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Joplin — straight bass, syncopated tune

% RAGTIME is one trick told two ways at once: the left hand walks
% dead-straight eighths while the tune keeps landing OFF them. First
% the strut — a chromatic slide onto the tonic arpeggio, then the
% same figure an octave down, Joplin's own echo:
 
bpm 72
meter 2
unit 1/4
key c maj
 
Strut ::= 2 2# 3 '1 _2 3 '1 _2 3 '1 _4 -
Strut {Strut}@-12
 
 
% The straight half: OOM-PAH. Octave root on the beat, mid-range
% chord off it — a 2/4 measure is two of each:
 
Oom ::= ..1 _2 {.3 _2, .5 _2, 1 _2} ..5 _2 {.3 _2, .5 _2, 1 _2}
 
Oom Oom
 
 
% Put them together and the rag appears — the tune's accents fall
% BETWEEN the bass's, which is the whole style in one structure:
 
{Strut {Strut}@-12, Oom Oom Oom Oom}
 
 
% Straight vs ragged, side by side: the same three notes on the
% beat, then shifted a sixteenth early. The second line swings:
 
Square ::= 3 _2 '1 _2 3 _2 '1 _2
Ragged ::= 3 '1 _3 3 '1 _2 -
 
Square Ragged
 
 
% THE WHOLE RAG — all four strains at full length from the
% verified grammar, repeats and all (the FORM map reads the strain
% plan: A A′ B A′ … the classic ragtime chain).
 
bpm 72
meter 2
unit 1/4
key c4 maj
mode diatonic
 
% The cast — every motif and chord the lead line uses:
 
M44 ::= {''1, '1}
M27 ::= M44 {''2, '2}
M38 ::= {.1, ..1} _2
M85 ::= '3 '1
S11 ::= '2 M85 6 _2 7 5 _2 2 M85@~-7
M94 ::= 3 '1 _2
M32 ::= 2 3b M94 M94 3
M42 ::= {''2, '4, '2}
M89 ::= M42@~-1 M42
M90 ::= M42@~1 M89 {''3, '5, '3} _2 M42@~-2 {''2, '4, '2} _2
M48 ::= {''1, '3, '1} _6
M4 ::= M32 '1 _6 M89 {''3b, '5b, '3b} M90 M48
M61 ::= {''3, '3} M27 M38@~23 M27 M44
S9 ::= M4 M32 '1 _7 M42@~-3 {'5, '1, 5} {'5b, '1, 5b} {'6, 6} M44 M38@~23 {''2, '2} M44 {'6, 6} {''2, '4, '2} _6 M4 M27 M61 M61 M90
M15 ::= {''4, ''2, '4} {''5b, ''3b, '5b}
M46 ::= {'3, '1, 3} M15@-12
M29 ::= {'5, '3, 5} _2
M52 ::= {'6, '3, 6} M29
M99 ::= M46 M29
M79 ::= M52 M99 M52
Run ::= '1 '2 '3
M93 ::= '2 '1
M26 ::= M79 M85 Run@~-3 Run M93 '2
M96 ::= Run '4
M97 ::= M85@~6 ''1
M41 ::= .7Dia$5-1-3 _2
M20 ::= M41@~-6
M81 ::= i-1 i1
M71 ::= '1 _2 6 '1 _2 6 '1 6 5 '1 '3 '5 _2 M85 5
M45 ::= {'1, 5b} _2
M59 ::= {6, 5b} _2 M45 {'3, 4}
M40 ::= {'4, 6} _2
M82 ::= M29 M26 5 M96@~2 M97@-7 M29 M79 '5 '6 '7b 5Dia$5-1-3 M20@19 {'7, '5b, '1} _2 '6 {'5b, '1} '2 {'5, 7} _5 M99 M26 '1 _5 5 M81 M71 M59 M40@~-2
M73 ::= {'4, '2} _4 '2Dia _2
M76 ::= '5 '2 _2
M66 ::= {'6, '4} '6b M73@~2 7bMaj$5-1-3 _8 {'4, '2} '3 M73 5Min$5-1-3 _7 M76 M76 M76 '1 _4
M100 ::= '7 ''3 _2
M39 ::= {.7, .5} _2
M55 ::= {5b, 3b} M39@~5
M5 ::= M55 M55
M80 ::= M39@~5 M5 -
M16 ::= M5@-2 - 6 {'2, 4} 6 '1 M93 6 M80 '1 {'3, 5} Run M93
M50 ::= {5, 3}
M74 ::= M50 M50 M39@~5*2
S7 ::= M39@~4 M16 M80@7 '4 {'6, 7} Run@~3 '5 '4 M44 M44 {''1, '1} _4 M40@~2 {'5, '1} _2 M74 M39@~4 M16 6 M81 {'5, 6} _2 M40 {'1, 6} {'3, 5} '3b M100@-7 ''1 M85@~2 M45 M45 {'3, 7, 4}
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F1a ::= | M27@2 M44 M38@~19 {'7, 7} M38@~18 |
  S11 - _5 - _4 5Dia$1-3-5-1 _2
F1a
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F5a1 ::= S9 M48 S9
F5a2 ::= | {''1, '3, '1} _5 M46 |
F5a1 F5a2
 
