@Rusticky The systematic syncopation on the right hand makes it "ragged" in some way. This impression's precisely strengthened by the strictly 4/4 left hand. Also in this times, "rag" might have been a slang word used to make the new music sound fashion. Anyway, classical music is frequently not "classical" at all...
It's kind of sad when you look at the music this black man was writing (incredible), and then you look at what black people write today. (I'm not trying to say black people can't write but compared to Joplin, it's crap)
@MadnessOfMarmots What?? Name me any music written by white people these days that's worth listening to. It's all garbage on every side. Black people kicked ass in music for a hundred years after Joplin started composing: stride, jazz, blues, rock, funk, reggae, dub, that shit went on to 1987 man. Even today there's plenty of good music, but it's all underground and you just haven't dug enough.
@MadnessOfMarmots 98% of today's music sucks, but you just gotta dig man. There's a lot of good music out there right now, you just have to find it, and Youtube is the best place.
Lovely! And the soul of this genius just radiates out through the balance and tease of his music. It grabs the soul as does a waltz by Chopin or Strauss. Can the listener explain why he wants to dance to it? No, but he does. What a mystery and wonder Scott Joplin is and will ever be. Thanks.
Sure, I agree it sounds like a piano roll, I was simply commenting on the title of this video...being a nit picky troll I guess. Nonetheless, Scott Joplin rules and thank the gods for YouTube and the proliferation of our shared heritage and art.
@sethintehbox I believe that this was recorded on a piano roll. So what the recording sounds like would depend on the player piano the roll was played on during the sound recording.
@sethintehbox I believe that this was recorded on a piano roll. So what the recording sounds like would depend on the player piano the roll was played on during the sound recording.
@MadeByDeni I saw her too...long white dress, large hat on her upswept hair, and high button shoes. She was waiting for me at 3 o'clock by the potted palms at the train station. You didn't see me though.
amazing to listen to if it really is him, it's always struck me as a very delicate piece though I can hear from the recording that Scott Joplin had other ideas, unless this a piano roll?? thanks for the post
This is not Scott Joplin. Do your research all you YouTubers ~ Joplin never made a piano roll of Easy Winners. This recording is of Dick Zimmerman on Murray Hill Records ~ the complete works. Listen to it on iTunes ...
It Seems to me Like ONLY Scott Joplin Can write ragtime, Anybody who composed later just doesn't have that....................................Something
@squigy97 Whoa whoa whoa. I love Scott Joplin. I was making the point that there is no company using his music for making money. No need to sling insults.
@7URTY I'm sorry for daring to say that you even associated yourself with that "thing" Bieber... lol. but yeah, srry, i didnt know if you were being mean about Scott Joplin or not... I loved listening to him when I was younger and still enjoy him today!
@reignman2112 Maybe it's the syncopation and upbeat tempo and overall feeling these songs foster - similar to the way good rock can do (only the modern stuff uses a lot more instruments)
@reignman2112 you like it because the simple bass line and fairly happy-themed main melody creates an unresistable combination of two fairly unknown bodily chemicals that react when ragtime is heard. they are awesonium and epicium and they create diawesometriepic.
simple bass line and fairly happy-themed , looks easy, but is so fucking hard, on that times, when Scott Joplin appear , no body , especial white people, cant play this, specialy cand without watch a partiture because was all on his mind, and this wasnt written for him, people extract the pianola codes and make partitures with them.
This looks so catchy and funy, but it was made with soul and ingenious.
@tomaspepino I know two white guys who can play great ragtime. One is in his twenties and a natural talent. The other is almost 70, playing ragtime for about 60 years. You bet it's tough. I never could play ragtime worth a damn. It takes great discipline.
@reignman2112 You don't know what I'd give to bring Scott Joplin back to life for an hour and talk to him. I feel like he speaks to me through his music.
@Rumil20 the thing between rock and rag is they work on the same timing structure that most rock songs work on. 4/4. 2/4 I think that's where rockers can really enjoy that. It's basically someone playing bass guitar and a guy playing a solo on the other guitar. But one guy is doing it on the piano.
you should seriously get back into. i started piano again four days ago on Tuesday and I can already play maple leaf rag and scott joplin's new rag again. its not as hard as you would think to start up again. I hadn't played for a year before now.
