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Elite Syncopations

Scott Joplin (1,868–1,917)

Key
F major
Style
Modern, jazz and dance
Level
Level 8
Roughly
RCM 8 · ABRSM 7 · Trinity 7 · Henle 4–5
Lesson
Musicianship
Focus
syncopation, chromatic voice leading

What its lesson teaches

8.6 Read richer chord symbols

Study Joplin’s Elite Syncopations in F. It prints no chord symbols: name the chords of its first strain (bars 5–20) using the bass together with the right-hand chord tones, distinguishing passing bass notes from chord roots; then read your symbols as a lead sheet. At the keyboard: play a lead sheet with a broken-chord pattern.

Technique
  • F major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Mutopia Project · public domain

Elite Syncopations

Typeset by Benjamin Bloomfield.

Public Domain

Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1540

Licence: Public Domain (Mutopia Project licensing: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/legal.html)

Adapted by Musalea: converted to MusicXML and prepared for interactive practice.

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