 
% ——— Part 2, from m.1 ———
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F37a ::= M82 {'1, 3} _6 {''3, ''1, '3} M15
F37a
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F53a ::= M82 {'1, 3} _7
F53a
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F69a2 ::= | {''1, '3, '1} _4 {''1, '3, '1} _2 - _2 |
S9 F69a2
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F85a ::= M66 '4 _4 '3 '6b M100 M97 '6 _4 '7b _4 M66 4Dim$3-5-1 _3 '4 M42@~-3 M38@~21 7b _3 7b _2
F85a
 
 
% ——— Part 3, from m.1 ———
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F100a ::= M40 7 M96 '5
F100a
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F85a
 
 
% ——— Part 4, from m.1 ———
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F116a1 ::= M40 - _2 '4Dia$1-3-5-1 _2 - _2 M71
F116a2 ::= M59 M40@~-2 {'1, 3} _5 '1Dia$1-3-5-1 _2 - _2
F116a1 F116a2
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F121a ::= S7 M41 1Dia$3-5-1 _3 M74
F121a
 
% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F137a ::= S7 M41 1Dia$3-5-1 _5 '1Dia$1-3-5-1 _2
F137a

% RAGTIME is one trick told two ways at once: the left hand walks
% dead-straight eighths while the tune keeps landing OFF them. First
% the strut — a chromatic slide onto the tonic arpeggio, then the
% same figure an octave down, Joplin's own echo:

bpm 72
meter 2
unit 1/4
key c maj

Strut ::= 2 2# 3 '1 _2 3 '1 _2 3 '1 _4 -
Strut {Strut}@-12

% The straight half: OOM-PAH. Octave root on the beat, mid-range
% chord off it — a 2/4 measure is two of each:

Oom ::= ..1 _2 {.3 _2, .5 _2, 1 _2} ..5 _2 {.3 _2, .5 _2, 1 _2}

Oom Oom

% Put them together and the rag appears — the tune's accents fall
% BETWEEN the bass's, which is the whole style in one structure:

{Strut {Strut}@-12, Oom Oom Oom Oom}

% Straight vs ragged, side by side: the same three notes on the
% beat, then shifted a sixteenth early. The second line swings:

Square ::= 3 _2 '1 _2 3 _2 '1 _2
Ragged ::= 3 '1 _3 3 '1 _2 -

Square Ragged

% THE WHOLE RAG — all four strains at full length from the
% verified grammar, repeats and all (the FORM map reads the strain
% plan: A A′ B A′ … the classic ragtime chain).

bpm 72
meter 2
unit 1/4
key c4 maj
mode diatonic

% The cast — every motif and chord the lead line uses:

