Description
Published in 1901, this ragtime by Scott Joplin lives up to its peach-toned name with a bright, fruity melody laced with playful syncopation throughout. It runs a compact two minutes or so, making it a friendly intermediate-level piece for practicing the interplay between the left hand's rhythm and the right hand's melody typical of ragtime.
Ragtime pieces centered on Scott Joplin's syncopated rhythms — a lively American genre that helped pave the way for jazz.
Sheet Music
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About the Composer
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
Scott Joplin was an African American composer born in Texas, known as the "King of Ragtime." Blending syncopated, buoyant rhythms with sophisticated harmony, he brought the genre to national prominence with the enormous success of "Maple Leaf Rag." This site includes 18 of his works, such as "The Entertainer" and "Elite Syncopations."
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