Pine Apple Rag - Scott Joplin

[5629222214]

Coolllllllll

[theEIO]

Charming, alive, old rag taste - Hats Off Mr. GreenHat. Do you have some more in store???

[GreenHat9]

@theEIO Thanks for the kind words. As for more, I have nine piano videos (including this one) that you can access from my YouTube Channel (click on GreenHat9)

[niltomega]

I wrote one! If you look up RHINE RIVER RAG you can hear it. please tell me what you think!

[Jewelrylover111]

Great job. :]

[mrrrks39]

fantastic and superb.

[cowofawesome]

I am currently learning this song. It is probably my favorite Joplin piece. Nice job!

[BenNCM]

This isn't actually the full song though. There is still an extra 1 minute to go but no one ever seems to play it because it's so progressive. I'd be quite annoyed if I were Joplin knowing that people are only appreciating an abdridged version of what is an excellent and rather chirpy composition.

I will upload the real version taken from Joplins personal piano rolls shortly.

[steveborders]

i self teach myself am through about page and a bit of it the bit am working on and for some reason find it a bit tricker is the C-C to the ACF AND C-C to Bflat C E that bit slows me down lol the rest of it is fine lol

[GusELP]

Una de las mejores versiones que escuché ... salvo las vueltas en minuto 1:54, 2:08, 2:20, 2:33. Corrigiendo esa tontera, muy bien! Felicitaciones!

[xannirose]

Beautifully done.  Thank you.

[honeymoon2012]

oh wow! I miss my piano and all the Joplin ragtimes so much!!

[imnothear]

i must learn this!!

[SeriousRemy]

Excellent ! Bravo !

[quavercheese]

lovely

[glennrox]

tempo is perfect. really really awesome. I felt truly entertained watching this. nice job.

[LemmingDesTodes]

really nice, love your style :)

keep on!

[orion7763]

I love ragtime.

[Jewelrylover111]

@orion7763 Me too.

[dilemmix]

Love it!

[gievanaken]

you hardly notice the blue note...

only if the piece rolls out of your fingers and you know every note in the song, you notice...

(i even had to find the sheet music to find it)

overall: VERY VERY VERY GOOD JOB!!

keep on going man!

[HazyDaze6]

awesome job :]

bravo

[westfield90]

Superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scottg4life]

take a look at my version.and please comment rate and view maple leaf rag and all of my other videos please.Thank You!

[KurtisERIK]

Nice redition. The piano has such a rich and robust sound to it.

[Zintendo]

which is something nobody seems to appreciate these days.

[thesix107]

It actually sounds quite nice at this tempo. What piano are you playing on?

[GreenHat9]

The piano is a Mason & Hamlin AA, 1913. I love it. Thanks for writing.

[lagier8]

Do somebody have sheets for this??

[Fixnitup]

SMARTLY DONE !!!!  BRAVO !!!

[music20011]

You have a beautiful piano an beautiful playing.

[HelinhoFrancisco]

Wonder ..... I am very Marveled ..... I love this song. I am Brazilian and I love the Music For Piano. My Favorites are: Of Maple Rag, Pine Apple Rag, Bethena, The Strenuous Life and Fig Leaf Rag. Pity that I still do not know Play Piano. But one day I still I play Piano. I will Dededicar Enough To Learn and Put a Video on You Tube. Since I congratulate you for this very far Well

[GreenHat9]

Muito obrigado, HelinhoFrancisco.

Você também pode estar interessado no meu vídeo do YouTube "The Strenuous Life".

Atualmente, estou aprendendo "Bethena"

Obrigado novamente

Atenciosamente,

Paul

[TheRealMightyCow]

he didnt memorize check on the piano

[Keeper1st]

Some of the best ragtime pianists in the world don't memorize, because they can read so well. Check out Tom Brier and Frederick Hodges for example -- Tom in particular. He doesn't even memorize many his own compositions, usually reading from a lead sheet or full score.

[Vilheim93]

Then again there were those who could hardly read music and played entirely by ear...

[Keeper1st]

Indeed. Still a few today even.

[xmangoxkaboodlex]

scott joplin just had to be the greatest musician of all time

[jak10987]

Bravo Brava whatever you say. NICE JOB. Keep practicin till you know all joplin songs. haha just kidding. Thats practically impossible to memorize em all.

