RagtimePremium
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin
Simplified excerpt · opening section
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Length
- 0:49
- Key
- C major
Ready to play?
Watch it once, then it’s your turn. Notes fall toward the keys, and the song waits for you until you’re ready to keep time.
- Speed 1 to 10
- Loop any part
- Right, left or both hands
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How to learn this song
What you’ll learn
- Ragtime syncopation (notes just before the beat)
- A stride left hand: bass note, then chord
- Chromatic pickups D–D♯–E
Where to put your hands
Right hand starts on the D above middle C, then jumps up to play around high C, as high as the E above it: shift your whole hand for each jump. Left hand jumps between a low bass note and a chord in the middle.
Tips
- 1Ragtime should never be fast. Play it steady and let the syncopation do the work.
- 2Practice the left hand alone until the jumps feel automatic.
Parts of the song
Strain AStrain A again