Ragtime progression
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The ragtime progression (Fahey 1970) is a chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres though its use originated in classical music and spread to American folk music:
- [III_\sharp^7-VI_\sharp^7-II_\sharp^7-V^7-(I)]
In C major this is:
- [E_\sharp^7-A_\sharp^7-D_\sharp^7-G^7-C]
Examples
- "Sweet Georgia Brown"
- Liszt's "Liebesträume", no. III.
- Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant
External links
- [History]
Source
- van der Merwe, Peter (1989). Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0193161214.
- Fahey, John (1970). Charley Patton, p.45. London: Studio Vista. Cited in van der Merwe (1989).
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