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I know how to play like 1/3 of this song it’s hard also I’m 12

Nice - but what about the dymanics?

Lovely version! Not too swingy :)

i really wanted to play a grand piano so bad :(

Great performance! This is a slow and a very expressive piece. People all around play it fast and not expressive.

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Beautiful technique.

Bravo !!!

How difficult is this to learn for an average beginner to intermediate piano player?

This is beautiful! But this song was not meant to be played on a Steinway. This is a song for the piano at your local bar.

Wonderful performance and beautiful hall reverb.. thank you for sharing 🫡

This is beautifully emotive, capturing the inherent sadness and beauty of this song. A fine tribute, sir!

Very nice!

Wonderful!

A beautiful piece! Stupid detail: He is playing this on a Steinway piano, but it doesn't sound like a Steinway? Did they do something to the tuning? I don't know much about music, so I am curious?

Mr. Dyson: I have listened to Bethena played numerous times, but I found your version is simply perfect. Most people only know Joplin from the movie, thus Maple Leaf Rag. But I believe Joplin's greatest rag is Bethena. Its opening is very much like the reverse of Maple Leaf Rag. You surely must love ragtime and Joplin's wonderful invention. The sheer love shown by your technique is amazing. Such clipped fingering reminds me of Glenn Gould. Live long and prosper, Dave Murrieta CA

Unfortunately this room is not great for recording.

Finally, Last year I found out the name of this piece and then found the sheet music. What a wonderful style Mr Dyson has. It is just a perfect version. I bookmarked this video and hope I can one day, play it almost as good as he has done. Bravo, Signor Dyson.

I return to listen again and again - Regina

Delightful

You’re missing the “Water World” from Super Mario Bros. Otherwise, great vid!

bro thinks hes him with that ending

Thanks for posting this! I choreographed a line dance to this song and titled it "The Maple Leaf!" It incorporates lots of authentic ragtime steps. You can find it by typing "The Maple Leaf Line Dance by Gregory Huff" into the TH-cam search prompt.

Mr. Dyson obviously did not read "Valse cantabile" on the score, or perhaps he did not understand what it means. Totally amateur performance.

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Precision with feeling! Marvelous to listen to.

Played respectfully, faithfully.

Absolutely the wrong piano to play a Scott Joplin piece.

Beautiful

I Played Sone Joplin In The 70's Classic

Stunning !!!❤

You and Glenn Gould are my favorites on this one. So, you're in good company! Well done.

It is a waltz which could imply sensitivity and emotion

Absolutely amazing! Keep up the great work! It sounds amazing

Acoustics in this room were terrific. Is that a Steinway L? Nice playing.

Like others below, this tune is a favorite. Even more so, since one of my sons came home and played a rendition on our piano.

Olga Scheps still plays this the best. But this is close

Scott Joplin messing with our minds! The beginning becomes the end and the end is the beginning.

I really enjoy Dyson's interpretations. In this case the key changes between each episode are so surprisingly unconventional. It's like opening a gift package that arrived in the mail and you don't know what's inside.

Love your interpretation! Ditto to the below comments!

A big beautiful city that floats in the sky

The sustain is good

Beautiful. An incredible touch.

Fazioli pianos are unique

I LOVE THIS TUNE!! Thank you 🎉

A beautiful and serene piano melody, which seems to relax the mind and spirit.

Wynton Marsalis said "the juice is in between the notes. And the expressed emotion come in the phrasing and the dynamic range. Much better than banging it out fast and loud.

Brilliant.

I'm so glad l found this. An inspiration to anyone who plays piano. And a challenge. Thank you, Mr Dyson. I LOVE this piece.

No one has mentioned that Joplin wrote this piece for his wife who tragically died young.