In the same publication Joplin makes the important point that “ragtime should never be played fast.” The second version has that attractive off-kilter sound which Joplin describes as “weird and intoxicating” in his 1908 publication School of Ragtime. If we shift a few notes half a beat we have the beginning of a syncopated or “ragged” tune: This could almost be part of a march by Strauss or Sousa, or maybe even a little dance piece by Mendelssohn. Let’s start with a simple melody like this: The tuning and range is similar to ours, so with some transposing much of their music is available to us (one place to look for tunes is I first learned two of my current favourites, Honolulu Cakewalk and Kaloola, from this site). The “classic banjo” style of Ossman and van Eps-fingerstyle playing on five gut strings-has a lot in common with modern ukulele techniques so it's not surprising that many banjo rags work well on the uke. In fact, their banjo recordings pre-date early piano or ensemble recordings of ragtime. The basic “gimmick” is this: displace a few melody notes by half a beat so that they fall between the beats of the accompaniment and voilà, you’re playing in “ragged” time! Playing Ragtime UkuleleĪround the same time Joplin was writing rags like The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag, banjo virtuosos like Vess Ossman and Fred van Eps were recording ragtime tunes. The characteristic ragtime sound is a syncopated melody played against a straight, (usually) two-beat, accompaniment.
It’s one of the great accidents of world music that these styles were similar enough to blend easily. Ragtime-and jazz, which came later-is essentially European melody and harmony salted with rhythms from West Africa. *** Selected by our editorial team.This style was almost certainly first played by people from West Africa who were brought to the United States as slave labour and were introduced there to European melodies and instruments (Joplin’s ancestors had been slaves and he studied music with a German piano teacher). ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF. We want to emphesize that even though most of our sheet music have transpose and playback functionality, unfortunately not all do so make sure you check prior to completing your purchase print. * Where transpose of 'Queen Of Hearts (from Ragtime Preludes)' available a notes icon will apear white and will allow to see possible alternative keys.
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