Very nice Miss Natalie Anz 🎼🎹... reminds me of the time when there were no sound films...great piano ballad 🫶 🎼 And yes...with the piano there is no ,,turn the knob,, 😂 All the best to you and your channel 🖤 🎼🎼🎼👍👍+L
Hi, thank you 🙏🏻 🎶 🎹 that’s exactly the feeling with this kind of music, a time when there were no sound in films 😆 Ahaha, no turning the knob in piano indeed, compared to electronic music 😆 Thank you 👍🏻
You have a perfect tact and finger flexibility for accentuated music, like the early black entertainers, as the very Joplin, had. Boogie-woogie piano is inside of your competence.
Thank you for your comment! I’m self taught so that means a lot! Boogie piano really is fun to listen to, I hope to be able to play that style one day.
Hello, Natalie 👋Nice to meet you. I love how your fantastic melodies flow so effortlessly in this ragtime piano performance creating a smooth and seamless listening experience, my friend 🎶🎵🎹❤👏👏👏 Friendships greetings ~ Timothy 🤗🥁♫♪
Greetings to you, Timothy 👋🏻 nice to meet you also! Thank you for the very lovely comments you wrote 🌟 I’m so glad you enjoyed this Ragtime playing and performance 🎹😃 nice to connect with another fellow musician on here 🎶🩷🩷 friendship greetings to you 😊
Oh my God, Natalie, you are getting better and better. Thank you very much for the 'Cleopha' ! My impression is that your feeling for pace and rhythm is permanently improving, everything sounds so intuitively perfect, fluent and harmonic. If I am not mistaken you even changed the speed slightly from one part to the other to emphasize the different moods of the piece. Magnifique ! Go on with your efforts, Natalie !! It will be a fortune for a lifetime for you, and it is a pleasure to listen. My very best wishes from Germany, and good luck !
My dear Henry, what lovely and kind words are shared from you always to me. I definitely am pleased with myself that I have been getting better and better with each rag, and from all the practice since "launching" my channel last year. Indeed so, my feeling for pace and rhythms have become more solid and intuitive. Some pieces come more "naturally" to me than others. With this one, I definitely let my heart do the playing over my mind. You have such a great ear! I did slow down the pace in the third section, just a little bit, to emphasize the different "feeling" the harmonies conveyed in that part. Great catching! It is a pleasure to share my passion with you all on YT, including your chess club friends. Say hello to your friends and I hope they enjoy this one as much as I did! Have a great weekend 😊 and best wishes from California.
Enjoyed as usual! You have (already) a large number of Joplin pieces in your repertoire and a lifetime of playing and entertaining others in your future! You'll go far!
Many thanks to you, Mike, for this kind comment and for the awesome support! I have to keep practicing some of the older Joplin pieces to keep them fresh in my repertoire, while learning newer ones. Have a great weekend 😁
Wow, wow that's is so GREAT, fantastic and so wonderful. Thank you so much my dear new friend Natalie... Dear evening greetings and a subscription from Switzerland, your new friend Hans-Peter
Wow, I’m so glad you enjoyed this music played by me 🎶 you are my new friend, too! Nice to meet you Hans-Peter 👋🏻 thank you for subscribing to me 🙏🏻 greetings from the USA!
Awe … the joy i feel to the sound of the beautiful music you play puts a big smile on my face. By far your best performance. I love your enthusiasm and your love for playing the piano. Keep enjoying yourself while playing; it shows. 🎹 ❤
What a lovely comment from you, many thanks ❤️ I, too, felt the joy of the beautiful sounds this piece had when playing it. This piece's joy is so contagious, and I am glad you smiled when listening to this one. Thank you for always encouraging my piano playing passion and devotion to this kind of music. Stay tuned for the many more to come. Sending you great wishes for this weekend 💕
Thank you so much, my dear Julianne 😁 Ragtime always makes me happy when playing or listening to it. I am glad that you enjoy listening to Ragtime also 🎵 Thanks for watching me ✨❤️
Hi Natalie, Brilliant, I haven't heard this one for years I had forgotten about it, you get better and better every time I hear you. all the best Dave.
Hey Dave, glad you enjoyed! Cleopha is one that seems to be missed quite often, but it is a beautiful rag. I definitely get better each time with a new rag learned; so, thanks for noticing my improved skills. Wishing you a lovely weekend 😁
Hello dear friend Natalie! Good morning😊! I received the TH-cam notification just now! I've just listened to your beautiful piece! I really enjoyed it because it's very cheerful and carefree! I think you've outdone yourself! A perfect performance! You kept the tempo wonderfully! You seemed to have a lot of fun playing it, and it shows! Bravaa! A big Like 19 for you ! 💯💢👏👏👏 I wish you a wonderful day! Talk to you later, from your friend Roberto.😊❤
Good morning from me! And a big hello to you, my dear Roberto 👋 I have not heard from you in a while! I hope I can hear something from you very soon over the weekend 😊 This piece very much is carefree and cheerful; I had so much joy when playing it, I think many people can tell I was smiling and dancing along with the harmonies and music 😂 This is my best performance yet, and "near perfect", if I may say so myself! Steady tempo with carefree hands doing the playing. I am so proud of my playing with this one, thanks for the awesome feedback from you! Wishing you a joyous weekend, we will talk soon, I am sure of it! Ciaoo ❤️❤️ from, Natalie
@@Natt_piano Hello Natalie🙃! Your piece is stunning, and you played it divinely and with great ease! I enjoyed it very much, and I'm thrilled with your progress and the satisfaction you have at the end of each of your pieces😊! As you can imagine, when you don't hear from me, it's because I'm studying new things! My gaming room is constantly evolving, and I'm waiting for more hardware to add and connect together. I hope to manage to connect everything over the weekend and play something! When I have everything connected, I'll put some photos on TH-cam so you can see the chaos I've generated🤭🤣! In the meantime, while I wait for the delivery, I'm studying and trying to respond to all the comments! As you know, I reply to everyone, and I'm happy to do so! We'll talk very soon! Ciaoo Roberto🥰❤
