Maple Leaf Rag on a 1915's Piano 

Then there's the one guy who is still at the bar drinking like nothing is happening. And raises his glass for a sip when another guy as slid across the counter.

Even though it's anachronisic (Joplin was writing in the very early 1900's), I can't help but think of a Wild West saloon whenever I hear Joplin XD

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Where has this come from I don’t understand

*LMFAO*

Inventor of modern grammar was genius

Isaac Stillwell Are you saying his grammar is bad? If so, you don’t need perfect grammar to be on RU-vid.

@@user-dn9vr3oi1l Well, there should be proper grammar on RU-vid (we are not a bunch of uneducated heathans) but considering Mikolaj's (probably) Polish origin I think we can forgive him. :D

Thomas Z Oh, okay.

He wrote the Entertainer as well, another masterpiece

Yes

yes

Happens all the time

Lol yes, who's here in 2021?

Lady Dimitrescu is holding the camera.

GERMAN YOU SAY?

Julius Weiss a German Jewish professor of music taught joplin for free as he saw he had talent

apparently Joplin was influenced by the German/Polish Polka rhythms becuse of that teacher.. which feature in Ragtime on the left hand. At least according to Wikipedia 🙂

Federico Galanti When people play this too fast, it ruins such a classic

Rag Time is not meant to be played at great speed anyway. This tempo was as it should be.

It could be a tiny bit slower in my opinion, but it's still awesome as it is

It wasnt played slowed because ragtime is played offbeat so thats probably one of the reasons why its played fast

I think it's still a little bit too quick. And a bit sloppy in the right hand at times, which is no wonder with the difficult left hand jumps.

*smacks over head with beer bottle*

Leans against wall eating peanuts

I blame LeNnY Ynnel?

@@christianpiano6765 maybe whisky bottle also, or some hard alcohol.

Its a S A L O O N

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@@eduardoBR1991 Actually this joke really Overrated and Over used in memes

@Corey McDonald Go watch *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* Im not gonna explain the joke Bcuz its a dark joke

@Corey McDonald OK boomer.

Rest in Peace, ou will be remembered.

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@@branypoo Thank you

i did not know cats could have grandmas! ( sorry about that may your grandma rest in peace )

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And see them

Alex Owen I’m not hearing “105 years old”... “105”... “105”... you’re a damn liar.

@@jd.3493 lmaoo

J D. damn he lied to you bro how do you feel

Jeffrey could you suggest me some insane ragtime pieces please?

MYSTERYPHOBIA ???

Can i have the sheet music of this please :P I would be really grateful

@@LSDtubing no learn it by watching tutorials and memorize it

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I can play it quite well after learning it for 5 years and doesn’t make my that much happier really

Where? Sheet music? At conscerts? This was before movies, record players and radio. More advanced than most piano players.

@@SunnyGirlFlorida From what I've read, this was the most requested contemporary song to be played at bars, ships and other entertainment events in 1899. This was 1899's "#1 hit."

@@jamie123b any skill that you have that you've poured time into should be cherished, even if it's not very useful. I want to take up lock picking because I think it could be cool, it may never be useful but I'd be slightly cooler because I'd know it

@@ghillepig2 true. thanks for that. lock picking could be useful for stealing things too but I wouldnt want to do that

This piano sounds perfectly tuned to my ears

It's like finding an antique that hasn't been over polished over the years and lost its works weary look

AMEN

*WALKS INTO SALOON* HIPPY HEE YAW

You fellers get a room.

YA’LL KNOW WHERE A BUCKAROO LIK’ ME CAN GET HIM SOME APPLE JUICE

@@couldbeusabaker7532 *WALKS UP TO YOU* WELL DING BANG BOOM DIGGY DAWG

'Ello, Bartender! I want some rum

I love ragtime! First piece I'm learning is maple leaf rag (about 90% through), then I'll probably branch into more of Joplin's work.

I have pressed F in chat for your grandma; F

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Really? Fucking hell!

Nah, older than that! Date is around 1899...so almost 121 years old!

I thought I was bad at math...

Came out in 1899.

Peice

How many does he have? Like four?

Jack Newton about 11 i would guess

Pi R Squared Channel WOW... Just WOW

Pi R assuming that by log you mean log 10 (if you right only log that what it means atleast) then your this math gone wrong where you subtract the 2, cause 1-2= -1

it would be root -1 which is i then i^64 is 1 so then the ln(1) = 0 and then 0+5 =5 so the answer is 5... I guess

Button Prompt: (X) “LNENY?”

Ynnel!

Hahaha 😂

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!😂😂😂😂 I just finished the game so I'm also in mourning😔

Ha fouunfd ya lennnnnuy

Fededj3000 OfficialChannel assolutamente! Penso che sia uno dei migliori pianisti youtuber e uno dei più simpatici pure! Un grande saluto

PotaBG Concordo pienamente

maple smusi rag

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rendeX r assolutamente.. noi seguiamo roba buona ;)

Never too late

Have at it. Take your time, though. This level of playing requires lot of hard work.

I started to learn piano when I was 30. It’s never too late.

I wanna learn piano but I don’t really have any where to practice because I guess money problems I’m a kid but I still wanna be able to learn piano

I recommend the saxophone. It’s a very easy instrument. I was terribly at it, but still had fun with it.

@SomeHumanOnThe Internet Where? I have looked and I can't find anything remotely close to this. there's still piano music being made, but nothing like schott joplin's.

Matthew Hall we won’t know what will become famous classic until the future when they’re still remembered. We tend to glamourise the past because only the best stuff is remembered , there would have been a lot of trash piano pieces made then like there’s lots of trash pop and rap that is quickly forgotten

Err, not a song.

