Ragtime Piano: A Guide to Playing the Best Rags

(Piano Solo Songbook). Learn to play the enduring standards that make up the ragtime tradition and how to turn any melody into a rag. Considered to be the foremost performer, producer, and historian of authentic ragtime, author Terry Waldo walks you through performance and compositional considerations that make up this unique genre. Listen along to the recorded performances of these classic songs plus Terry's own composition "Proctology" to gain an understanding of variations in accents and performance traditions that make up ragtime music. Includes: Easy-to-read, modern sheet music for some of the most popular rags, including "The Entertainer," "Maple Leaf Rag," and "Mississippi Rag;" Techniques for composing and arranging ragtime music; Performance considerations; Historical overview; and more! Audio is accessed online using the code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Read more