[ragtimest]

no its not lol, infact you could memorize over a hundred piano songs, well if you practise and are in the music

[edweirdo]

Beautifully played and at the pace Joplin intended. Bravo !

[snipperbes]

woah, watched this +1000 times over and over, and still love it. Good job man!

[anlila1]

It's so cool. Great job! ;)

[indy52102]

well done mate!

[ponkotumogura]

so cool.

goodjob!

[nutherefurlong]

I'd say this is my second favorite of Joplin's, just behind his Maple Leaf.

[Bluemoon7676]

I'm doing an assignment about composers, and I chose Scott Joplin. Since you play various pieces from him, what do you think would be your most favourite piece and why? Also, is there something special, in your point of view, about the way he composes? I would love to know, because I want to compare my opinions with other people, who also seem to know quiet a bit of his music. And, you have exceptional piano skills, I'm very jealous! :D

[cueshark]

My favorites are Bethena, Pineapple Rag, Weeping Willow and Maple Leaf Rag.

[cueshark]

Oh, and Magnetic Rag!

[jenniewrennie]

This is a beautiful version - I could watch this every day - you play amazingly! I don't have a piano (yet) but I taught myself Weeping Willow and Original Rags on my keyboard a few years ago. I might attempt Pineapple next!

[cueshark]

I'm learning this rag at the moment and I really enjoyed your playing. Well done!

[GreenHat9]

Thanks very much. As it turns out, quite by coincidence, I am currently learning Bethena. Really a beautiful piece. I've enjoyed listening to your performance of it on YouTube.

[GreenHatemerald]

Ah I love Scott Joplin's music! :D You played this SO WELL!

[GreenHat9]

Thanks for the kind words. And good luck with your music studies.

[avedwards]

Brilliant playing. I like it that you do not rush the music, as you make it easier to hear all the seperate notes.

[GreenHat9]

Thank you!

[larrybarcial1054]

well done!

[halofreak200715645]

I honestly think it was just fine the tempo you had it. I am 15, been playin for about 9-10 years, and plan to try some joplin for the first time, and wanted something different than the entertainer.

[GreenHat9]

Thanks for your kind words. There are so many great rags other than The Entertainer. One that I found easy to get started with is Joplin's Weeping Willow.

[Dan474834]

Try maple leaf rag... thats a classic.

[echinacea100]

very well done, thanks for sharing. I just started learning the piano this fall just because Ive always loved Joplin and want to learn to play it before I pass on.

[GreenHat9]

Thanks for commenting. Wow, starting piano with Joplin! That's not easy, not typical fare for a beginner. Good luck.

[scotthayden]

Those four note chords in the fourth theme are ridiculous, but you played them very well. I also liked your transition from the second to the third theme. Also, I think I am going to change my music where you played the blue note, that sounded amazing

[GreenHat9]

Thank you . Yeah, the big chords in part D were tough on my arthritic wrists and not-so-big hands. To be honest, I'm not sure I really hit all four notes much of the time.

About the blue note (third measure of part C): first time through (1:52) I played it as Joplin wrote it (e-flat, f, g-flat), and the next measure resolves with g-natural. But in the repeat (2:19) I played e-flat, g-flat, g-flat. I just jumped the gun with the g-flat. It's bluesy both ways. Joplin sure knew what he was doing!

[GreenHat9]

More about blue notes...

Wikipedia has a good article on the origins of the blues. It specifically discusses both "blue third" and "blue seventh" notes, and references their use as early as 1898 in "A Negro Love Song" by the English (!) composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in his "The African Suite for Piano". Pine Apple Rag was first published in 1908.

[horstb29]

Very well done! I find your tempo just right.

[HUNNYB13]

excellent interpretation,i enjoyed and it feels true when you play it,piano is about feeling and communication,not technical proficiency,everyone plays different,truley feels like ragtime sir bravo

[Luchettino93]

Very very good. Many salut of the Italy. Tanti saluti dall' Itlia

[agiambrone]

So that's what a blue note is..It sounded like it was more at 2:19.  But I think I know what it is--like a note that's played where there wasn't supposed to be one.