@reignman2112 Firstly, it was cutting edge when written like some rock. Also, the syncopation is unbelievable and a ,lot of guitarists (especially jazz) would love to have that ability. Bands like Aerosmith, LZ and Van Halen to name a few could pull this off and new musicians have no clue.
@reignman2112 it's because this is real, pure music with a light mood, not the glossed-over cookie-cutter stuff dripping with sex, drugs, and violence that gets produced today.
Especially if there is a guy washing some windows and a gentleman walks under his ladder and the bucket of suds drops on his head and he stumbles around before removing the bucket from his drenched head. The window cleaner climbs down to apologise, he picks up the gentleman's hat and places it back on his head but a gush of water spills out of the hat again soaking the man. The gentleman has now lost his temper and begins chasing the window cleaner round and round the ladder.
Are you certain this is Joplin piano roll? I'd love to think so, it's just... he only recorded a few rags on piano roll, and I don't know if this was one of them or not. Nice video, by the way... that painting of him at the piano between 1:46 and 2:50 gave me goosebumps.
mr jps: in answer to your question, classic rags were thematic constructions, something like concerti. the usual subdivision is into an A theme (repeated), a B iteration (repeated), a C iteration (often with change of key), and the final D (repeated). what you're referring to is the D, which to joplin and james scott often brought a triumphant feel.
this does not answer your question about a named technique -- the D here follows from the classic rag pattern. listen again for the structure.
@bblake1000 Nice explanation. I've been listening to Joplin's rags a lot lately and I could not help but notice the predictable pattern you described. That "D" part is always great, not just here, but in the Maple Leaf, Pineapple and Cake Walk, too! Just great stuff.
@jpsartrean As far as technique goes, he's using octaves and syncopation on top and a two-step bass line, very common in all of ragtime, especially Joplin. To answer your question, I think you just like that part a lot:)
Has anyone noticed the incredible repeat of the 4th part? This is not in the score and has amazing syncopation. I plan on trying to learn this with his changes and post on here.
I wish this was syncopated like how jazz really is. Oh well....:(. This song rocks anyway! It could be played by some.....emo-death metal-punk-alternative-goth band and it'd still sound great! That's how awesome Joplin is!!
@beakt I was really tired I messed up on the word I know that "syncopation" wasn't the right word...I meant like swung, like how jazz is. If you have heard the original piano rols (maybe you have, maybe you haven't) they're swung. Sorry on the misunderstanding!
I'm sorry to enter into this, but as a ragtime historian for over 25 years I have to correct the posted title of this video. This recording is not Scott Joplin - it is Dick Zimmerman. Joplin did indeed make piano rolls in his lifetime, (7) but no "recordings" ... the recordings we have are transfers from those rolls. This is not one of them.
What an honor to hear the music played by the composer, we have so little of the 19th century....what if we had Beethoven, Bach, Mozart???? That would be sweet. But we DO have John Tesh and Michael Buble!
This is classic Joplin. He always played his own stuff with the expertise of a classical pianist (he'd always wanted to be regarded as a classical composer), as well as with the improvisation of a jazz pianist or chopin. Nice and slow, too, not butchered like eery modern ragtime pianist does. Wonderful dynamics. He should have made more of his own rolls.
It makes perfect sense that this would be played by Scott Joplin: He died in 1917, and the first tape recording device was made in 1888. In this sense, Joplin had plenty of time to record his music that he played; in HIS style.
nice
hunter30617 5 days ago
Excellent interpretation (whoever is playing this)! I am learning this rag next.
cebukid70 1 week ago
14 are easy loosers
diventox 2 weeks ago
EASY WINNER!!!
MasterBlaster160 3 weeks ago
i like it cause its slow
demoreal 1 month ago
Delightful
bfandreasyt 3 months ago
rag time? it's all 4/4 to me.
Rusticky 4 months ago
@Rusticky The systematic syncopation on the right hand makes it "ragged" in some way. This impression's precisely strengthened by the strictly 4/4 left hand. Also in this times, "rag" might have been a slang word used to make the new music sound fashion. Anyway, classical music is frequently not "classical" at all...
ROLLS RULEZ !!
