Dubbed the 'King of Ragtime', he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. Where are most of the notes played on this piece? (Idea of register. Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist.Where on the “circle” are high notes played? Low notes played?.Which hand is playing the red notes? (right) Blue notes? (left).Imagine the keyboard is curved up in the shape of a circle. Does this piece remind you of any other music we have listened to? (Encourage them to consider similarities and differences in instrumentation, speed, mood.)Ī musical animation of The Entertainer.Can you sing me the harmony/accompaniment?.Tell me about the music we listened to together?.How is The Entertainer different than the Nutcracker dances? Earlier we listened to dance pieces from the Nutcracker. Ragtime pieces like The Entertainer were sometimes written as dance music.Is this piece happy or sad? Is it exciting or not? What makes it sound this way?.How does this piece make you feel? What makes it sounds that way?.The accompaniment (or the left hand) places emphasis on the beat.The melody (or the right hand) places emphasis off the beat.After attempting to clap along for some time describe to the students that: This is difficult to do because the right hand continues to emphasize the off-beats throughout the music. Since the revival of his music in the 1970s, history has remembered Scott Joplin as the King of Ragtime. Try to clap along with the beat (low notes in the left hand). From piano rags to rich opera overtures, here’s a look at Scott Joplin’s greatest works.This may not be very easy because ragtime focused on creating syncopated rhythms, not singable melodies.
Ask students to try and sing the melody.Is it playing a melody or accompaniment? (accompaniment).Describe/sing the pattern in the left hand.The lower notes of the left hand play on the beat, and the higher notes of the left hand play off the beat. Notice the pattern that occurs in the left hand – it is essentially a march with an “Oom-Pah Oom-Pah” pattern. Voicing: This is an example of a harmonic accompaniment.The purpose of including this song in this lesson is to give an example of accompaniment, however it is a good opportunity to study a unique and truly American musical style. Rag time music involves a regular two-step march rhythm in the left hand with the irregular, “ragged,” rhythm of the right hand. You may want to listen to the piece more than once in a sitting. Listen to the song using one of the links below. After watching you may ask students to narrate what they recall from the video.
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