@@pianoverso hey Roberto 😊 this piece really is stunning and I am so heartwarming to hear you say that I played this one with great ease and in a divine way! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one as much as me! I’m so grateful for our friendship and your support to me always 💯 It’s so cool to have you see my progress from my channel launch, and the same with you, I can see your progress, also! Ahaha, I had a feeling that you were studying something new! But it’s unusual when I don’t hear from you in a week 😂 I’m kidding, there is never any rush to post for share, take your time until it’s satisfactory for you to share with the world! I love that your game room is constantly evolving and that you can keep it fresh and exciting as new hardware and software are connected and working together! I’m sure you get much satisfaction when you can figure out how new gadgets work and to use within your own work! I love that you’re always trying to learn however you can in the music world! Oh I’d absolutely love to see some photos from your chaos, I mean game room 🤭 that would be awesome to see the place you make the magic happen! Yes, I love that you reply to all of your viewers, I am the same way! It is good character trait to make friends and show appreciation to those who view and support you! You have made so many friends on here, I love reading some of the comments from your fans 😊 it’s a great community we have built. Have a great weekend, from your friend Natalie 🥰❤️
@@Natt_piano Yes, I think so too, fortunately, we have a great community that is forming! I believe now, if we don't see each other for a few days, we all wonder why and what might have happened that you haven't posted anything yet! I'll try to post some photos once I've made peace with all the cables around me! Ahahaha😂😂 Anyway, I've seen some photos and videos of some enthusiasts like me of sound toys who I still don't understand how they manage to stand in the middle of the instruments and sit down to play! I even thought there was a trapdoor and they lowered themselves from the floor above! Maybe in a while, the same thing could happen to me! 🤭Ahahahahah 😂😂😂Ciao, talk to you later, Roberto.❤❤
@@pianoverso I’m very fortunate to have made so many cool online friends, like yourself! Some people discovered me from you, and I discovered some nice pianists from your channel friends. So I think that’s very special ☺️ hahaha, yes, we all formed a good bond where if we don’t hear from each other in a while, we all wonder what happened 😆 Yes, please, posting a photo once you are satisfied with the game room would be really cool to see! I’m sure a lot of your fans would want to see where the magic happens 😃 hahaha, you are funny, who knows how everyone’s set up is! I could imagine that you are locked in a little “dungeon” with a trap door 🤭 I’m kidding. You really make me laugh, my crazy friend 😂😂 have a great weekend, and don’t work too hard 😉 ciaooo! 😊❤️
Thanks a bunch, John! I'm so happy each time when you write that listening to my new uploads starts your day off in a happy way. This definitely is my best performance so far, indeed. I will be learning "Kinklets" soon; you should expect that upload sometime in early April - thanks for that wonderful rag recommendation many months ago 😁
@@johnscambler47 of course, I have a really good memory! “Kinklets” is a great song recommended. I’m excited to learn a non-Joplin ragtime piece next. Take care 😊
Hi Natalie. Thank you for playing this song. I never heard it before, although I possess a book with all his compositions. It is a nice song that makes you happy. Very well played as usual. I admire you knowing all those compositions by heart. It is amazing. Please keep on doing the job!
Hello Jacob, I’m very glad you enjoyed this rag. Cleopha is one of my favorites; it is so much fun to play! It really is a happy tune. Joplin has so many compositions, it’s likely you’ll forget about some of them. Thanks very much for the support 😊
Hello, Natalie, that piece of music brings the sun to my heart, especially when you play it in your concentrated and confident way. I thought I never heard of this title before and I am surprised of the riches you dig up out of Scott's work. A little research, however, showed me that I must have heard this before, but obviously was not very impressed, since this pianist was hushing over it in less than 3 minutes in a "saloon background music" way. That's what lets your style stand out of many. When you play a song like this, the listener notices that you play an important piece of music, which indeed any good music is. There is nothing meaningless, every part of a song deserves its proper attention by the player - then the listener can feel it, too. I can do nothing but thank you for all the joy you give to me for free - just by your style of interpreting ragtime music.
Hello to you! What a lovely description that this piece brings the sun to your heart; because that is how I feel when playing this rag. I can confidently say that this rag is my best one yet, it comes very "natural" for me in terms of playing execution and style. The joyful melodies are so heart-warming to hear and feel. Ah, many of the renditions I have heard of "Cleopha" have been quite fast or rushed, not sure why pianists like to play this rag fast for some reason. Nothing wrong with that, but, playing it "so fast" does not allow listeners to enjoy and hear the beautiful harmonies and rhythm this rag has to offer. After studying the notes and character of the piece, I made it my own and allowed the lovely melodies to shine through with the proper attention, indeed. So, I am very glad that you felt the lovely sounds this rag has to offer! I feel so special that you find joy in my style of ragtime playing and interpretation. Stay tuned for many, many more to come. Wishing you all best! Have a wonderful weekend, from your friend Natalie 😁
@@Natt_pianoThank you, Natalie, for your kind reply and please excuse all the typoes I found in my above posting (I meanwhile corrected them). I was interrupted several times writig this and in the end did not check for spelling any more - a big mistake as I notice again and again. Sorry for that.
