Maple Leaf Rag played as fast as possible!

[Perprocrastinate]

Stop being blathering idiots. Do you really think he intended this video to be serious?

[Eiilemaa]

un peu trop vite a mon gout...

[Mauvegroove]

playing ragtime fast is nothing but an exhibitionistic technical exercise... if you don't want criticism, don't put something that so flagrantly goes against the point of an entire genre on youtube

[katzensteinj]

“Don't play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.”

- Scott Joplin

[dueyxD]

hey hey whats hit? /watch?v=Nl17svmZKso&feature=r­elated

[gulgul2006]

lol!! "...but he isn't asian" that was funny.

Nice job. Don't mind the haters. They simply aren't musicians.

Even Tony Hawk wants to goof off when the camera stops... we musicians aren't any different. Sometimes we just want to screw around with a piece.

[AAAAAGFAFADF]

you skipped the middle part but I guess since ur going fast no one pays attention to the sound

[DieTodestomate]

That's not as fast as possible...see the video " maple leaf rag REALLY REALLY REALLY Fast"

[RaeZinz28]

my ears hurt now

[dafunkmonster]

YOU are exactly the kind of person I hate. STOP butchering Scott Joplin.

[neetrab]

wow! Fast fingers for such a young person!! lol! Thanks for posting!!

[Dannyjohn89]

OMG! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! THAT WAS AWESOMELY AMAZING!

[Princessamira0224]

You tore that up.. Smh

[Xxohadsaxx]

IT'S NOT MUSIC

[Sarsburger]

what? but he isnt asian!

[Regginyaga]

the boy aint right

[roboticstardust]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!!!!

[katijohnsonify]

well, i think you're amazing. :)

[pianonites]

Good going. harsh comments are a bit sad..

[Running2track]

i feel sorry for his parents

[neetrab]

@Running2track - You feel sorry for his parents because he played this really fast and on a not so tuned up piano? LOL!! That's stupid, just saying... Please tell me you are joking.

[Punkdrunmmer7]

where do you live? do u know dennis geib? I have that sme piao.

[gla950]

Great tune for Saloon music !

[islamtg]

it sounds like a cat playing piano you ruined the song

[hoppsrabbit]

Not bad considering how fast you were going, I like it.

[1997dannyb]

if Scott Joplin was alive, he would kick some asses

[araz4561]

Eh, I'll believe it. Although the camera does shake fast, I don't think the speed was altered because if it had been, then wouldn't the piano have sounded sharper rather than flatter?

[kevinjones569]

song is under a minute because you don't play the C section....



[PhillEDips]

Is it not obvious this is fake!? He just fast forwarded what he played in normal time. You can tell how the camera shakes just bait but really fast.

[mbkillak]

@PhillEDips its not fake dumb ass he's just talented stop haten

[acountrygent]

Scott Joplin said "Ragtime should never be played fast." While your speed may be impressive you didn't do the song any favors.

[TheAwesomestSulley]

FFFAAAKKKEEE!!!!!!!

[fleurdelys100100]

I learned this piece over 30 years ago and just loved it. It is a tough piece to play and I am amazed that you were able to fly through it in the way that you did. There was a middle section left out but that is OK. Thank you for sharing your talent with us! :-)

[makinbac0n]

45 bitches clicked the wrong button. Sometimes an out of tune piano makes a unique sound that just makes the song. Sometimes it breaks it. Not here. Good job!

[amylchapman]

Wow, people are bitches. You rocked that. Good job!

[phemt666]

Wooden fingers...

[ToyMario43]

uh oh! 42 likes vs 42 dislikes. i'd better put the likes in the lead. *clicks like*

[ItheSwick]

As fast as possible should be 4/4 time, according to Scott Joplin. Who, by the way, you just murdered.

[NextGenXinZhao]

In China..... NOTTTT GOOOD ENOUGHHHH!!!!!!!! But yeah ur a beast

[Comeechawaylama]

still too slow.

[pooh52]

Bravo! My piano teacher used to hate it when I did that!!

[123gamegamer]

das spielt der doch nicht

[southerncrescent1401]

To me this type of music sounds more realistic of the day when the piano is out of tune. I found this video today and the only thing that I don't like is that fact that you only have one video on your channel. Do you play a banjo?

[HappyHyppoCrokie]

WHERE IS THE C-SECTION???

[nichtzoe]

音樂是要給人有愉悅感,快又怎樣呢?

真若是讓音樂原創者聽到

應該是會過到掉眼淚吧!

一首膾炙口的曲子彈成這樣

實在是難聽

[Scoztrix]

why the fuck so many dislikes, he's good at the piano and he's not asian

THATS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF

[hi743roblox]

@Scoztrix you have a point XD

[Luck4Dead]

excuse me, you would be not making some shit?

[Smurfilicous]

It looks like it is fast forward cause his hands are moving to fast

[TheManillafull]

how old is ur piano?

[RogerTheMusician]

Loved it! :)

[cpsrisri123]

Impressive. And I know it was all in fun, but it sounds pretty bad fast. Still, you have like hyperactive fingers! :D

[MrValovinorovich]

@DecayingChild101 lol

[DecayingChild101]

That piano has went through a lot of use and abuse lol :0

[EDsIXXI]

Priceless expression.

