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Topic: Rifkin's octaves in Weeping Willow  (Read 1543 times)

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Rifkin's octaves in Weeping Willow
on: July 19, 2006, 04:07:50 PM
On the CD of Rifkin's Joplin Rags he throws in a dazzling set of octaves in the return of the final theme of Weeping Willow. He does this twice, I think.

Can somebody tell me what they are?