2nd draft of "A Rag-Time Hullabaloo"

I wrote the first two strains of this back in April, and was really pleased with them. Then a couple weeks ago I slaved for five hours to write the first four bars of the third strain (which are just two bars repeated!).

And it really got worse from there, I think, except for one moment of inspiration as concerns the first eight bars of the fourth strain. It's probably too beautiful for a dirty, up-tempo rag like this.

I'm really not liking how the fourth strain ends. Measure 13 is throwing me fits. I've tried about five different things in there, and about three different endings for the strain, but I just can't wrap my head around what it needs there. I guess it's OK now... is it? I ask for your thoughts -- or suggestions!

The sheet music still needs to be finished too. Obviously, much of the first half of the fourth strain will need to be written an octave lower with an ottava line above it. I think some note accents for bass notes in the third strain are in order also, and maybe in the second strain too.

The video and audio for this were recorded separately. Either the program used to capture the computer screen did so slightly faster, or the MIDI rendering program (for the better piano sound) played slightly slower. So audio lags behind a bit at the end.

My recording levels were slightly too high (even though they were turned down almost to zero), so there's a bit of clipping static in a couple places.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• composition
• ragtime
• piano
• odell
• 2008

[drogato6]

que programa usa?????????

[Keeper1st]

@drogato6 Sibelius.

[PattehPatrick]

Good Lord.

Nice job writing that.

That would take me forever to do.

XD

[Keeper1st]

Compared to rags I wrote three years ago (when I was whipping them out in one sitting), this one did take relatively forever.

[MartinRaetzJr]

Wow, this is material for many ragtimes more. Great stuff!

[COCOLATE135]

Good great LORD!

I love it!

[Slavispa]

prtty good!!! with some polishing up, it could be ONE FOR THE AGES!!!!!!!!!!! *CUE DRAMATIC MUSIC*

[Saxyman14]

I thought it sounded good, but I was kind of thrown off at the end you suddenly introduced some new stuff when you should have been resolving everything. I liked how it sounded out of context, but it kind of didn't fit. Whatever, still good.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Yes, very difficult to crank out good compositions! I just wish I had this type of software instead of old "Noteworthy composer."

[aaron12345432]

I like the second half of the last strain