Piano Rags

[Amnesia]

Which is your favorite rag by Scott Joplin? I of course love his maple leaf rag, but I probably favour his magnetic rag. This piece has a sort of classical feel to it, yet it's very lively and entertaining! I also love his new rag.

You can listen to samples of all of his rags here

[Goldberg]

Of the ones listed, I must also say the Magnetic Rag is my favourite. I particularly love the slow part before the ending section in Bb minor (I think...)--very haunting! I love most of Joplin's other rags, though, particularly: The Cascades, The Chrysanthemum, Elite Syncopations, Search Light Rag, Nothin' Doin' (or is it Somethin' Doin'? I can never remember), Easy Winners, A Breeze From Alabama, and Pineapple Rag. I also adore "Original Rags" which isn't actually by Joplin, but which appears in one of my Joplin books--Joplin chose some excerpts of other popular rags and another man arranged them into a very effective piece, which I played as a sort of finale at the last concert for my teacher before she left for Taiwan. Everyone loved it.

[PianistSk8er]

I chose the Maple Leaf Rag, I've had a lot of success playing it, and enjoyed it very much! Also, I haven't really had the time to appreciate the others; I have, however, played the classic, The Entertainer.

PianistSk8er

[Scriabinist]

The Cascades is definitely my favourite, especially when it's played faster than it's supposed to be played. i also like that Magnetic Rag and Search Light Rag very much. But yeah, all of them are nice.

[Amnesia]

I'm torn between the magnetic and pineapple rag, which is also wonderful

[Philip Daniel]

It's really so hard to choose--all the rags by Joplin are wonderful examples of the form--but I chose The Entertainer, which rightly deserves its international fame. You left out Joplin's amazing ragtime waltz Bethena, by the way .
Best Wishes,
Philip Daniel

[Amnesia]

Sorry philip, there are just so many great ragtime pieces, I couldn't include them all. I just chose what I thought were the more famous rags. Bethena is indeed a wonderful piece aswell

[citrine_peridot]

orgh , it`s just like to chose a fav chopet------------------------too hard.

at this moment, i gues i would just pick Pineapple ( like the name a lot)

[zeniyama]

I like the Fig Leaf Rag the greatest for no real reason, it's just so great to me. Pineapple comes in close 2nd.

But my favourite all-time rag has got to be the Perfect Rag. It's so fast and playful and I can barely play it.

[PianistSk8er]

at this moment, i gues i would just pick Pineapple ( like the name a lot)

lol, and that's the best basis on which to base any fair evaluation of classical music works.

My answer to this topic is the same, but I do love the Magnetic Rag as well.

PS

[tokmik]

In the music store.. guitar store.. you could find it online if you search sheet music for nas. Houston Piano Lessons