Black and White Rag

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Black and White Rag (key: A). It uses 7 unique chords and is classified as Intermediate difficulty.

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Unique chords

7 chordsIntermediate

Functional harmony

Primary: bVIIHarmony: Rich7 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
IV → bVII → V → I → bIII → bVII7 → I
Progression (chords)
D → G → E → Am → C → G7 → A

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune Black and White Rag. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
D---|D---|G---|G---|D---|D---|G---|G---|D---|D---|G---|G---|E---|Am---|G-D-|G---:||
Part B
C---|C---|D---|D---|G7---|G7---|C---|C---|C---|C---|D---|D---|G---|G---|G---|C---:||
Part C
G---|G---|D---|D---|D---|D---|G---|G---|E---|E---|A---|A---|G---|G---|D---|G---:||

Commonly used functional chords in trad major keys

This table shows the standard diatonic chords in a major key, commonly used as the harmonic foundation for traditional tunes.

IiiiiiIVVvi(V7)
ABmC#mDEF#mE7
CDmEmFGAmG7
DEmF#mGABmA7
EF#mG#mABC#mB7
FGmAmBbCDmC7
GAmBmCDEmD7