“Lost Your Head Blues” Bessie Smith/1926

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) bdf130fd-b72c-4cc1-89d0-1be77ecdbdd8
Time Signature 4/4
Key Eb
Duration 177.2 s
Tuning 435.04 Hz
Recording Dates 1926-03-18 - 1926-03-18
Composer(s) Bessie Smith

Line-up

cornet Joe Smith
vocal Bessie Smith
piano Fletcher Henderson

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 40
Mean BPM 87.3589164786
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 6.4
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 136 52.7131782946 91.05 51.3826185102
min 4 1.5503875969 2.705 1.52652370203
dom 116 44.9612403101 77.25 43.5948081264
hdim7 0 0.0 0 0.0
dim 0 0.0 0 0.0
N 2 0.77519379845 6.195 3.4960496614
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

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Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

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Source Annotation

lost_your_head_blues.json

{
  "tuning": 435.04, 
  "artist": "Bessie Smith", 
  "title": "Lost Your Head Blues", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 1/04 - Bessie Smith - Lost Your Head Blues.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":"Eb"
  }, 
  "mbid": "bdf130fd-b72c-4cc1-89d0-1be77ecdbdd8", 
  "duration": 177.2,
  "parts":
  [
    {
        "name":"Intro",
        "beats":
        [
        1.315, 1.982, 2.698, 3.36, 4.02, 4.68, 5.3, 5.95, 6.59, 7.21, 7.87, 8.51, 9.15, 9.86, 10.52, 11.23
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|F:min7 |Bb:7 |Eb Bb:7 |Eb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female , Trumpet Solo - Blues Major",
        "beats":
        [
        11.91, 12.59, 13.31, 13.99, 14.66, 15.38, 16.08, 16.77, 17.45, 18.11, 18.8, 19.47, 20.11, 20.79, 21.49, 22.15,
22.86, 23.5, 24.2, 24.85, 25.55, 26.22, 26.85, 27.55, 28.19, 28.88, 29.55, 30.18, 30.85, 31.54, 32.2, 32.86,
33.48, 34.18, 34.8, 35.48, 36.12, 36.78, 37.45, 38.14, 38.77, 39.44, 40.11, 40.79, 41.46, 42.16, 42.88, 43.57
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb Eb:7 |Ab:7 |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb:7 |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female , Trumpet Solo - Blues Major",
        "beats":
        [
        44.26, 44.94, 45.6, 46.27, 46.94, 47.65, 48.31, 49.01, 49.65, 50.34, 51.03, 51.67, 52.35, 53.03, 53.7, 54.34,
54.98, 55.66, 56.32, 56.97, 57.64, 58.28, 58.99, 59.66, 60.32, 60.97, 61.66, 62.31, 62.97, 63.64, 64.31, 65.01,
65.69, 66.32, 67.01, 67.69, 68.36, 69.02, 69.7, 70.41, 71.1, 71.77, 72.43, 73.12, 73.8, 74.45, 75.16, 75.81
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb Eb:7 |Ab:7 |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb:7 |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female , Trumpet Solo - Blues Major",
        "beats":
        [
        76.48, 77.13, 77.84, 78.51, 79.2, 79.93, 80.62, 81.28, 81.96, 82.65, 83.31, 83.94, 84.6, 85.26, 85.95, 86.59,
87.26, 87.92, 88.62, 89.3, 89.97, 90.59, 91.29, 91.93, 92.6, 93.26, 93.9, 94.59, 95.21, 95.87, 96.53, 97.22,
97.89, 98.58, 99.25, 99.94, 100.59, 101.26, 101.96, 102.63, 103.34, 103.97, 104.66, 105.3, 105.98, 106.61, 107.27, 107.93
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb Eb:7 |Ab:7 |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb:7 |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female , Trumpet Solo - Blues Major",
        "beats":
        [
        108.6, 109.3, 109.97, 110.63, 111.29, 111.92, 112.58, 113.28, 113.94, 114.58, 115.2, 115.85, 116.53, 117.2, 117.84, 118.53,
119.16, 119.84, 120.5, 121.17, 121.8, 122.47, 123.15, 123.85, 124.52, 125.21, 125.85, 126.54, 127.23, 127.9, 128.62, 129.31,
129.99, 130.7, 131.36, 132.0, 132.64, 133.34, 133.99, 134.65, 135.3, 135.94, 136.61, 137.26, 137.96, 138.62, 139.24, 139.95
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb Eb:7 |Ab:7 |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb:7 |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Vocals Female , Trumpet Solo - Blues Major",
        "beats":
        [
        140.66, 141.35, 142.03, 142.69, 143.38, 144.11, 144.77, 145.4, 146.09, 146.76, 147.38, 148.04, 148.71, 149.36, 150.06, 150.69,
151.38, 152.04, 152.68, 153.36, 154.0, 154.65, 155.32, 155.97, 156.63, 157.32, 157.95, 158.63, 159.24, 159.92, 160.54, 161.19,
161.88, 162.5, 163.17, 163.81, 164.43, 165.06, 165.7, 166.37, 166.98, 167.65, 168.35, 168.99, 169.66, 170.34, 171.01, 171.66,
172.32
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|Eb |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb Eb:7 |Ab:7 |Ab:7 |Eb |Eb |Bb:7 |Bb:7 |Eb |Eb |"
        ]
    }
  ]
 }