@@matthewhall6444 u should check out jonny may...he play alot of music N ragtime is one of his experties

@@matthewhall6444 Check out Brendan Kavanaugh channel here on RU-vid for some modern ragtime 👍

Superxon I second this

I third this

I fourth this

I fifth dis

I sixth this

He has a gift indeed.

Hope that's gonna be me.

lol@@mrb.5610

Charles Valentin Alkan he?

Charles Valentin Alkan Its called a saloon

Hi Alkan! Love your works.

Austin Workman thank you, my friend!

I associate it more with walking obvliviously through a construction site in Manhattan, accidentaly avoiding all the pianos falling centimeters behind me.

Fire hazard more like

I guess in 1915 electricity was less common.

The Entire Earth I don't think music would be playing in a Speakeasy, since those weren't around until the 1920s and we're trying to stay hidden from the law. Perhaps you meant just a normal saloon/bar?

Unfortunately Joplin himself would probably walk out in disgust if he EVER heard HIS music played anywhere but where he wanted it played also according to Joplin no one can play his songs like him they're all either too fancy or too dull...

Yeah... it'd be great till the police showed up.

I agree, I think that swing is implicit in ragtime anyway, you cannot but play it with a little swing.

This specific song is almost completely swung if you listen to the original recording (obviously not like real swing but the triplet feel) most of his other songs are much more straight than this one.

Exactly

That’s what the entire song is in a nutshell

lol yeah i noticed but i figured it was being held down to a soft piece of cloth so it doesn't vibrate with the playing i don't think he makes any effort to hide the mic on other videos it's really up to the best position according to the piano.

Interesting. Your comment made me look. I was expecting something more like an actual shot gun, shot gun. Laughing!

Kevin Galego Drecksnazi

SCWfan06 Why am I a dirt Nazi?

Kevin Galego Tu mal nicht so.

SCWfan06 Don't do what? I'm just asking a simple question.

Ignore him.

There aren't that many

Bhammer4264 B Actually, Scott Joplin has composed 44 different rags.

LordOfLuxury yes you’re correct. But he doesn’t have 10 rags that you’ve heard but Don’t know the name.

Bhammer4264 B Huh?

Nevermind

Yeeeehaaaa

There wasn't any recording equipment in 1901...

@@zackiechan2601 Yes there was, piano roll was invented in 1896

@@EllaRodgers78s This song was not written in 1860.

@@EllaRodgers78s And this song does not have lyrics.

GD Sam Stookey 103

I always felt like Ragtime was trying to replicate or at least approach the swing sound with straight notation. Thus it was kinda a halfway point between true swing and straight 8th's.

I have a piano that’s almost 200 this year! (2018) it’s made by.. god damn it I can’t remember.

You dumb? It's not ragtime when the time isn't "ragged". Then it's just classical music with accents on beats

Put some "jass" in it! I have an 1888 Aeolien player piano, and some Chicago Music Inc. piano rolls punched by Scott Joplin himself.His music is to be played like Reggae music or a quadrille; the 1/64th of a beat ahead. It sounds like 1880 Storyville District in a NawLeanz "sporting house" where the "Professor" kept time for the girls and when time was up, he played "their" song meaning it was "rag time" and the customer had used up the time he had paid for. Try Wiki-ing "jass", it was NEVER used in polite society!!! Personally, I think Scott Joplin's most beautiful piece is the "Rag-time Waltz" or the love theme from "The Sting", followed by his opera "Treemonisha ".

He definitely played a couple wrong notes, but his playing is great!

And hard work

Freakin saloon... What does it mean?

@@natalya6091 basically what they called bars in western times

Francesco Casillas boi

Lmao

@Sodaroid haha, same here :) I freaked out in happiness about that song being in the game when I entered the saloon :D

@@MattiK2609 isn’t it playing during the first mission (The one where you fight Thomas)

@@russianspy5007 Hmm, can't remember. It's been way too long since I played it through

"Swearing nervously"

If you really try you can do it, I think is only looking because the left hand is hard to coordinate without looking at it, as it jumps around quite a bit

@Chung Hei CHO thanks 😁

Yup! About the same for me. 25 years old and I started about a year ago. I'm around 90% through. It's tough, but extremely fun to play. I love ragtime.

Dude same but for me its fig leaf rag. It took me 2 months. Im still 13

Is it hard to learn the first part that loops?

Wtf I’m 13 right now and took me just about a year 😳

IKR!?! I looovee the old piano sound it’s relief 🥲😇

Nezolika// Nessie are you still playing piano?

WTF🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

😡😡🥶

@@DragonsAndDragons777 haha u wish

Why did I read that and then look at the piano...?!

Wym look closely?!? The piano is obviously the main character in all of this! I truly love his work😄

Matthew Pyle ikr!!

Nooooooooo.............. A lot of much better players out there. No disrespect to this guy though, but he’s not the the best on RU-vid

M's Compositions you watch him too??

Josh D no, never, go away

No lil Asian kid is

Irinel Adrian where did you get your start playing piano and how long until you could play a piece like this???

domiNATEion i mean for me, i had a piano teacher for about a year and then went on to teach myself, and this piece took about 1 year and a half when i practiced consistently. honestly it depends if you practice a lot or not.

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I think you both agree and don't know it.

it actually doesnt matter exist or not

SomeHumanOnThe Internet that’s rude.

SomeHumanOnThe Internet that’s what you believe

Na Dobry Humor me

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Like six times already, practicing this song and using this as a reference lol

@@hangmingzhang5067 I want to, how hard is it and how can I?

Since 1987

Wow👌 Keep playing👍

You're really good

Vinheteiro 30 years??!?? Wow

Vinheteiro Wow... I guess there's still hope

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