WAMEDJO 2 months ago
I really have such a hard time forcing myself to stop listening to this music in order to get back from pure heaven to real life.
verdew8181 5 months ago 12
It's kind of sad when you look at the music this black man was writing (incredible), and then you look at what black people write today. (I'm not trying to say black people can't write but compared to Joplin, it's crap)
MadnessOfMarmots 5 months ago
@MadnessOfMarmots What?? Name me any music written by white people these days that's worth listening to. It's all garbage on every side. Black people kicked ass in music for a hundred years after Joplin started composing: stride, jazz, blues, rock, funk, reggae, dub, that shit went on to 1987 man. Even today there's plenty of good music, but it's all underground and you just haven't dug enough.
Brownsc3 2 months ago
@Brownsc3 Well, all of today's music sucks, and I was just drawing a parallel from then to today.
MadnessOfMarmots 2 months ago
@MadnessOfMarmots 98% of today's music sucks, but you just gotta dig man. There's a lot of good music out there right now, you just have to find it, and Youtube is the best place.
Brownsc3 2 months ago
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Grethmii 5 months ago
Ahh! That's the tempo. Easy winners, hand ride wire to wire, no whip.
1brewski2 5 months ago in playlist Scott Joplin
Along with Arthur Sullivan, Scott Joplin is one of my top favorite underappreciated composers.
verdew8181 5 months ago
The mallet ensemble for this song is amazing! I've played it several times.
makeacandidbroadcast 6 months ago
this music is like bicycles, while jazz and rock are like cars and trucks. I'm so very glad bicycles are making a big comeback.
verdew8181 6 months ago 3
im usally a joplin fan, but this was pretty damn good, no- it was probably the best ragtime piece ever :)
cameraman4brainiac 6 months ago
joplin has always been my favorite pianist, and my grandpa brought the original script for 'easy winners'.
jop rocks more than gaga does. i wish he was still alive, playing his stienway.
osheetidied 7 months ago
I love this kind of music always. He was amazing wasn't he. Bravo to where ever he is now....far beyond this plane.
Rhawneld57 7 months ago
Lovely! And the soul of this genius just radiates out through the balance and tease of his music. It grabs the soul as does a waltz by Chopin or Strauss. Can the listener explain why he wants to dance to it? No, but he does. What a mystery and wonder Scott Joplin is and will ever be. Thanks.
0276boy 7 months ago
very good
beavismaxim 7 months ago
I miss playing the piano
auggiedogg 8 months ago
Sure, I agree it sounds like a piano roll, I was simply commenting on the title of this video...being a nit picky troll I guess. Nonetheless, Scott Joplin rules and thank the gods for YouTube and the proliferation of our shared heritage and art.
sethintehbox 8 months ago
The recording sounds a bit too good for 1916. I doubt this was "played" by Scott Joplin
sethintehbox 8 months ago
@sethintehbox Modern systems can, to a certain degree, compensate for bad quality. If it was much later, the recording quality would be far better.
hurricanehead1 8 months ago
@sethintehbox I believe that this was recorded on a piano roll. So what the recording sounds like would depend on the player piano the roll was played on during the sound recording.
bernhardush 8 months ago
@bernhardush its Richard Zimmerman playing, from his album Complete Works of Scott Joplin
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@sethintehbox I believe that this was recorded on a piano roll. So what the recording sounds like would depend on the player piano the roll was played on during the sound recording.
bernhardush 8 months ago
@sethintehbox I think this was played by Richard Zimmerman.
hellboyreloaded 7 months ago
@sethintehbox no its not jopin playing - he never recorded Easy Winners
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toadsEATbugs 8 months ago
i took a practice ap music theory exam and parts of this were on it and I've been searching for what it's called
Accumen26 8 months ago
back in the days music meant something ...
Zell666Dincht 9 months ago
is this song on Itunes?
Jeranwars 9 months ago
@Jeranwars Wouldn't know, but you can get a program to download it from youtube and convert it to mp3.
bachaddict 9 months ago
loooooove this song <3
skatingrab 9 months ago
Beautiful! Payed nice and slow, by the composer no less. POIFECT!!!!
ntiffin1 10 months ago
remembers me of that day I saw my love...
MadeByDeni 10 months ago
@MadeByDeni I saw her too...long white dress, large hat on her upswept hair, and high button shoes. She was waiting for me at 3 o'clock by the potted palms at the train station. You didn't see me though.
lichtbroeder 10 months ago
@lichtbroeder she was playing it on cello... I felt so caught, she's marvelous
MadeByDeni 10 months ago
BRAVO! Very Nice. Scott Joplin a Musical Genius . We would all agree. Thanks!
robertquentincobb 10 months ago
easy winners and difficult losers :P
DarkAngelZkill 10 months ago 3
@DarkAngelZkill ha nice.
