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    Statistical Analysis of Charlie Christian Improvisation Over I Got Rhythm

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    Statistical Analysis of Charlie Christian Improvisation Over I Got Rhythm

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    The document provides a statistical analysis of Charlie Christian's guitar solo over I Got Rhythm, including pitch distribution diagrams and fretboard diagrams showing the most frequently used positions for different sections of the improvisation.

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    diagrams of pitch and fretboard distributions

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    Statistical analysis of Charlie Christian improvisation over I Got Rhythm (1)

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    The document provides a statistical analysis of Charlie Christian's guitar solo over I Got Rhythm, including pitch distribution diagrams and fretboard diagrams showing the most frequently used positions for different sections of the improvisation.

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    Statistical Analysis of Charlie Christian Improvisation Over I Got Rhythm

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    The document provides a statistical analysis of Charlie Christian's guitar solo over I Got Rhythm, including pitch distribution diagrams and fretboard diagrams showing the most frequently used positions for different sections of the improvisation.

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    Charlie Christian solo over I Got Rhythm - a statistical analysis 1

    The table consists of of pitch distribution and guitar fretboard diagrams for the different sections of the improvisation. In the fretboard diagrams, the more frequently a position is used the darker the corresponding circle is. Bars/Chords Pitch distribution diagram 1-8
    Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Ab7 Bb F7 Bb Bb
    8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    Fretboard diagram
    V

    9-16
    Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Ab7 Bb F7 Bb Bb

    14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    17-18
    D7

    0 B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    19-20
    G7

    0 B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    1 The first chorus on this 1939 recording: http://youtu.be/KWrhA4jpA7o

    21-22
    C7

    one A on the 10th fret of the B string has been left off for reasons of space

    0 Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    23-24
    F7

    5 4 3 2 1 0 A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    VII

    25-32
    Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Bb Gm7 Cm7 F7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Ab7 Bb F7 Bb Bb

    14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C

    A position shift occurs within the last A section

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