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[truepenny]

Scott Joplin is a right bastard to play.

But, dude, he is so worth it.

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[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

I once had to memorize "Solace" for a recital.

Yeah.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I think my fingers may still know part of "Solace", as well as "Bethena".

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

Oh, YES! Makes the fingers SO HAPPY!

[joey112.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Sometimes it makes my fingers feel like they're just not part of me. That's good at times and sometimes not so much.

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

It was a happy day for me when my fingers were able to stretch a whole octave so that I wouldn't have to learn Chopin and Mozart any more. I think it was the only music I played where my brain was able to relax enough to squee "Ooh, I'm in a room where Scott Joplin music is playing!"

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Word.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

*g*

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

My left hand used to go into fearsome cramps and I STILL missed too many of the chords.

What I need is Scott Joplin's Ragtime For Right Hand.

[larryhammer]

One of my three favorite moments of playing was when I finally (and it turned out only time) nailed the "Maple Leaf Rag" at speed.

Very much worth it.

---L.

[wmsdadspacecade.livejournal.com]

I always wanted to be musical. Seems I'm just a music want to be.

Hmm, could you get a job playing?

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I've thought of that, but since I choke if I have an audience--not so much.

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Any piece(s) in particular?

*thinks back happily to practicing "Bethena"*

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I am teaching myself the Maple Leaf Rag, bit by bit. But I've got the whole collection--I figure this should keep me happily busy for the foreseeable future, and possibly longer.

[surely-i-jest.livejournal.com]

*plugs quietly for Weeping Willow, Pleasant Moments, and the Reflection Rag...*