[GreenHat9]

Not quite. A blue note is a melodic element in blues and jazz that evokes a bluesy or worried feeling. It often consists of a minor third played where a major third would be played in a non-bluesy version. Wikipedia has a fuller explanation. Thanks for commenting.

[Achtelnote]

but he is right,blue note is at 2:19.

[GreenHat9]

That's correct.

[Doug19752533]

pretty nice job on Pine Apple Rag, try a tempo about 80. God only knows why the marked tempo is 100, as it also is in Sugar Cane Rag - way too fast for these two rags. you had some wrong notes because youre learning it still. I suggest play it really slowly making sure you get ALL the notes and rhythms right. Pine Apple Rag is a technically challenging rag to be sure!

[yanksta9]

That was beautiful. Nice job..this one of my favs and also maple leaf rag..which im still working on after 6 months :P oh well :P

[nicolas47200]

good job very nice !! i love it !!!

[FREEASTHESTARS]

very nicely played

[GreenHat9]

Thank you. Of course I agree that the missed notes and tempi are not the most important. The musicality is. And, for me, the ecstasy I enjoy when playing.

[Doug19752533]

i have to disagree. with ragtime tempo is everything - too slow and the piece drags, too fast and it sounds like youre on crack. Joplin was very adamant about his rags being played at specific tempos,(this said his students) and musical accuracy. Remember, Joplin considered himself a classical composer, and the details of his music deserve as much attention as does a work by Chopin or Beethoven. That is what seperates Scott Joplin (with J.Scott and Lamb) from the other ragtime composers.

[Castraphobia]

Agreed. Even most people listening won't even care about your mistakes and not even notice most of them. You could slow the whole pace down to get higher note accuracy but it just wouldn't sound as good. Doug's attention to detail is great but in the end it's about feeling good. To be honest, I'm technically terrible at playing Maple Leaf Rag but I still love it and people love listening so who cares? :D

[Marglar7]

Well played!! I like the slower tempo, because it allowed me to appreciate all the details of the piece. Good job!!!

[GreenHat9]

Thank you, Stan. As for the ritards, some were intentional, to create anticipation, as you state, but some, alas, were necessary, owing to the limited agility of my arthritic hands. I suppose that originally Joplin was played with a steady rhythm for the sake of dancers (for whom, as I understand it, much ragtime was written for). But I rather like the expressive effect of some tempo changes.

[pedroppcc1]

Let me tell you that you are very good playing the panio, I would like to see some pieces like Black and White rag, or the swipesi-cake walk; I think you would play them very well!

[tdub1941]

Divine! 5 STARS!

RagJazzMonkey

Tom Warner

[GreenHat9]

Thanks Tom!

-Paul

[Kokijuro]

Really nice played... how much did you you take to learne it?? I'd like to know since I'm plannig to play it for December 2008.. I wish it's enough time!

[idasynco]

Actually I like your tempo! Nice piano too, btw! It takes alot of practice to play it clean and steady. Let's hear s'more please!

[Steversch]

It was the scene Redford was getting a hair cut.

[aml686]

I love this rag so much. I get the tune stuck in my head all the time! I'm so glad I finally figured out what it's called. Thank you for posting this!

[GreenHat9]

You're most welcome. If you search YouTube for this composition, you'll find several other folks who have posted their performance of it.

[meatball893]

It's starting to grow on me, I have to admit...What do you think of the Maple Leaf Rag? That one's my favourite, and I finally learnt to play it

[Gangly1]

Brilliant!! I could listen to Joplin all day played this well.... I may knock work tomorrow and do just that!! I am racking my brain trying to recall which scene/chapter this was in the Sting...Or am I getting confused in my old age. Please help me!!

Best Regards,

Paul.

[GreenHat9]

Paul, You nailed it! I also don't recall which scene, but Pine Apple Rag was in the soundtrack of The Sting. As was Easy Winners, The Entertainer, Gladiolus Rag, Rag Time Dance, and Solace, all performed by Marvin Hamlisch. Now that you've tweaked my curiosity, I think I'll have to rent the movie again to resolve this.

My best, Paul

[idasynco]

The sound track to the Sting was one of the first records I ever bought, that one, and the Beach Boys Pet Sounds. I still have it in vinyl, having purged most of my old records. Little did I know at the time, that ragtime would become a passion YEARS later! Now all I need are finger extenders! LOL