7 C7 |Fj7   ||

Statistics

Features

Number of Notes

1640

Number of Bars

229 bars

Number of Choruses

7

Mean Tempo

208.9 (UP)

Event Density

6.24 Notes/s

Metrical Event Density

7.17 Notes/bar

Median Swing Ratio

1.32:1

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

23.3 %

Share of syncopated notes.

Ambitus

44-81 (37)

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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