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Topic: Maple Leaf Rag
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toby1
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Maple Leaf Rag
on: August 09, 2018, 11:24:07 PM
What kind of approx metronome markings are are appropriate for this piece?
Should I go buy the Scott Joplin Piano Roll? The book I have lists the time as "Tempo di Marcia"
But a March is usually a bit slower than other versions of this piece that I've heard.
Also has anyone aware of a notated version of the piano roll? Scott Joplin apparently played this with a bunch of extra ornmentation compared to the versions I've seen written down typically.
Haha Urtext Joplin?
Anyways main thing I'm curious about is approximate metronome markings as a guidline for playing speed.
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ted
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Re: Maple Leaf Rag
Reply #1 on: August 10, 2018, 12:44:01 AM
Probably Joshua Rifkin’s tempo is closest to Joplin’s intention, with this and other rags. However, many of his livelier pieces, Maple Leaf among them, sound good played a little faster. The main point is that an excessively fast rendition of ragtime loses the rhythmic effect altogether in a blur of notes.
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