@@joeviolet4185 no worries at all about the typos! I understood your writing just fine actually. Thanks for correcting above, it is not a mistake at all. I’m glad you get joy “from me for free”. We’ll talk later 😊
My my, I must say you're really hammering down your playing on the piano! 😳 The way you just casually bounce around with the left hand it's litteraly insane. 😵💫 Now that's what I call truly having fun with a piano rag, not a care in the world. Same goes for The Ragtime Dance I saw you post, just knocking these rags down without a sweat it almost seems. 👀 At this rate, you might as well be known as one of the great Queens of Ragtime along with Ms. Sue Keller, Ms. Christina Pepper & Ms. Kristen Mosca. 🌟 Cleopha had always been a favorite of mine. One of he most jolly/peppy Joplin tunes I've ever known if I knew any at all! 😆 Can tell you really seemed to enjoy it yourself. 🎶 Speakings of Joplin however, I've been thinking about this idea for awhile: What if off into the future you had a video put together of all your Joplin performances as your own channel showcase? (As well as a showcase in how much you've learned since your channel's beginning!) Think it would be something nice for your community to see your progression. :]
Heyy thank you 🙏🏻 what very sweet words coming from you, you made me happy just now ❤️ ah it takes a lot of practice to bounce around the piano like that and not miss the note 😅 I have learned how to relax more when recording to “have fun with it”; and to not think too much about the notes and to just have fun and play :D and the rest will follow. It’s getting easier to learn and play rags for sure (I actually go to your library to find the rag I’m learning to get inspired on tempo and nuances 😄) It would be an honor to be at the level of those 3 female Ragtime players, all of whom I’m a major fan and admirer of big time!! 😃 Cleopha is such a lovely and happy tune, how could anyone not like it?! The march patterns are so fun to play haha those sounds are just so contagious. I really was having a lot of fun with this one, everyone can tell 😆 out of the 200 or so rags you’ve posted, that’s really cool to know that Cleopha is one of your favorites (along with The Favorite :P) Hey that’s quite a neat idea to have a huge compilation of all my Joplin covers into one video💡🧐 that really would be an epic and fun way to see where I started and how far I’ve come and improved (in just a year so far!). Some rags I’ve posted on here from the beginning I know I could “do better”, so I’ll have to redo some of the older performances now that my skills have “improved”. I hope all has been well with you since we last spoke 😊 side note - the Claypoole compilation you recently worked on was reallyyyy interesting to listen and learn about! His rags were SOO unique, I loved them. P.S- I have all your huge composer compilations saved and handy to listen to when I’m in the mood for some old-timey music :D
@@Natt_piano Haha, I figured you would find recording to become more of a breeze with each take/post. 😆 Like you said, the rest just follows through on it's own. 😋 And oh, well sounds like my library had been put to some good use then. And I thought I was the only one who went back to some of those videos to figure out how I want to play a certain piece. 🤣 Had gone myself to get a tempo reference for March Majestic. 😭 And oh for sure! Come to think of it, I'm starting to think that march-like tunes are my favorite when it comes to the piano. 😆 Always find it fun to play around with the hand movements & pacing. Yeah, maybe even like a special milestone celebration once you reach a certain number of completed covers. Your collection is already growing huge. 😳 Just a thought, nothing else. 😋 Can't wait to hear your new & improved versions too if you happen to recreate your older takes! :D (Shoots, I feel ya there though. I got a number of videos of mine I want to go back and redo now that I have more tech experience. 😅) Everything has been swell, just doing what I do and working on putting more "less-known" composers of the map. 📝 And oh, that's great to hear! 😄 Always loved me some Claypoole, was eager to finish up his stuff & put it out there. 😁 And there's nothing like some old-timey tunes every now and then. Starting to realize how much rich music there has been in the past century alone. 🎹🎶🎶
@@themajesticgeorge of course your musical library has been put into great use! I’m sure I’m not the only one that goes back and listens for reference or for fun 😌 oh you just learned yourself a march! Yeah, marches are actually quite fun to play and put you in a great spirit ☺️ they’re a cool sub-genre of Ragtime. I think all of us who follow you are eager to see/hear your hands do some playing in addition to the research compiling 😊 that would be special. There’s so many options I could do for a milestone celebration indeed! Maybe when you reach a milestone, you could surprise us all with a cover of your own playing 💫 Yeah I think many of us on here can always find something to improve on/do better after some experience 😊 the first 5-6 videos of mine I wasn’t using a mic to record at all, just my iPhone mic; I didn’t even put much thought into YT bc I didn’t think anyone would find me LOL 😆 So, I do plan on sprinkling in some newer versions of my “old videos” here and there eventually; The Entertainer was the start of that. And indeed, I’m sure it is the same with you with more tech & software experience after your hard work 😋 we never stop learning! Yeah I think many of us who subscribe to you wouldn’t have learned about those lesser-known artists if it weren’t for you 💯🙌🏻 I honestly get very excited when I see a video title of yours about a composer I don’t know and I get to discover more Ragtime gems & history through you 💎😃 this old-timey music is indeed so rich and jolly; it’s a pleasure to have some of us younger kids contribute to keeping this precious music alive 🥰🥰 (also please forgive me for writing a lot, I love to chat with kind people 😇)
@@Natt_piano Perhaps so. 😋🤭 And yes indeed- now if only I could get my left hand to cooperate with the right when needed. 🤣 As a matter of fact, I actually have a number of recordings of me at playing at piano I had made earlier this year! Just never really posted them because I always get discouraged by how "amateur" I think my playing is compared to everyone else. 😭😭 Your own recordings of you just having fun with it and "letting it flow" is what inspired me to record my own stuff, so figure it's about time I have fun with it myself. 😆 Already reached a new 700 sub. "milestone", so no excuses for me now. 🤣 Oh, I had thought that you had yourself a entire recording set up with a tripod camera + mic arm or something along those lines. We all wouldn't even be able to tell. 😄 And you never know the suprises you'll run into, looks like a entire chunk of people on YT had found you & stayed for more! 🎹🎶 Never stop learning indeed, just keep growing & growing. 🌱✨ Hehe, maybe so, just happy to share their music & stories with you all. 😺😆 Surely is such a treat to see younger generations keeping the spirit of older music alive and well! With you included of course. 😁 Seems like a number of individuals from the 60s-70s Ragtime Era love to remember & reminisce the genre through your own channel. 🌟✨ (And no worries at all! I tend to write alot myself- get carried away even. 😅)
@@themajesticgeorge ah, the left & right coordination is a tricky thing to master at first, but I’m confident you’ll get the flow of that soon 😌 No way!! You recorded yourself playing for fun, yay 😄 I would be SOO happy to see your own playing, I cannot wait to cheer you on, mate 😋But I feel you on feeling “discouraged at your playing compared to others”… 100% I felt that way when I launched my channel, I thought I’d get more negative comments than good ones 😅. Shoot, I still feel that I’m “not good” and there’s many better pianists than me 🙃 It’s a very normal feeling we all probably had (or still have) at some point! Aw, you really made me happy that I inspired you to record your own stuff 🥲 I’d love to give you a hug just for that; I’m so touched I influenced you to record and have fun with it 🫶🏻 I didn’t even realize you have 700 subs, congrats!! 🎉 maybe you can lag posting your recordings till you reach 1000 subs 😆 then, no excuses, George 😂 jk. Some rags come much more natural to me (like Cleopha), while some (like The Entertainer), I can’t “make work” or feel confident with the performance. Especially when there’s 1000s of recordings of a popular piece, such as The Entertainer, I get so discouraged and that’s when you wrote some very encouraging words to make me feel more confident when I posted the newer version a few weeks ago 😊 Oh I don’t have any fancy set-ups for recording haha, just my iPhone camera and an external mic, hooked onto a tri-pod - that’s all I need 😊 I also get discouraged tbh, because many pianists have amazing 4k cameras, mics, tech, and nice setups, but not me over here in my small apartment and simple gadgets haha. You just have to make the most of it and remember that this is all for fun only 🥰 It’s so special how there’s some younger folks like us who enjoy this underrated genre, and your channel is a one-stop place for the music and stories 😇 yesss, it makes my heart so warm when I see that older folks reminisce and enjoy listening to these “older tunes” from their younger days 🥲 haha, that’s why we get along quite well, we both love to conversate 🤣
Ragtime always makes me happy when playing and listening, so I am glad you also had smiles when listening 😊 Thank you for watching, my new piano friend 💕
Hello dear Natalie 🙂 I really agree, this is fun to listen to, good for a happy mood and mode 😀 Thanks for sharing 🙂 All the best, stay connected! Tubster
Thank you for saying that 😊 Many of my viewers tell me that they like it when I smile at the end of the video. Sometimes I simply forget to, but I do it if I remember.