EmulatorDX 10 months ago
this peice is played so rubato
Abandonthepotato 10 months ago
how do you clean house with the cat sleeping on your hair?
kevduck1 11 months ago
rag time is so lovely to hear on a normal saturday cleaning your house while you eat a cake and the cat sleeping on your chair.
89blueflower 11 months ago 3
amazing to listen to if it really is him, it's always struck me as a very delicate piece though I can hear from the recording that Scott Joplin had other ideas, unless this a piano roll?? thanks for the post
samuso86 11 months ago
This is mindblowing. It reminds me a lot of Super Mario theme.
henrique88t 11 months ago 2
I love Scott Joplin.. pity i wasn't born round the 20's 30's.. My PRIME! <3
blaithin101 11 months ago
@blaithin101 Scott Joplin died in 1917
motm56 11 months ago
@motm56 he must have played it with a good audio system in 1917
titandown 11 months ago
Who cares who actually was the player, what you hear is all that matters!!!
poklzhou 1 year ago
This is not Scott Joplin. Do your research all you YouTubers ~ Joplin never made a piano roll of Easy Winners. This recording is of Dick Zimmerman on Murray Hill Records ~ the complete works. Listen to it on iTunes ...
Dizzyfingers2 1 year ago
It Seems to me Like ONLY Scott Joplin Can write ragtime, Anybody who composed later just doesn't have that....................................Something
Schipp72 1 year ago
I don't care about Justin Bieber...
grossecommission 1 year ago
Thank the lord there is no ScottJoplinVEVO
I might have to shoot myself
7URTY 1 year ago
@7URTY i dont know if you are trying to make fun of Scott Joplin, but why dont you just stick with your favorite JustinBieberVEVO.
squigy97 1 year ago
@squigy97 Whoa whoa whoa. I love Scott Joplin. I was making the point that there is no company using his music for making money. No need to sling insults.
7URTY 1 year ago
@7URTY I'm sorry for daring to say that you even associated yourself with that "thing" Bieber... lol. but yeah, srry, i didnt know if you were being mean about Scott Joplin or not... I loved listening to him when I was younger and still enjoy him today!
squigy97 11 months ago
@squigy97 Hey don't worry bout it! This piece is in a computer game I own and had to look it up cuz It is really that great!
7URTY 11 months ago
@7URTY
Good point, screw Vevo!
harmonicaman008 1 year ago
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harmonicaman008 1 year ago
@7URTY Scott Joplin is beyond VEVO. He's beyond Public Domain.
GreatMewtwo 11 months ago
@GreatMewtwo lol
7URTY 11 months ago
I love to play Easy Winners on my Piano! My favorite after the Entertainer!
nellie2581 1 year ago
justin bieber listen to that music in his spare time!
ltpedon 1 year ago
@ltpedon
screw you !
justin bieber dont even know what this music is!
Servitiis 1 year ago 3
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@ltpedon
screw you !
justin bieber dont even know what this music is!
Servitiis 1 year ago
@ltpedon SHUT UP. justin bieber could LEARN A LESSON on what good music is by listening to Scott Joplin!
squigy97 1 year ago
i like it that he doesn't play it too fast and not too slow
leonhrad 1 year ago 2
8 people don't win even if they compete alone
stekal79 1 year ago 5
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geevboeksie 1 year ago
i'm a diehard rocker, but i could listen to this stuff all day. why is that? it is catchy. catchy as hell, and i can't explain it....
reignman2112 1 year ago 91
@reignman2112 Maybe it's the syncopation and upbeat tempo and overall feeling these songs foster - similar to the way good rock can do (only the modern stuff uses a lot more instruments)
Chronomorte 1 year ago 3
@reignman2112 you like it because the simple bass line and fairly happy-themed main melody creates an unresistable combination of two fairly unknown bodily chemicals that react when ragtime is heard. they are awesonium and epicium and they create diawesometriepic.
estlib 11 months ago 69
@estlib this post has made my day, brilliant :D
dpcohen1968 11 months ago
@estlib
in other words: because it is awesome!!
abedog90210 6 months ago
simple bass line and fairly happy-themed , looks easy, but is so fucking hard, on that times, when Scott Joplin appear , no body , especial white people, cant play this, specialy cand without watch a partiture because was all on his mind, and this wasnt written for him, people extract the pianola codes and make partitures with them.
This looks so catchy and funy, but it was made with soul and ingenious.
Sorry my english, im not really good on it. xd
tomaspepino 5 months ago
@tomaspepino I know two white guys who can play great ragtime. One is in his twenties and a natural talent. The other is almost 70, playing ragtime for about 60 years. You bet it's tough. I never could play ragtime worth a damn. It takes great discipline.
79barkingspider 1 month ago
@estlib that is the funniest thing I have read in a loooooong time but it's just he has the soul of a musician
johnanzalone6 5 months ago
@estlib they create what diawesom...? i'm sorry that word or symptom is new for me.
Braliz33 4 months ago
@reignman2112 You don't know what I'd give to bring Scott Joplin back to life for an hour and talk to him. I feel like he speaks to me through his music.
tedmccarron 10 months ago
@reignman2112 because most rock music is extremely simplistic in comparison to this style of music.
There is more to listen / analyze. Most rock is 3 or 4 chords and then a solo (using a scale)
Rumil20 10 months ago 2
@Rumil20 the thing between rock and rag is they work on the same timing structure that most rock songs work on. 4/4. 2/4 I think that's where rockers can really enjoy that. It's basically someone playing bass guitar and a guy playing a solo on the other guitar. But one guy is doing it on the piano.
JonB83 8 months ago in playlist ragtime
@reignman2112 this is also part of the roots of rock and roll
IamAsi94 7 months ago
@IamAsi94
you should seriously get back into. i started piano again four days ago on Tuesday and I can already play maple leaf rag and scott joplin's new rag again. its not as hard as you would think to start up again. I hadn't played for a year before now.
qrwqwe 7 months ago
@qrwqwe wait what?
IamAsi94 7 months ago
@reignman2112 Listen to some of this great legends other rags, they're just as catchy and rockin'!
Patriot1776 6 months ago
@reignman2112 Firstly, it was cutting edge when written like some rock. Also, the syncopation is unbelievable and a ,lot of guitarists (especially jazz) would love to have that ability. Bands like Aerosmith, LZ and Van Halen to name a few could pull this off and new musicians have no clue.
44bagman 6 months ago
@reignman2112
Im also a true metaler but scott joplin is so f****n amazing
TheThagnar 5 months ago
@reignman2112 it's because this is real, pure music with a light mood, not the glossed-over cookie-cutter stuff dripping with sex, drugs, and violence that gets produced today.
mn77393 4 months ago
and to think that ragtime used to be an insult bet those people that said it in that way felt dumb lmao
phillyblunted1 1 year ago 2
Beautiful music will always survive the pass of times...No matter what...
poseidon0560 1 year ago
Scott Joplin was a genius... there's no arguing with that.
BoidsiesRoblox 1 year ago 2
Every song I know seems to have been written by Scott Joplin
Libervurto 1 year ago
lol thts quite catchy!
huskihamster 1 year ago
Go outside watch people and things go by while listening to Scott Joplin. It's amazing how this music is in time to life
mrrescueguy 1 year ago 2
@mrrescueguy
Especially if there is a guy washing some windows and a gentleman walks under his ladder and the bucket of suds drops on his head and he stumbles around before removing the bucket from his drenched head. The window cleaner climbs down to apologise, he picks up the gentleman's hat and places it back on his head but a gush of water spills out of the hat again soaking the man. The gentleman has now lost his temper and begins chasing the window cleaner round and round the ladder.
Libervurto 1 year ago
@Libervurto lol. lol in a big way to this.
TheWhisperingCactus 1 year ago
@mrrescueguy i do that :D
Nyrella 1 year ago
Interessanterweise kommt der Ursprung des Ragtimes allerdings aus Mitteleuropa
OberstMadig 1 year ago
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justin bieber
anthonyandriano 1 year ago
@anthonyandriano trolla
onionhole 1 year ago
@anthonyandriano its an insult to even mention him on something good like this.........
kallemick 1 year ago
@kallemick justin bieber is a total tool. its just fun to see people get all bent out of shape about it.
anthonyandriano 1 year ago
great
Nyrella 1 year ago
Are you certain this is Joplin piano roll? I'd love to think so, it's just... he only recorded a few rags on piano roll, and I don't know if this was one of them or not. Nice video, by the way... that painting of him at the piano between 1:46 and 2:50 gave me goosebumps.
