Jazz & Ragtime — Public-domain era
Ragtime · 1908

Pine Apple Rag

S. Joplin

Key
Bb
Time
2/4
Tempo
♩=76
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Ragtime AABBACCDD. Late-Joplin chromatic harmony.

Teaching points

  • Late-Joplin chromaticism
  • Trio modulates to subdominant
  • AO3: classic vs late ragtime
Full score ↓Public domain

1908 first ed, public domain.

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