Excellent playing Natalie! Great to see another female ragtime aficionado out there! I can tell you really enjoyed playing this. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Elizabeth, it’s nice to meet you 😊 there aren’t many female Ragtime players on here, so I’m glad to represent women playing this genre. I sure did enjoy this piece, thank you for watching!
Amazing! I really enjoy the tempo you choose for your pieces. Might I recommend a book called Classic Piano Rags? It has close to a hundred different rags. I found it at my local library but I'll be ordering a copy to keep pretty soon.
Thanks, David, it is nice to meet you! I am so glad that you enjoy watching some of my ragtime playing and that you like the tempo I choose for the rags. I have not heard of Classic Piano Rags - I just searched it up, is it a pinkish cover? I'll have to order this, thanks for the book sharing! Cheers, and glad to meet another ragtime fan/pianist on here 😁 All the best, Natalie
@@Natt_piano Unfortunately the original Classic piano rags (Pink book) Is out of print. A shorter edition Is available called Fifty Classic Piano Rags... But its good too 😊
@@fp7149 oh darn, the pink book is not being published no longer. Thanks for pointing that out, and I shall check out the “Fifty Classic Piano Rags” then. Thanks much 😊
How long have you been playing for? Ive been playing for 18 years or so but not consistently. The piano is the hardest instrument in my opinion and requires consistent practice and sheet music reading in order to stay sharp. Tough. Well done by the way :).
Hi :) I’ve been playing since 2013 (not consistently), but during covid I really focused and dedicated myself to learning a lot :) (I’m like 90% self taught btw lol) You’ve been playing quite a long time! You’re so lucky 🙂 I totally agree that you have to be consistent with the piano and practice often. I have to go back and play learned rags from time to time to make sure they’re in my muscle memory 😆
This piece i have no words for it is so good and very circussy which i like it is my 2nd favourite only with Combination March a tiny bit better imo but it is amazing this piece but funny name though
@@Natt_piano It is so underrated that piece i remember when i first got into ragtime back in 2015 i found this video The best of Scott Joplin with all those minstrel slideshows and i was taken away the first time i heard Cleopha but for the rest of the peices it took more rounds of listening to to get to like them
Very nice Miss Natalie Anz 🎼🎹... reminds me of the time when there were no sound films...great piano ballad 🫶 🎼 And yes...with the piano there is no ,,turn the knob,, 😂
All the best to you and your channel 🖤
🎼🎼🎼👍👍+L
Hi, thank you 🙏🏻 🎶 🎹 that’s exactly the feeling with this kind of music, a time when there were no sound in films 😆
Ahaha, no turning the knob in piano indeed, compared to electronic music 😆
Thank you 👍🏻
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You have a perfect tact and finger flexibility for accentuated music, like the early black entertainers, as the very Joplin, had. Boogie-woogie piano is inside of your competence.
Thank you for your comment! I’m self taught so that means a lot! Boogie piano really is fun to listen to, I hope to be able to play that style one day.
Hello, Natalie 👋Nice to meet you. I love how your fantastic melodies flow so effortlessly in this ragtime piano performance creating a smooth and seamless listening experience, my friend 🎶🎵🎹❤👏👏👏
Friendships greetings ~ Timothy 🤗🥁♫♪
Greetings to you, Timothy 👋🏻 nice to meet you also! Thank you for the very lovely comments you wrote 🌟 I’m so glad you enjoyed this Ragtime playing and performance 🎹😃 nice to connect with another fellow musician on here 🎶🩷🩷 friendship greetings to you 😊
Great playing
Many thanks, George!
Natalie essa é linda demais. Excelente interpretação. Parabéns!!!!😘😘
Thank you so much! 😊🎹 this is one of my favorites to play ❤️
Excellent performance.
Thank you for keeping Scott Joplin 's music alive.
Thank you so much, my sweet Mary 🥰 there aren’t a lot of female Ragtime players, so it’s good to be one here to keep Joplin’s work alive indeed.
It's truly impressive that you can play all these wonderful pieces perfectly from memory! 🎶🌟💖 Wishing you a fantastic weekend! 🌞🌼✨
Many thanks to you, dear Thomas!! 💓😁 thanks for taking the time to watch 🌼 have a great weekend as well! 💛
Great performance! 🙂🍀🔔
Thank you so much! 🍀🙏🏻
beautiful song dear Nat🥰
Thank you, dear Dede 🥰
Holy-smoke, what a wonderful performance. 😊
Glad you liked it! 😊
I had a Siamese mix cat named Cleopha after this tune, this matched her personality perfectly
How cute! I love the name “Cleopha”, I’m glad this tune reminded you of her 🙂
Oh my God, Natalie, you are getting better and better. Thank you very much for the 'Cleopha' ! My impression is that your feeling for pace and rhythm is permanently improving, everything sounds so intuitively perfect, fluent and harmonic. If I am not mistaken you even changed the speed slightly from one part to the other to emphasize the different moods of the piece. Magnifique !
