[Smt-talk] The F stands for "Francisco"

[Walter Everett]

>From Mark Yeary:

>From now on, let i-VI-III-VII be known as the San Francisco Chord
> Progression.
>
> It’s heard in the opening measures (in E minor, following a two-bar
> G-major intro) of Scott McKenzie’s 1967 single “San Francisco.”


I hear this as a locally incomplete goal-directed progression in G major, *vi
| IV | I | V*.  The third verse ornaments it with changing surface
qualities, expanding two of the functions, as *vi* | ii - *IV* |* I* - iii
| *V*.  The song's structure ends with a PAC in G.  There is a lot of rock
music where the tonal center is ambiguous in a relative major / aeolian
alternation, but this seems to me to be in G major. Thanks for an
interesting post!  best, walt everett



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> School of Music, University of Louisville
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