tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post8611876592909456613..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Magnetic RagRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-60681103834616311552012-10-23T09:57:31.156-04:002012-10-23T09:57:31.156-04:00...Correction, I had never heard that little bit a......Correction, <i>I had never heard that little bit about tempo.</i><br /><br />Sometimes I type too fast.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58496741562762965812012-10-23T09:57:03.629-04:002012-10-23T09:57:03.629-04:00Roberta, I had never that little bit about tempo.
...Roberta, I had never that little bit about tempo.<br /><br />The video you posted is definitely on the relaxed-tempo side of things. But I've got a CD of Joplin's ragtime on piano somewhere, and it is fairly high-tempo.<br /><br />And you're welcome. I had almost forgotten the one thread where Stross asked for examples of interesting sci-fi. Then he asked for examples of female authors.<br /><br />I figured it wouldn't hurt to toss your name out, but I didn't think anyone would actually notice.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-73947246861524247062012-10-22T08:45:15.946-04:002012-10-22T08:45:15.946-04:00I was interested in "Perfesser Bill's&quo...I was interested in "Perfesser Bill's" comments on the challenges of various ragtime pieces on the site where I linked to The Great Crush Collision March. And I admire anyone who can play any of it.<br /><br /> (Sidenote: there was some tension between ragtime composers and pianists over tempo -- players would hotfoot through these tricky pieces as fast as they could push it, while composers wanted a more danceable tempo. Why? I dunno; but given that a lot of the music was played in brothels and that an STD with serious hand-control consequences took many of the players and composers to an early grave, one possibility is advertising: if the piano player could rip through rags that fast, the hookers <i>must</i> be safe, right? ...Never mind that the guy running the joy joint doesn't mind a new keyboardist at frequent intervals. The late 19th/early 20th Century: not quite a Golden Age for the folks who made it glitter.) <br /><br />BTW, thank very much for the mention of <i>I Work On A Starship</i> some time back at Charles Stross's website. He's a fine writer who I very much admire.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-360704376270255692012-10-21T22:56:14.406-04:002012-10-21T22:56:14.406-04:00...ahh, that's the classic Joplin sound.
I wa......ahh, that's the classic Joplin sound.<br /><br />I was only familiar with Joplin as the author of the ice-cream-truck-song (more commonly known as the "The Entertainer").<br /><br />Until I decided to learn Maple Leaf Rag, as distraction from Bach/Chopin/Pachelbel on the piano.<br /><br />It's a fun song, and not exactly easy. But is is memorable. And I can still play most of it.<br /><br />(I was somewhat familiar with rag-time, and its musical cousins in jazz/big-band-swing, before I saw <i>The Sting.</i> But I still enjoyed them greatly in that film.)karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-61852958243963620572012-10-21T08:20:20.929-04:002012-10-21T08:20:20.929-04:00EVER TRY RED FOIL OR GOLD FOIL WRAPPED
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