Go on with your efforts, Natalie !! It will be a fortune for a lifetime for you, and it is a pleasure to listen.
My very best wishes from Germany, and good luck !
My dear Henry, what lovely and kind words are shared from you always to me. I definitely am pleased with myself that I have been getting better and better with each rag, and from all the practice since "launching" my channel last year. Indeed so, my feeling for pace and rhythms have become more solid and intuitive. Some pieces come more "naturally" to me than others. With this one, I definitely let my heart do the playing over my mind.
You have such a great ear! I did slow down the pace in the third section, just a little bit, to emphasize the different "feeling" the harmonies conveyed in that part. Great catching!
It is a pleasure to share my passion with you all on YT, including your chess club friends. Say hello to your friends and I hope they enjoy this one as much as I did! Have a great weekend 😊 and best wishes from California.
Your music is so relaxing to listen to..
I'm so glad you like the Ragtime music I share! Have a lovely weekend, Terry 😊
Enjoyed as usual! You have (already) a large number of Joplin pieces in your repertoire and a lifetime of playing and entertaining others in your future! You'll go far!
Many thanks to you, Mike, for this kind comment and for the awesome support! I have to keep practicing some of the older Joplin pieces to keep them fresh in my repertoire, while learning newer ones. Have a great weekend 😁
Wow, wow that's is so GREAT, fantastic and so wonderful. Thank you so much my dear new friend Natalie...
Dear evening greetings and a subscription from Switzerland, your new friend Hans-Peter
Wow, I’m so glad you enjoyed this music played by me 🎶 you are my new friend, too! Nice to meet you Hans-Peter 👋🏻 thank you for subscribing to me 🙏🏻 greetings from the USA!
Awe … the joy i feel to the sound of the beautiful music you play puts a big smile on my face. By far your best performance. I love your enthusiasm and your love for playing the piano. Keep enjoying yourself while playing; it shows. 🎹 ❤
What a lovely comment from you, many thanks ❤️ I, too, felt the joy of the beautiful sounds this piece had when playing it. This piece's joy is so contagious, and I am glad you smiled when listening to this one. Thank you for always encouraging my piano playing passion and devotion to this kind of music. Stay tuned for the many more to come. Sending you great wishes for this weekend 💕
Excellent performance as always 👏🌼🌸🤍
Thanks for listening, my friend! 🌷🤍🤍
Wonderful great performance, Natalie!🌟😃
Thank you very much, Kurt! 🎶☺️
©🍀🍀That's nie, Natalie!!
Well done🍀🍀🍀🍀
Thank you so very much, my dear friend!! 🥰😊
This is fantastic ragtime that puts you in a good mood! 🤩
You play the ragtimes wonderfully! 😊👏👏👏🌷
Thank you so much, my dear Julianne 😁 Ragtime always makes me happy when playing or listening to it. I am glad that you enjoy listening to Ragtime also 🎵 Thanks for watching me ✨❤️
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Hi Natalie, Brilliant, I haven't heard this one for years I had forgotten about it, you get better and better every time I hear you. all the best Dave.
Hey Dave, glad you enjoyed! Cleopha is one that seems to be missed quite often, but it is a beautiful rag. I definitely get better each time with a new rag learned; so, thanks for noticing my improved skills. Wishing you a lovely weekend 😁
So beautiful my friend❤❤❤🙏🙏thank you very much 💕💕like 55
Thank you for listening! 💕💕❤️
Fantastic performance🎶
Thank you 😊🎶
Hello dear friend Natalie! Good morning😊! I received the TH-cam notification just now! I've just listened to your beautiful piece! I really enjoyed it because it's very cheerful and carefree! I think you've outdone yourself! A perfect performance! You kept the tempo wonderfully! You seemed to have a lot of fun playing it, and it shows! Bravaa! A big Like 19 for you ! 💯💢👏👏👏 I wish you a wonderful day! Talk to you later, from your friend Roberto.😊❤
Good morning from me! And a big hello to you, my dear Roberto 👋 I have not heard from you in a while! I hope I can hear something from you very soon over the weekend 😊
This piece very much is carefree and cheerful; I had so much joy when playing it, I think many people can tell I was smiling and dancing along with the harmonies and music 😂 This is my best performance yet, and "near perfect", if I may say so myself! Steady tempo with carefree hands doing the playing. I am so proud of my playing with this one, thanks for the awesome feedback from you! Wishing you a joyous weekend, we will talk soon, I am sure of it! Ciaoo ❤️❤️ from, Natalie
@@Natt_piano Hello Natalie🙃! Your piece is stunning, and you played it divinely and with great ease! I enjoyed it very much, and I'm thrilled with your progress and the satisfaction you have at the end of each of your pieces😊! As you can imagine, when you don't hear from me, it's because I'm studying new things! My gaming room is constantly evolving, and I'm waiting for more hardware to add and connect together. I hope to manage to connect everything over the weekend and play something! When I have everything connected, I'll put some photos on TH-cam so you can see the chaos I've generated🤭🤣! In the meantime, while I wait for the delivery, I'm studying and trying to respond to all the comments! As you know, I reply to everyone, and I'm happy to do so! We'll talk very soon! Ciaoo Roberto🥰❤
@@pianoverso hey Roberto 😊 this piece really is stunning and I am so heartwarming to hear you say that I played this one with great ease and in a divine way! I’m so glad you enjoyed this one as much as me! I’m so grateful for our friendship and your support to me always 💯
It’s so cool to have you see my progress from my channel launch, and the same with you, I can see your progress, also!
