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Topic: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag  (Read 8488 times)

Offline arensky

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James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
on: July 14, 2007, 07:12:51 AM
A student of mine is obsessed with this; help me calm him down!  ;D
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Re: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
Reply #1 on: July 05, 2010, 03:16:31 AM
A student of mine is obsessed with this; help me calm him down!  ;D

I realize this is an old post, but the only sheet music I found for this piece is at:

Sheet music from french site:

https://ragtime-france.net/Ragtime/Bon/PDF/Steeplechase_Rag.pdf

In another web site I saw this link referenced with the comment that they weren't sure of the accuracy of the transcription. I downloaded the music from this link. I have my suspicions that it lacks accuracy but don't have enough expertise to be sure. If anyone can comment on this and/or has knowledge of sheet music for this piece that is accurate, I'd appreciate hearing of this.

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Re: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
Reply #2 on: July 05, 2010, 04:25:34 PM
And what site was that that you heard it from?  I'm curious because it's cute and I'd like to play it!

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Re: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 08:54:18 PM
Birba,

I probably didn't make myself clear. The "another site" I mentioned is commenting on that same french link I show above. That link is the only one I have for sheet music to this rag. I no longer recall how to get to this "another site" but I'll get that info to you if I run across it again. I know I found it thru google but it really didn't have any more useful info than what I stated above.

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Re: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
Reply #4 on: August 29, 2010, 08:59:36 PM
Sorry about the lateness of this reply, but I do have "Steeplechase Rag" buried some place in my collection. If you are still interested, I will look it up for you.

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Re: James P. Johnson/Steeplechase Rag
Reply #5 on: August 30, 2010, 09:00:28 AM
Johnson James-Steeplechase Rag
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