“In a Mellotone” Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra/1940

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) 0d8187d0-854e-4221-adc4-95a49663020b
Time Signature 4/4
Key Db
Duration 199.27 s
Tuning 440.16 Hz
Recording Dates 1940-09-05 - 1940-09-05
Composer(s) Duke Ellington

Line-up

trombone Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown
alto saxophone Otto Hardwick, Johnny Hodges
trumpet Cootie Williams, Wallace Jones
valve trombone Juan Tizol
guitar Fred Guy
double bass Jimmy Blanton
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
clarinet Barney Bigard
cornet Rex Stewart
piano Duke Ellington
drums (drum set) Sonny Greer
tenor saxophone Ben Webster, Barney Bigard

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 98
Mean BPM 125.859386762
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 4.183673469387755
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 148 35.4066985646 69.89 35.0730165103
min 24 5.74162679426 11.21 5.62553319617
dom 218 52.1531100478 101.97 51.171776986
hdim7 0 0.0 0 0.0
dim 20 4.78468899522 9.53 4.78245596427
N 8 1.91387559809 6.67 3.3472173433
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

../_images/in_a_mellotone-1.png

Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

../_images/in_a_mellotone-2.png

Source Annotation

in_a_mellotone.json

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  "tuning": 440.16, 
  "artist": "Duke Ellington & His Orchestra", 
  "title": "In a Mellotone", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
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    "key":"Db"
  }, 
  "mbid": "0d8187d0-854e-4221-adc4-95a49663020b", 
  "duration": 199.27,
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                        0.46, 0.94, 1.39, 1.82, 2.043, 2.72, 3.16, 3.61, 4.05, 4.51, 4.92, 5.39, 5.67, 6.29, 6.76, 7.2,
7.64, 8.09, 8.5, 8.96, 9.24, 9.85, 10.31, 10.75, 11.2, 11.63, 12.07, 12.5, 12.94, 13.42, 13.86, 14.33
                      ],
              "chords":
                      [
                        "|Ab:9 G:9 |Ab:9 |Ab:9 G:9 |Ab:9 |Ab:9 G:9 |Ab:9 Ab:9 G:9 F#:9 |F:9 |F:9 |"
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22.17, 22.62, 23.07, 23.52, 23.98, 24.44, 24.9, 25.34, 25.79, 26.25, 26.71, 27.16, 27.62, 28.1, 28.55, 29.02,
29.46, 29.93, 30.39, 30.86, 31.31, 31.78, 32.23, 32.67, 33.14, 33.6, 34.06, 34.52, 34.97, 35.43, 35.9, 36.37,
36.83, 37.28, 37.74, 38.19, 38.63, 39.09, 39.55, 40.01, 40.47, 40.94, 41.4, 41.85, 42.32, 42.8, 43.27, 43.74,
44.19, 44.65, 45.12, 45.59, 46.06, 46.51, 46.98, 47.45, 47.9, 48.37, 48.83, 49.28, 49.74, 50.2, 50.66, 51.12,
51.59, 52.04, 52.5, 52.96, 53.42, 53.88, 54.34, 54.79, 55.25, 55.71, 56.17, 56.63, 57.09, 57.55, 58.01, 58.47,
58.94, 59.39, 59.86, 60.32, 60.77, 61.24, 61.72, 62.17, 62.63, 63.1, 63.55, 64.0, 64.47, 64.92, 65.39, 65.85,
66.32, 66.78, 67.24, 67.69, 68.15, 68.63, 69.08, 69.54, 69.79, 70.46, 70.93, 71.24, 71.624, 72.3, 72.75, 73.2
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                        73.65, 74.09, 74.56, 75.01, 75.48, 75.93, 76.41, 76.85, 77.32, 77.78, 78.24, 78.7, 79.19, 79.64, 80.11, 80.56,
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95.89, 96.37, 96.83, 97.29, 97.75, 98.21, 98.67, 99.15, 99.61, 100.08, 100.55, 101.02, 101.49, 101.95, 102.43, 102.89,
103.37, 103.85, 104.33, 104.78, 105.26, 105.73, 106.2, 106.67, 107.16, 107.65, 108.11, 108.57, 109.04, 109.5, 109.97, 110.44,
110.9, 111.37, 111.85, 112.32, 112.79, 113.26, 113.73, 114.22, 114.69, 115.16, 115.64, 116.1, 116.57, 117.05, 117.52, 117.99,
118.48, 118.95, 119.41, 119.87, 120.34, 120.82, 121.29, 121.75, 122.24, 122.71, 123.19, 123.67, 124.13, 124.61, 125.09, 125.56,
126.04, 126.51, 126.98, 127.44, 127.91, 128.4, 128.88, 129.35, 129.83, 130.31, 130.79, 131.25, 131.73, 132.21, 132.68, 133.15
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            {
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                        133.6, 134.09, 134.59, 135.07, 135.57, 136.04, 136.52, 136.99, 137.45, 137.93, 138.4, 138.86, 139.35, 139.82, 140.3, 140.77,
141.25, 141.74, 142.22, 142.69, 143.18, 143.66, 144.14, 144.61, 145.1, 145.59, 146.07, 146.54, 147.02, 147.47, 147.97, 148.45,
148.95, 149.43, 149.92, 150.4, 150.88, 151.37, 151.84, 152.31, 152.8, 153.27, 153.76, 154.24, 154.7, 155.18, 155.68, 156.16,
156.64, 157.12, 157.6, 158.08, 158.56, 159.05, 159.52, 160.02, 160.51, 160.97, 161.43, 161.89, 162.34, 162.81, 163.31, 163.81,
164.3, 164.79, 165.29, 165.77, 166.26, 166.75, 167.22, 167.7, 168.18, 168.65, 169.14, 169.62, 170.09, 170.56, 171.06, 171.54,
172.04, 172.53, 173.02, 173.49, 173.97, 174.46, 174.94, 175.41, 175.9, 176.38, 176.88, 177.37, 177.87, 178.36, 178.86, 179.36,
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                        195.93, 196.39, 196.89, 197.37, 197.83, 198.33, 198.79
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