Ahaha, I had a feeling that you were studying something new! But it’s unusual when I don’t hear from you in a week 😂 I’m kidding, there is never any rush to post for share, take your time until it’s satisfactory for you to share with the world! I love that your game room is constantly evolving and that you can keep it fresh and exciting as new hardware and software are connected and working together! I’m sure you get much satisfaction when you can figure out how new gadgets work and to use within your own work! I love that you’re always trying to learn however you can in the music world! Oh I’d absolutely love to see some photos from your chaos, I mean game room 🤭 that would be awesome to see the place you make the magic happen!
Yes, I love that you reply to all of your viewers, I am the same way! It is good character trait to make friends and show appreciation to those who view and support you! You have made so many friends on here, I love reading some of the comments from your fans 😊 it’s a great community we have built. Have a great weekend, from your friend Natalie 🥰❤️
@@Natt_piano Yes, I think so too, fortunately, we have a great community that is forming! I believe now, if we don't see each other for a few days, we all wonder why and what might have happened that you haven't posted anything yet! I'll try to post some photos once I've made peace with all the cables around me! Ahahaha😂😂 Anyway, I've seen some photos and videos of some enthusiasts like me of sound toys who I still don't understand how they manage to stand in the middle of the instruments and sit down to play! I even thought there was a trapdoor and they lowered themselves from the floor above! Maybe in a while, the same thing could happen to me! 🤭Ahahahahah 😂😂😂Ciao, talk to you later, Roberto.❤❤
@@pianoverso I’m very fortunate to have made so many cool online friends, like yourself! Some people discovered me from you, and I discovered some nice pianists from your channel friends. So I think that’s very special ☺️ hahaha, yes, we all formed a good bond where if we don’t hear from each other in a while, we all wonder what happened 😆
Yes, please, posting a photo once you are satisfied with the game room would be really cool to see! I’m sure a lot of your fans would want to see where the magic happens 😃 hahaha, you are funny, who knows how everyone’s set up is! I could imagine that you are locked in a little “dungeon” with a trap door 🤭 I’m kidding. You really make me laugh, my crazy friend 😂😂 have a great weekend, and don’t work too hard 😉 ciaooo! 😊❤️
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Thank you for watching! 😊
Beautiful piece, good job! 👏
Thank you very much! :)
Your best performance ever , thanks for starting my day right . I always look forward to your next rag
Thanks a bunch, John! I'm so happy each time when you write that listening to my new uploads starts your day off in a happy way. This definitely is my best performance so far, indeed.
I will be learning "Kinklets" soon; you should expect that upload sometime in early April - thanks for that wonderful rag recommendation many months ago 😁
You actually remembered that I asked for Kinklets Thanx
@@johnscambler47 of course, I have a really good memory! “Kinklets” is a great song recommended. I’m excited to learn a non-Joplin ragtime piece next. Take care 😊
Natalie, now you need a large, friendly cat relaxing atop the piano while you play...
I wouldn’t mind a little furry friend to accompany me when playing 🙂 thanks for watching!
Such a beautiful performance Natalie love it 💫
Thank you very much! ✨
Hi Natalie. Thank you for playing this song. I never heard it before, although I possess a book with all his compositions. It is a nice song that makes you happy. Very well played as usual. I admire you knowing all those compositions by heart. It is amazing. Please keep on doing the job!
Hello Jacob, I’m very glad you enjoyed this rag. Cleopha is one of my favorites; it is so much fun to play! It really is a happy tune. Joplin has so many compositions, it’s likely you’ll forget about some of them. Thanks very much for the support 😊
Excellent performance, Natalie!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you, dear Chris!! ☺️☺️🙏🏻
Perfect!
Many thanks! 😊
Hello, Natalie, that piece of music brings the sun to my heart, especially when you play it in your concentrated and confident way. I thought I never heard of this title before and I am surprised of the riches you dig up out of Scott's work. A little research, however, showed me that I must have heard this before, but obviously was not very impressed, since this pianist was hushing over it in less than 3 minutes in a "saloon background music" way. That's what lets your style stand out of many. When you play a song like this, the listener notices that you play an important piece of music, which indeed any good music is. There is nothing meaningless, every part of a song deserves its proper attention by the player - then the listener can feel it, too. I can do nothing but thank you for all the joy you give to me for free - just by your style of interpreting ragtime music.
Hello to you! What a lovely description that this piece brings the sun to your heart; because that is how I feel when playing this rag. I can confidently say that this rag is my best one yet, it comes very "natural" for me in terms of playing execution and style. The joyful melodies are so heart-warming to hear and feel.
Ah, many of the renditions I have heard of "Cleopha" have been quite fast or rushed, not sure why pianists like to play this rag fast for some reason. Nothing wrong with that, but, playing it "so fast" does not allow listeners to enjoy and hear the beautiful harmonies and rhythm this rag has to offer. After studying the notes and character of the piece, I made it my own and allowed the lovely melodies to shine through with the proper attention, indeed. So, I am very glad that you felt the lovely sounds this rag has to offer! I feel so special that you find joy in my style of ragtime playing and interpretation. Stay tuned for many, many more to come. Wishing you all best! Have a wonderful weekend, from your friend Natalie 😁
@@Natt_pianoThank you, Natalie, for your kind reply and please excuse all the typoes I found in my above posting (I meanwhile corrected them). I was interrupted several times writig this and in the end did not check for spelling any more - a big mistake as I notice again and again. Sorry for that.
