Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin

Andy, another "home run" for you.

Nice. I really like the swing you added. There's NO reason at all that a person shouldn't be able to modify the interpretation of the music to their liking. Like clydecrushy2 said, Joplin did quite a bit of swinging in his own interpretations. After all, that's pretty much what seperates rag from classical, apart from the integration of blue notes.

I love this song! :)

I think you really get/feel this genre of music. I enjoyed the tempo and interpretation and I think Scott would have enjoyed it also. Thanks for posting one of my two favorite rags. Record Pineapple next please.

yes it is a crime to swing ragtime, your just plain dissin scott joplin. and if your gonna change the music, at least make it more enoyable and play it faster. im 16 and i play it probably 30 clicks faster

Ragtime SHOULD swing, but should never be played fast. Scott Joplin said that you need to enjoy every musical phrase, therefor don't play it fast.

geeze koehler, how old are you? this guy is 16! how many clicks are you playing it at? i guess if you were more talented, you wouldn't need to pretend it was such a bittersweet gem.

of course far be it from me to criticize you. i was still in diapers and illiterate at 16.

check out the piano roll at the video "Maple Leaf Rag Played by Scott Joplin." he's swinging it himself.

yeah for sure maaaan... notes per second is like, the only legitimate way to assess music quality. totally man

very nice... you play really nice...

I love Scott Joplin's music.