Scott Joplin - Sugar Cane Rag

This is from: "The Best of Scott Joplin" - and it's called - "Sugar Cane Rag"
The pictures are ice sculptures

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• ragtime
• pop
• r&b
• world
• music
• Scott
• Joplin

[PenelopeofIthaca]

Did you really play this?  Is "The Best of Scott Joplin" a music book or a CD?

[Sunsong23]

No, I didn't play it! Sorry that you were given that impression. This is from a CD: "The Best of Scott Joplin"

[GuinnevereB]

Hmmm. Everyone seems to think he (or she) knows the "correct" tempo for Mr. Joplin's music. He is widely quoted as having said that ragtime should not be played fast. Yet the only recordings he made with his own hands (piano-rolls) are usually played back faster than this. The tempo for this recording of "Sugar Cane Rag" feels right to me, and what feels right is the only standard anyone can hold for music. So to those who like it faster, by all means listen to the faster recordings!

[BrandosGirl560]

Scott Joplins Music Would CERTINLY NOT make you gay his music is classic n it makes ppl happy.

people should be able to listen to what ever they like and fuck the rest of the world and what they think i think the man was a genius!

[maurickje]

Now I read those reactions, I know why I like playing Suger Cane, Maple Leaf and Gladiolus rags! All because of that pattern... thankyou everyone!

[Desdemona1202]

@toniekid i agree! this is what i thought as well, when i listened to this piece.

[rollerderbymike]

Only the arpregio going up is similar to maple leaf. Rose leaf rag, gladious rag and leola where similar to maple leaf. Joplin was a musical genious. He remains my fav composer. Notice how in many of his rags he uses counterpoint technique with diminished chords. Kinda brahms and schuman cimbined.

[toniekid]

this reminds me a lot of maple leaf rag

[cludRobot]

@RingoSmartboy Yeah exactly what I thought :P

[FOGang]

@BrandosGirl560 What makes a person gay is laying down with another man. I advocate pussy!!! Every man should man some pussy in his lifetime!!!

[Keeper1st]

@supapwn I don't think this one ever was a song, but yes. Sugar Cane, Gladiolus and Leola are all rewrites of Maple Leaf. I've even heard people play Sugar Cane and Maple Leaf in the same key at the same time on two pianos.

[supapwn]

Did you notice that this song follows the same pattern as maple leaf rag?

[Justice9397]

what form is this song played in?

[Fensterrud]

I have at least played through lots of Joplin rags. And yes, the first themes of the Sugar Cane and Gladiolus rags do have the same structure as the first theme of the Maple Leaf Rag. But, they are in different keys and have some very interesting changes. Besides, these particular rags have 4 themes, and only the 1st one is similar. In addition, the character of each rag is different.

[44bagman]

I'm wondering what intsrument this was played on because the upper register has kind of a "clangy" tone-which actually works on the this piece.

[RingoSmartboy]

One of my favorites. BUT..... The first part of this ( 0:00 - 0:45 ), looks exactly like 'Maple leaf rag'. Really! Listen to the structure....

A very good song though ;)

[beavismaxim]

very good

[imhavnablast]

Thank You for Posting.  Beautiful music and what Beautiful Ice Carvings.

[JonnyboyCalippo]

i love the part that starts at 1:53 .

[aardvaark069]

Jeeez! what an awful, crass piano. That top end is utterly intolerable. Nice tempo for this rag though.

[54jorgen]

¡EXCELENTE MUSICA,MARAVILLOSO VIDEO! GRACIAS

[Coryashire]

this song seems melodicly similer to maple leaf rag. there are parts that feel familer even though it is the first time I have heard it, with others fresh and new.

[starletdempsy]

This song reminds me of children

[mesatweenie]

@MrPiere123 yes, but i like them both

[mesatweenie]

@BlackAntitoon they are sort of the same

[mesatweenie]

why are there pictures of ice-sculptures on it ?

[Ragtime95]

@AxiomOfAwesomeness I totally agree !

[MrPiere123]

What kind of piano is that??