@@joeviolet4185 no worries at all about the typos! I understood your writing just fine actually. Thanks for correcting above, it is not a mistake at all. I’m glad you get joy “from me for free”. We’ll talk later 😊
My my, I must say you're really hammering down your playing on the piano! 😳 The way you just casually bounce around with the left hand it's litteraly insane. 😵💫 Now that's what I call truly having fun with a piano rag, not a care in the world. Same goes for The Ragtime Dance I saw you post, just knocking these rags down without a sweat it almost seems. 👀 At this rate, you might as well be known as one of the great Queens of Ragtime along with Ms. Sue Keller, Ms. Christina Pepper & Ms. Kristen Mosca. 🌟
Cleopha had always been a favorite of mine. One of he most jolly/peppy Joplin tunes I've ever known if I knew any at all! 😆 Can tell you really seemed to enjoy it yourself. 🎶
Speakings of Joplin however, I've been thinking about this idea for awhile: What if off into the future you had a video put together of all your Joplin performances as your own channel showcase? (As well as a showcase in how much you've learned since your channel's beginning!) Think it would be something nice for your community to see your progression. :]
Heyy thank you 🙏🏻 what very sweet words coming from you, you made me happy just now ❤️ ah it takes a lot of practice to bounce around the piano like that and not miss the note 😅 I have learned how to relax more when recording to “have fun with it”; and to not think too much about the notes and to just have fun and play :D and the rest will follow. It’s getting easier to learn and play rags for sure (I actually go to your library to find the rag I’m learning to get inspired on tempo and nuances 😄)
It would be an honor to be at the level of those 3 female Ragtime players, all of whom I’m a major fan and admirer of big time!! 😃
Cleopha is such a lovely and happy tune, how could anyone not like it?! The march patterns are so fun to play haha those sounds are just so contagious. I really was having a lot of fun with this one, everyone can tell 😆 out of the 200 or so rags you’ve posted, that’s really cool to know that Cleopha is one of your favorites (along with The Favorite :P)
Hey that’s quite a neat idea to have a huge compilation of all my Joplin covers into one video💡🧐 that really would be an epic and fun way to see where I started and how far I’ve come and improved (in just a year so far!). Some rags I’ve posted on here from the beginning I know I could “do better”, so I’ll have to redo some of the older performances now that my skills have “improved”.
I hope all has been well with you since we last spoke 😊 side note - the Claypoole compilation you recently worked on was reallyyyy interesting to listen and learn about! His rags were SOO unique, I loved them. P.S- I have all your huge composer compilations saved and handy to listen to when I’m in the mood for some old-timey music :D
@@Natt_piano Haha, I figured you would find recording to become more of a breeze with each take/post. 😆 Like you said, the rest just follows through on it's own. 😋 And oh, well sounds like my library had been put to some good use then. And I thought I was the only one who went back to some of those videos to figure out how I want to play a certain piece. 🤣 Had gone myself to get a tempo reference for March Majestic. 😭
And oh for sure! Come to think of it, I'm starting to think that march-like tunes are my favorite when it comes to the piano. 😆 Always find it fun to play around with the hand movements & pacing.
Yeah, maybe even like a special milestone celebration once you reach a certain number of completed covers. Your collection is already growing huge. 😳 Just a thought, nothing else. 😋 Can't wait to hear your new & improved versions too if you happen to recreate your older takes! :D (Shoots, I feel ya there though. I got a number of videos of mine I want to go back and redo now that I have more tech experience. 😅)
Everything has been swell, just doing what I do and working on putting more "less-known" composers of the map. 📝
And oh, that's great to hear! 😄 Always loved me some Claypoole, was eager to finish up his stuff & put it out there. 😁 And there's nothing like some old-timey tunes every now and then. Starting to realize how much rich music there has been in the past century alone. 🎹🎶🎶
@@themajesticgeorge of course your musical library has been put into great use! I’m sure I’m not the only one that goes back and listens for reference or for fun 😌 oh you just learned yourself a march! Yeah, marches are actually quite fun to play and put you in a great spirit ☺️ they’re a cool sub-genre of Ragtime.
I think all of us who follow you are eager to see/hear your hands do some playing in addition to the research compiling 😊 that would be special. There’s so many options I could do for a milestone celebration indeed! Maybe when you reach a milestone, you could surprise us all with a cover of your own playing 💫
Yeah I think many of us on here can always find something to improve on/do better after some experience 😊 the first 5-6 videos of mine I wasn’t using a mic to record at all, just my iPhone mic; I didn’t even put much thought into YT bc I didn’t think anyone would find me LOL 😆 So, I do plan on sprinkling in some newer versions of my “old videos” here and there eventually; The Entertainer was the start of that. And indeed, I’m sure it is the same with you with more tech & software experience after your hard work 😋 we never stop learning!
Yeah I think many of us who subscribe to you wouldn’t have learned about those lesser-known artists if it weren’t for you 💯🙌🏻 I honestly get very excited when I see a video title of yours about a composer I don’t know and I get to discover more Ragtime gems & history through you 💎😃 this old-timey music is indeed so rich and jolly; it’s a pleasure to have some of us younger kids contribute to keeping this precious music alive 🥰🥰 (also please forgive me for writing a lot, I love to chat with kind people 😇)
@@Natt_piano Perhaps so. 😋🤭 And yes indeed- now if only I could get my left hand to cooperate with the right when needed. 🤣
As a matter of fact, I actually have a number of recordings of me at playing at piano I had made earlier this year! Just never really posted them because I always get discouraged by how "amateur" I think my playing is compared to everyone else. 😭😭 Your own recordings of you just having fun with it and "letting it flow" is what inspired me to record my own stuff, so figure it's about time I have fun with it myself. 😆 Already reached a new 700 sub. "milestone", so no excuses for me now. 🤣
Oh, I had thought that you had yourself a entire recording set up with a tripod camera + mic arm or something along those lines. We all wouldn't even be able to tell. 😄 And you never know the suprises you'll run into, looks like a entire chunk of people on YT had found you & stayed for more! 🎹🎶 Never stop learning indeed, just keep growing & growing. 🌱✨
Hehe, maybe so, just happy to share their music & stories with you all. 😺😆 Surely is such a treat to see younger generations keeping the spirit of older music alive and well! With you included of course. 😁 Seems like a number of individuals from the 60s-70s Ragtime Era love to remember & reminisce the genre through your own channel. 🌟✨ (And no worries at all! I tend to write alot myself- get carried away even. 😅)
@@themajesticgeorge ah, the left & right coordination is a tricky thing to master at first, but I’m confident you’ll get the flow of that soon 😌
No way!! You recorded yourself playing for fun, yay 😄 I would be SOO happy to see your own playing, I cannot wait to cheer you on, mate 😋But I feel you on feeling “discouraged at your playing compared to others”… 100% I felt that way when I launched my channel, I thought I’d get more negative comments than good ones 😅. Shoot, I still feel that I’m “not good” and there’s many better pianists than me 🙃 It’s a very normal feeling we all probably had (or still have) at some point! Aw, you really made me happy that I inspired you to record your own stuff 🥲 I’d love to give you a hug just for that; I’m so touched I influenced you to record and have fun with it 🫶🏻 I didn’t even realize you have 700 subs, congrats!! 🎉 maybe you can lag posting your recordings till you reach 1000 subs 😆 then, no excuses, George 😂 jk.
