Ragging the Scale -- Keith Taylor, piano

Edward Claypoole's 1915 hit "Ragging the Scale" is played here by Keith Taylor at the Sutter Creek Theater during the 10th annual Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, 9 August 2008.

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Keith is a rather avant-garde player, often going on interesting tangents like he does here, playing a couple of classical tunes that feature scales. The second of these takes a while to get to the part with the scales. When he rehearsed this performance in a small set earlier that day, he announced, "You'll see what I'm getting at in a bit..." and finally, "There it is!" when the scales finally came.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• piano
• scales
• claypoole
• 1915
• steinway

[TutorialClarity]

so this is the music that put the spin on things...

[Keeper1st]

No ragtime pianist worth his salt plays exactly as on the sheet music. Nor do (or did) ragtime composers expect them to.

[Furnaceman1007]

well played mate

[Morahman7vnNo2]

A bit long.