[5BLD]

Why is it in like g major? Either your pianos completely out of tune or you learnt it in a different key...

[justcallmegrayson]

omg ur piano is so out of tune LOL dear God

[TheYarxia]

I'm almost bent over laughing just watching you try to get all the syncopations right in the second theme...EPIC FAIL!

[BrandonBedolla012095]

this is fast and nit sounds nice other ppl play fast and suck ass :P you play good :D

[kingdaka5006]

Coming from someone who can play the thing: very impressive! I can't even get the left hand right at regular speed... so much jumping around.

[20jimmy200]

why so many dislikes???

[ziogoku]

you are very good! ;)

[9waltherp]

somebody doesnt masturbate enough...

[danut6preda]

the piano is pff ::(((

[kagero369]

yah i ahreed with gigigilojay you cant perform the transition with the same tempo you started

[giggilojay]

Good job, but you can't really make out the song

[psherminator]

sped up

[captainofthetitanic]

AMAZING!!!

[DivinitySnipZz]

Look how fast your head was moving!!! FAKE!!!

[pianoguy75]

To counter all of your accusations, yes my piano was completely out of tune- I'll take the blame for that one. No it was not sped up or edited in any way. Yes I was playing it fast, but purely for fun. That does not mean that I am not capable of playing in the right speed and style, nor was I trying to disrespect the genre. If it makes anyone happy I could post a video of me playing it correctly, but odds are, that won't satisfy you either. You'll find something else to complain about.

[girwacky321]

@pianoguy75 umm hate to break it to ya big dog but you sped it up with an editing program

[elithompandre8266]

@pianoguy75 Don't. Ever. Tune. It. HONKY TONK!!!!!!!!

[Rockerpianist]

@pianoguy75 post it perfect and we would enjoy it for the rest of our lifes. :)

[bloodylapinou]

As incredible & awesome as stupid.

[purplehoodieguy]

pure ass

[SimoneTEHPWNZ0R]

I think this was just sped up using software on the internet..

[deandro985]

out of tune much?

[majomanak]

this si shit !!!!!!

[ethomas94]

it may be fast but its not pleasing to the ear. also its fake. watch the ending when he puts his hands down on the bench.

[endlessrepeat]

@ethomas94 Are you talking about how the sound continued after he took his hands off the keys? He probably had the sustain pedal down.

[ethomas94]

@endlessrepeat thats probably it.

[dylanharrod3]

youre in the wrong key!!!!!!!

[dylanharrod3]

wrong key!!!!!!!!!

[EveryGoodBoyDoesFine]

Whenever I think my piano is too beaten or out of tune i'll watch this video. LOL

[MagicGuy2009]

you missed out the trio you cheat

[gizmo16977]

@MagicGuy2009 Shut up Joradn or i will kick ur arse tomoz

[Eiskalt123]

sorry guys this record has nothing to do with a good performanced version of maple leaf rag of scott joplin. furthermore it is a short version and I can't hear the rag time. It's a single part of music like Pop, Scar etc.

But this record isn't Rag Time. It's just fast, bad and no part of real music.

[DRBiblicalMD]

you did a good job, but sadly your piano is way out of tune...

[epd16]

Fake, all you did was just edit the video on your comp to make it faster before putting it on youtube

[aws0mearbiter]

@epd16

You can see on his head thats not edited..

[iCheesey]

to be honest there IS faster on youtube, but good job anyway

[MusicandITutorials]

Ah, but you missed the 3rd (and hardest) part. I think ragtime should be played hard and fast, this here is someone like-minded (a little too much though) haha. Good job.

[josiah566]

Nonsense. The speed deadens the sense of syncopation that Joplin originally intended. Those who play this fast only play it fast for the sake of a parlor trick, and miss the art and sophistication that ragtime was, and is.

[Stevenup7004]

But you skipped the best part of it.. ;-;

[RoulaSilvy]

wow everyone is such a critic, when i bet if i put a muthu fuckin piano in front of their laps, they could not even attempt to try it.

[xOhEmGee123x]

true dat..

[maxverbaas]

Meh, i think they just sped up the video. Am I right haha?

[xOhEmGee123x]

No my friend taped it

[Cillitpeng]

i'm faster... ;)

and plz tune your piano.

[presidentXbloxxer]

I can go almost faster.

[Jonza121]

Know what, zflakhn, no one gives a shit :P

[zflakhn]

gotta admit..your pretty slow if that's your fastest..and with mistakes aswell..i could play better than that when i was 13 brah :L

[romi116]

trops cool !!

si j'arrive un jour a fair pareil se serait un miracle !!;)

[xOhEmGee123x]

Yo! Awzum skilz homez datz pwnage! keepz itz upz! byezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zz :P

[Raccoon29]

It seems like if you messed the beginning...less than a minute, but cutting repetitions :)

Anyway good speed, and nice piano too! =D

[pianoguy75]

Please comment!

[sacramentoninja]

dang, man. skills. keep it up.