Some rags come much more natural to me (like Cleopha), while some (like The Entertainer), I can’t “make work” or feel confident with the performance. Especially when there’s 1000s of recordings of a popular piece, such as The Entertainer, I get so discouraged and that’s when you wrote some very encouraging words to make me feel more confident when I posted the newer version a few weeks ago 😊
Oh I don’t have any fancy set-ups for recording haha, just my iPhone camera and an external mic, hooked onto a tri-pod - that’s all I need 😊 I also get discouraged tbh, because many pianists have amazing 4k cameras, mics, tech, and nice setups, but not me over here in my small apartment and simple gadgets haha. You just have to make the most of it and remember that this is all for fun only 🥰
It’s so special how there’s some younger folks like us who enjoy this underrated genre, and your channel is a one-stop place for the music and stories 😇 yesss, it makes my heart so warm when I see that older folks reminisce and enjoy listening to these “older tunes” from their younger days 🥲 haha, that’s why we get along quite well, we both love to conversate 🤣
Aw, I love this ragtime!! Puts a smile on my face immediately 😃
You played so good 👏🏻
Ragtime always makes me happy when playing and listening, so I am glad you also had smiles when listening 😊 Thank you for watching, my new piano friend 💕
fantastic piano work ! big thumbs up
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Hello dear Natalie 🙂 I really agree, this is fun to listen to, good for a happy mood and mode 😀 Thanks for sharing 🙂 All the best, stay connected! Tubster
Hello, Tubster ☺️ I’m glad you also found Cleopha a fun rag to listen to for a happy mood 😀 nice to meet you 👋🏻
Such great music from yesteryear to listen to and you play it perfectly 🎼🙂🎼
Cleopha is one of my favorites to play (and one my best played). Thanks for watching 🎶☺️
Another thing , Natalie , Its nice when you smile at the end of the piece
Thank you for saying that 😊 Many of my viewers tell me that they like it when I smile at the end of the video. Sometimes I simply forget to, but I do it if I remember.
Awesome ragtime Natalie! I love Scott Joplin!👍😎✌🏼
Thank you! 🥰 Scott Joplin is my favorite 😍
Awesome piano playing Natalie 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
beautiful piece of music
liked your performance so much 👍👍👍
Thank you so so much!! 💫🎶🙏🏻
Excellent playing Natalie! Great to see another female ragtime aficionado out there! I can tell you really enjoyed playing this. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Elizabeth, it’s nice to meet you 😊 there aren’t many female Ragtime players on here, so I’m glad to represent women playing this genre. I sure did enjoy this piece, thank you for watching!
Beautiful performance 😍👏👏, Which Yamaha do you play on?
Thank you! 🥰 I’m not sure of the exact model of my upright as I bought it used. All I know is that it was made in the USA in 2003, sorry 😕
@@Natt_piano Ah okay no worries I was just curious 😊
Amazing! I really enjoy the tempo you choose for your pieces. Might I recommend a book called Classic Piano Rags? It has close to a hundred different rags. I found it at my local library but I'll be ordering a copy to keep pretty soon.
Thanks, David, it is nice to meet you! I am so glad that you enjoy watching some of my ragtime playing and that you like the tempo I choose for the rags. I have not heard of Classic Piano Rags - I just searched it up, is it a pinkish cover? I'll have to order this, thanks for the book sharing!
Cheers, and glad to meet another ragtime fan/pianist on here 😁 All the best, Natalie
@@Natt_piano Unfortunately the original Classic piano rags (Pink book) Is out of print. A shorter edition Is available called Fifty Classic Piano Rags... But its good too 😊
@@fp7149 oh darn, the pink book is not being published no longer. Thanks for pointing that out, and I shall check out the “Fifty Classic Piano Rags” then. Thanks much 😊
I actually found a used book of the original version/pink book for $10. I’m excited to see what’s in there. Thank you to you both 😃
@@Natt_piano Fifty Classic piano Rags Is a selection of the previous but it Is very good as well. I have It and you'll like It 😊
How long have you been playing for? Ive been playing for 18 years or so but not consistently.
The piano is the hardest instrument in my opinion and requires consistent practice and sheet music reading in order to stay sharp.
Tough.
Well done by the way :).
Hi :) I’ve been playing since 2013 (not consistently), but during covid I really focused and dedicated myself to learning a lot :) (I’m like 90% self taught btw lol)
You’ve been playing quite a long time! You’re so lucky 🙂
I totally agree that you have to be consistent with the piano and practice often. I have to go back and play learned rags from time to time to make sure they’re in my muscle memory 😆
This piece i have no words for it is so good and very circussy which i like it is my 2nd favourite only with Combination March a tiny bit better imo but it is amazing this piece but funny name though
I absolutely love "Cleopha", it really is so much fun to listen to and play, and I also imagine a circussy vibe haha. The name is funny right lol
@@Natt_piano It is so underrated that piece i remember when i first got into ragtime back in 2015 i found this video The best of Scott Joplin with all those minstrel slideshows and i was taken away the first time i heard Cleopha but for the rest of the peices it took more rounds of listening to to get to like them
@@kingsbishop1479 Agreed that Cleopha really is so underrated! When I heard it, I just new I had to play it 🤩 I loved the marching beats.
wrong or out of tune note at 0:06😶 play was great tho
Hmm the note there seemed right to me! 😆 none of my performances are mistake-free anyhow. Glad you liked it!
Its was amazing@@Natt_piano
Many thanks! 😊
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Hope you enjoyed it!
@@Natt_piano I did very much!. Thank you!
@@robertwieland5958 so glad to hear that, Robert 😊 I think this was one of my best performances!
Старательное, но... скованное исполнение. Не Стефани Трик и даже не Аманда Ли.