Ragtime Overview
- Created by: Ellie Warlow
- Created on: 13-06-18 11:49
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- Ragtime
- Example- The Entertainer
- Intro repeated short motif
- Sequenced
- Doubled at the octave
- Final time extended
- B1 section played octave higher
- 2/4 metre
- Ragtime 'twostep'
- Hemiola
- C major
- Intro repeated short motif
- Melody/ Techniques
- Syncopation
- No improvisation
- Chromaticism
- Repetitions
- Sequences
- Melodic fragmentation
- Harmony/ Tonality
- Chromaticism in harmonies
- Modulations to related keys e.g. dominant, subdominant, relative minor
- Classical influences
- Clearly definable keys
- stride bass plays tonic, then chord
- Structure
- Defined by modulations to either (usually) dominant or relative minor
- Classical influence
- Ternary form
- Short intros and sometimes codas
- Defined by modulations to either (usually) dominant or relative minor
- Rhythm
- Syncopated right hand
- Um-cha bass line
- Stride bass
- Timbre
- Piano (most common)
- Banjo (less common)
- Later arranged for small ensemble
- Leading to Dixieland
- Texture
- Melody-dominated homophony
- Doubling at the octave
- Moments of polyphony, though this is more rare
- Example- The Entertainer
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