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Ragtime progression
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:
- (III7/♯)-VI7/♯-II7/♯-V7-(I)*
and its close variants. (van der Merwe 1989, p.321)
In C major this is:
- E7/♯-A7/♯-D7/♯-G7-C
Examples include "Sweet Georgia Brown" and Liszt's "Liebestraum", no. III. The progression is an example of centripetal harmony, harmony which leads to the tonic.
- *The 7/# badly depicts a (superscript) seven over a (subscript) sharp
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.
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