If you've seen my other videos of Tom sight-reading videogame ragtime sheet music that I've put in front of him, this video should come as no surprise to you.
I had not yet finished correcting the...
If you've seen my other videos of Tom sight-reading videogame ragtime sheet music that I've put in front of him, this video should come as no surprise to you.
I had not yet finished correcting the awful score that is available online for this tune (I did put it into the correct time signature, but it still has some really funky chords and other problems), nevertheless I put a copy of it as it stands in front of my amazingly talented friend Tom Brier this weekend.
This was the result.
Tom is a highly regarded pianist and sight-reader in the ragtime community. I have other videos of him you can find (and more to come) which will give you an idea why.
There are so many amateur pianists out there playing these rags from video games, but I thought it would be nice to see what a pianist who specializes in ragtime music would make of them.
This tune is by Koji Kondo (近藤浩治) and is one of the most famous tunes of all music from Nintendo video games.
I still haven't cleaned up the score completely. Here it is as Tom was reading it -- no repeats, some questionable chords, etc.
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@realgrantdermody Heh, you might be onto something. I've been witnessing Tom sight-read like this since before he grew the beard... but I think he's always had that watch!
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