M44 ::= {''1, '1}
M27 ::= M44 {''2, '2}
M38 ::= {.1, ..1} _2
M85 ::= '3 '1
S11 ::= '2 M85 6 _2 7 5 _2 2 M85@~-7
M94 ::= 3 '1 _2
M32 ::= 2 3b M94 M94 3
M42 ::= {''2, '4, '2}
M89 ::= M42@~-1 M42
M90 ::= M42@~1 M89 {''3, '5, '3} _2 M42@~-2 {''2, '4, '2} _2
M48 ::= {''1, '3, '1} _6
M4 ::= M32 '1 _6 M89 {''3b, '5b, '3b} M90 M48
M61 ::= {''3, '3} M27 M38@~23 M27 M44
S9 ::= M4 M32 '1 _7 M42@~-3 {'5, '1, 5} {'5b, '1, 5b} {'6, 6} M44 M38@~23 {''2, '2} M44 {'6, 6} {''2, '4, '2} _6 M4 M27 M61 M61 M90
M15 ::= {''4, ''2, '4} {''5b, ''3b, '5b}
M46 ::= {'3, '1, 3} M15@-12
M29 ::= {'5, '3, 5} _2
M52 ::= {'6, '3, 6} M29
M99 ::= M46 M29
M79 ::= M52 M99 M52
Run ::= '1 '2 '3
M93 ::= '2 '1
M26 ::= M79 M85 Run@~-3 Run M93 '2
M96 ::= Run '4
M97 ::= M85@~6 ''1
M41 ::= .7Dia$5-1-3 _2
M20 ::= M41@~-6
M81 ::= i-1 i1
M71 ::= '1 _2 6 '1 _2 6 '1 6 5 '1 '3 '5 _2 M85 5
M45 ::= {'1, 5b} _2
M59 ::= {6, 5b} _2 M45 {'3, 4}
M40 ::= {'4, 6} _2
M82 ::= M29 M26 5 M96@~2 M97@-7 M29 M79 '5 '6 '7b 5Dia$5-1-3 M20@19 {'7, '5b, '1} _2 '6 {'5b, '1} '2 {'5, 7} _5 M99 M26 '1 _5 5 M81 M71 M59 M40@~-2
M73 ::= {'4, '2} _4 '2Dia _2
M76 ::= '5 '2 _2
M66 ::= {'6, '4} '6b M73@~2 7bMaj$5-1-3 _8 {'4, '2} '3 M73 5Min$5-1-3 _7 M76 M76 M76 '1 _4
M100 ::= '7 ''3 _2
M39 ::= {.7, .5} _2
M55 ::= {5b, 3b} M39@~5
M5 ::= M55 M55
M80 ::= M39@~5 M5 -
M16 ::= M5@-2 - 6 {'2, 4} 6 '1 M93 6 M80 '1 {'3, 5} Run M93
M50 ::= {5, 3}
M74 ::= M50 M50 M39@~5*2
S7 ::= M39@~4 M16 M80@7 '4 {'6, 7} Run@~3 '5 '4 M44 M44 {''1, '1} _4 M40@~2 {'5, '1} _2 M74 M39@~4 M16 6 M81 {'5, 6} _2 M40 {'1, 6} {'3, 5} '3b M100@-7 ''1 M85@~2 M45 M45 {'3, 7, 4}

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F1a ::= | M27@2 M44 M38@~19 {'7, 7} M38@~18 |
  S11 - _5 - _4 5Dia$1-3-5-1 _2
F1a

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F5a1 ::= S9 M48 S9
F5a2 ::= | {''1, '3, '1} _5 M46 |
F5a1 F5a2

% ——— Part 2, from m.1 ———

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F37a ::= M82 {'1, 3} _6 {''3, ''1, '3} M15
F37a

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F53a ::= M82 {'1, 3} _7
F53a

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F69a2 ::= | {''1, '3, '1} _4 {''1, '3, '1} _2 - _2 |
S9 F69a2

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F85a ::= M66 '4 _4 '3 '6b M100 M97 '6 _4 '7b _4 M66 4Dim$3-5-1 _3 '4 M42@~-3 M38@~21 7b _3 7b _2
F85a

% ——— Part 3, from m.1 ———

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F100a ::= M40 7 M96 '5
F100a

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F85a

% ——— Part 4, from m.1 ———

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F116a1 ::= M40 - _2 '4Dia$1-3-5-1 _2 - _2 M71
F116a2 ::= M59 M40@~-2 {'1, 3} _5 '1Dia$1-3-5-1 _2 - _2
F116a1 F116a2

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F121a ::= S7 M41 1Dia$3-5-1 _3 M74
F121a

% mm.1-4 — M38 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F137a ::= S7 M41 1Dia$3-5-1 _5 '1Dia$1-3-5-1 _2
F137a

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