BoidsiesRoblox 1 year ago
@BoidsiesRoblox
No, this is a contemporary pianist - not a piano roll. I have this performance on CD.
Lucius1958 1 year ago
This song is in that game 'Locomotion'. W00t!
Rex8855 1 year ago
mr jps: in answer to your question, classic rags were thematic constructions, something like concerti. the usual subdivision is into an A theme (repeated), a B iteration (repeated), a C iteration (often with change of key), and the final D (repeated). what you're referring to is the D, which to joplin and james scott often brought a triumphant feel.
this does not answer your question about a named technique -- the D here follows from the classic rag pattern. listen again for the structure.
bblake1000 1 year ago 2
@bblake1000 Nice explanation. I've been listening to Joplin's rags a lot lately and I could not help but notice the predictable pattern you described. That "D" part is always great, not just here, but in the Maple Leaf, Pineapple and Cake Walk, too! Just great stuff.
bpeck77 1 year ago
@bpeck77 I also love the way he finishes Elite Syncopations; one of my favourites.
moredoughnuts01 1 year ago
This man was such an amazing composer. I hope I'm not stretching it, but he's like an American Bach.
Bobesocks 1 year ago
7 people have broomsticks up their ass
shammypwnageyea 1 year ago 2
@shammypwnageyea lol so true!
GIANTdonut3000 1 year ago
@shammypwnageyea thanks to me, now 8 do...
cause i actually do have one up my arse.......
channel323232 1 year ago
lookup wesley reznicek playing this - amazing
pianorags 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful
vladinho7 1 year ago
Is there a name for the technique/style beginning at 3:09?!??!? It is AMAZING!!! Fantastic stuff....
jpsartrean 1 year ago
@jpsartrean As far as technique goes, he's using octaves and syncopation on top and a two-step bass line, very common in all of ragtime, especially Joplin. To answer your question, I think you just like that part a lot:)
moredoughnuts01 1 year ago
I love this amazing piece of music.
lindaCtran 1 year ago
i really hate those 7 people who missed the "like button", this song is phenomenal.
voodootabby 1 year ago
@voodootabby some people aint intelligent enough to know that i feel sorry for them
kallemick 1 year ago
Is this really played by him?
gregbboy619 1 year ago
@gregbboy619 it most likely is a recording of a piano roll, which is played by a player piano, so he probably did play it to 'record' it on the roll
maxepane 1 year ago
@maxepane I understood everything and nothing at the same time. Can i have a simpliest answer like : yes its played by him or no,its not ?
gregbboy619 1 year ago
@gregbboy619 for what you are asking, yes he is playing it. they just recorded it in a fancy way if that makes any sense lol
maxepane 1 year ago
@maxepane Max Pain.
gregbboy619 1 year ago
@maxepane I asked because if you look at it the title says " played by Scott Joplin " !
gregbboy619 1 year ago
durr 0:52 picture
toasterstrudel331 1 year ago
J. holy Christ, what a fantastic composer!!!!
PALUMPALAM 1 year ago
OMG this guy wrote all my favourite songs!! The Entertainer, Maple Leaf and Easy Winner!!! What a Genius!!!
lucakiss70 1 year ago 2
omg the last repeat of the song was amazing!!
huangshibei 1 year ago 2
Those were the golden days of music!
slunli 1 year ago 54
@slunli one true master composer
vicyghot 1 year ago
@slunli Of REAL music, not any of this modern rap crap.
TheSuperCommentGuy 9 months ago
@TheSuperCommentGuy i think that's what he meant :D
MrBenlus 9 months ago
I think he iz so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DoeJane1234567 1 year ago
what a scary picture
utahjazz07 1 year ago
this song... is fun for kids
hermanhanitio 1 year ago
Scott Joplin himself said ragtime music is not meant to be played fast
yaboy7777777 1 year ago 2
isnt it a bit slow for ragtime ? or should it be like that ?
13En3my37 1 year ago
Has anyone noticed the incredible repeat of the 4th part? This is not in the score and has amazing syncopation. I plan on trying to learn this with his changes and post on here.
MrPaulRoder 1 year ago 2
Such a classy song. Love it.
