Maple Leaf Rag

Par JOPLIN SCOTT. 15 classic Joplin rags for electronic keyboard and published as part of the Easy Keyboard Library Series. Includes such classics such as Elite Syncopation, Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Clavier

This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favourites features 24 rollicking melodies by 'The Big Three' of ragtime - Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb - plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin, and other artists. Popular tunes include Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, and Tiger Rag. Novices of all ages will delight in these simplified arrangements of carefully selected pieces. The editor provides suggested fingerings and comments on each piece that include background on the composers and tips for performance.

Scott Joplin's well-loved Maple Leaf Rag has been arranged for Viola with Piano accompaniment by Alan Arnold.

Intended for both working guitarists and those who play strictly for the enjoyment of great music, this collection of ragtime favorites will add something special to any party or social gathering. Including arrangements of such popular rags as 'The Entertainer,' 'Maple Leaf Rag,' 'Weeping Willow,' and 'Peacherine Rag,' this edition provides you with a repertoire of crowd-pleasers for any event and will help keep your listeners' toes tapping. Information about Scott Joplin and a glossary of terms and symbols are included, making this book useful and enjoyable to own. / Guitare

A Breeze From Alabama - Anoinette - Augustan Club Waltz - Bethena - A Concert Waltz - Bink's Waltz - Cleopha - Country Club - Ragtime Two-Step - Easy Winners - Elite Syncopations - Eugenia - Euphoric Sounds - Felicity Rag - Gladiolus Rag - Harmony Club Waltz - Leola - Two-Step - Lily Queen - March Majestic - Original Rags - Palm Leaf Rag - Pleasant Moments - Reflection Rag - Rosebud March - Roseleaf Rag - Scott Joplin's New Rag - Searchlight Rag - Solace - A Mexican Serenade - Something Doing - Sugar Cane - Swipesy Cakewalk - The Cascades - A Rag - The Chrysanthemum - The Combination March - The Entertainer - The Favorite - The FigLeaf Rag - The Great Crush Collision March - The Heliotrope Bouquet - The Kismet Rag - The Magnetic Rag - The Maple Leaf Rag - The Nonpareil - The Paragon Rag - The Peacherine Rag - The Pine Apple Rag - The Ragtime Dance - The Silver Swan - The Stoptime Dance - The Strenuous Life - The Sunflower Slow Drag - The Sycamore - A Concert Rag - The Weeping Willow - Wall Street Rag

Suitable for Grades 5-6-African-American composer and pianist Scott Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the 'King of Ragtime Writers'. During his brief career he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces one ragtimeballet and two operas. One of his first pieces the 'Maple Leaf Rag' became ragtime's first and most influential hit and has been recognized as the archetypal rag.Scott Joplin Orange includes 5 greatpieces for Grade 5-6 solo Piano from the 'King of Ragtime Writers'. Contents: Chrysanthemum Elite syncopations Palm leaf rag Reflection rag and Rosebud march.

Contents include: The Easy Winners; Cleanin' Up in Georgia; Original Rags; Maple Leaf Rag; The Entertainer; Bohemia; Echoes from the Snowball Club; Evergreen Rag; Doc Brown's Cake Walk; Elite Syncopations; Funny Folks; Sunburst Rag; One o' Them Tings!; Meteor Rag; syncopation exercises historical information and more.

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz Mose Ranger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was born black indeep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all his creativity was anunshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 13of Rev. Davis' best known blues and ragtime arrangements. Tunes such as Candyman Cocaine Blues Hesitation Blues Baby Let Me Lay It on You Spoonful and Delia are included alongside the ragtimeinstrumental tour de forces of Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag) and Make Believe Stunt (Maple Leaf Rag).The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fullerto Dave Van Ronk Bob Dylan David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan