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  • III_\sharp^7-VI_\sharp^7-II_\sharp^7-V^7-(I)

    • and its close variants. (van der Merwe 1989, p.321)


In C major this is:
  • E_\sharp^7-A_\sharp^7-D_\sharp^7-G^7-C


The progression is an example of Centripetal Harmony , harmony which leads to the Tonic and an example of the Circle Of Fifths .


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  • van der Merwe, Peter (1989). ''Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0193161214.

  • Fahey, John (1970). ''Charley Patton'', p.45. London: Studio Vista. Cited in van der Merwe (1989).