RichardJD1 1 year ago
Winners
dykeritz9 1 year ago
so cheerful it makes me do silly things.)))
dontdrinkmilkhere 1 year ago 3
What a wonderful piece! Thank you for sharing.
john1000003 1 year ago
I wish this was syncopated like how jazz really is. Oh well....:(. This song rocks anyway! It could be played by some.....emo-death metal-punk-alternative-goth band and it'd still sound great! That's how awesome Joplin is!!
AnAmericanComposer 1 year ago
@AnAmericanComposer Huh? You need to look up syncopation in the dictionary.
beakt 1 year ago
@beakt I was really tired I messed up on the word I know that "syncopation" wasn't the right word...I meant like swung, like how jazz is. If you have heard the original piano rols (maybe you have, maybe you haven't) they're swung. Sorry on the misunderstanding!
AnAmericanComposer 1 year ago
I'm sorry to enter into this, but as a ragtime historian for over 25 years I have to correct the posted title of this video. This recording is not Scott Joplin - it is Dick Zimmerman. Joplin did indeed make piano rolls in his lifetime, (7) but no "recordings" ... the recordings we have are transfers from those rolls. This is not one of them.
Music4ibc 1 year ago 5
Love the picture of the large mural of Joplin. I live in Sedalia, MO and that mural is painted on the side of a downtown music store.
pcfd448 1 year ago
Rag time has got to be one of the biggest reasons why I happen to love jazz music. Playing it is all the more joy.
BenJaminTunes 1 year ago
the best in the world!!
thesoundoflovestyle 1 year ago
That's ok! It's still a wonderful performance! I did think it sounded pretty modern for Joplin....nice post!!
nicodagger 1 year ago
It's miraculous how only two hands can create so much music all at once!
vanpub 1 year ago 3
Like the man said: "Never play ragtime too fast"
wallywa 1 year ago
What an honor to hear the music played by the composer, we have so little of the 19th century....what if we had Beethoven, Bach, Mozart???? That would be sweet. But we DO have John Tesh and Michael Buble!
nicodagger 1 year ago
@nicodagger Sorry ! The pianist is Richard Zimmerman. It's on CD
22483511 1 year ago
the best in the world!!!
thesoundoflovestyle 1 year ago
yep yep
alcolol 1 year ago
a masterpiece of his time.timeless piece.
Pentagonshark666 1 year ago 16
this one is very cool..i'll give it a try :)
YondyKazeKage 1 year ago
This is classic Joplin. He always played his own stuff with the expertise of a classical pianist (he'd always wanted to be regarded as a classical composer), as well as with the improvisation of a jazz pianist or chopin. Nice and slow, too, not butchered like eery modern ragtime pianist does. Wonderful dynamics. He should have made more of his own rolls.
pig409 1 year ago 2
This is my favourite song of his! Love it!
rebeski 1 year ago
I was under the impression Scott Joplin never made any recordings
thebrujaisbackagain 1 year ago
@thebrujaisbackagain He certainly did on Pianola, and I have three of them - Maple Leaf, The Entertainer and Easy Winners.
MIXOLYDIAN123 1 year ago
i may be wrong, but i thought the first recording made was in 1860.
voodootabby 1 year ago
Sorry, the tale recorder was made in 1886, not 1888
AnAmericanComposer 1 year ago
It makes perfect sense that this would be played by Scott Joplin: He died in 1917, and the first tape recording device was made in 1888. In this sense, Joplin had plenty of time to record his music that he played; in HIS style.
AnAmericanComposer 1 year ago
What I wouldn't give to bring him back from the dead for one day, talk to him, hear him play piano, and thank him.
tedmccarron 1 year ago 3
@tedmccarron.
Who doesn't want him back?
He was a ragtime genius, nothing more to say!
Ragtime95 1 year ago
@tedmccarron i'd love to learn from him too
wannabebboy101 1 year ago
Thanks for the info, 22483511. But then why does it say "played by Scott Joplin?"
Somewhat misleading.... Absolutely outstanding at any rate!!!! Love it!
madgiraf 1 year ago
@madgiraf Can't say why it is posted as played by Scott Joplin. Look back at previous comments if you like. BTW I Iove it too.
22483511 1 year ago
ok so whos playing this? is it joplin himself or who?
bleuskais 1 year ago
Very nice.
DonTruman 1 year ago