What is Ragtime? Ragtime Explained in 2 minutes (Music Theory)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2018
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After a while I'm back with a short music theory related video explaining what is ragtime, an amazing musical style today somehow forgotten (or at least not very popular). Hopefully I made it clear and understandable also for those of you who are not musicians or pianists...enjoy! :)
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What song is being played in the vid? I love it 😆
hey dave, do you have any sheet music of that rag? It'd be a great help.
Indeed
1:50 -When you realize you've been tapping your foot for the entire video
A Capitalist true xD i've been tapping foot as if its the rhythm and fingers as if im playing the piano.
I didn't notice I was tapping my foot until I read this comment😂
Julian Fletcher wtf😂
I felt SO CALLED OUT that I had been bobbing along to the beat, then that happened I just froze, like a deer in the headlights lol
Try listening to ragtime while driving down the road. You'll be tapping the gas pedal or the brake. No wonder you see so many tire marks all over the road!
Excellent summary and editing. Probably the best, most succinct explanation of ragtime I’ve ever seen.
Thank you very much! :)
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you watch a lot of explanations of ragtime?
My thoughts, but better worded.
i wasn't asked to smash any like buttons or listen to reviews of other videos :)
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Amen!
I'm your 600th like and I agree with you👍
"Do you feel like dancing?"
I already am
This video made me a professional tap dancer
Head beating
I feel disappointed for knowing that i will never play an instrument like this in my whole life... maybe my children will have the chance
my legs were moving to the song and i didnt even realize it till it said that
I feel like dancing even without music
I was an accomplished pianist by the time The Sting was released, and I fell in love with Ragtime. One of the things I noticed about the various composers of the era was that many of their works were difficult to play because they divided the attention too much. Scott Joplin, on the other hand (no ten inpunded), understood the form to the point where his compositions had sections where the right hand stayed in position while the left moved, or else had the left hand stationary, doing what I call "chop chords" while the right hand could execute an arpeggio or a complicated rhythm that required the pianist's full attention. Unlike many of his contemporaries, and especially modern composers/arrangers who attempt ragtime, Joplin understood piano music and the mechanics of playing. His compositions fit in the hands very well, and he was able to get more melodically and harmonically sophisticated than many others as a result.
This just makes music like this even more brilliant when you break down exactly WHAT makes it sound so appealing to move to.
I'm very glad you found it interesting! Thank you very much for watching :)
This is an absolutely wonderful explanation, with a wonderful piano performance to accompany it. You did a great job with breaking the style down to its most basic elements.
Thank you very much! :)
I've always wondered what gave ragtime such a distinct sound, this video helped so much!
You wondered? It's pretty straight forward.
@@lemboshauser4700 i was 14 when i made this comment don't judge :(
@@woomy8971 it's alright :)
Great explanation! It's sad that people don't realize just how difficult music like this is. It sounds simple enough but in being that the left-hand jumps nonstop, it is almost impossible to look at sheet music or your right hand. I just finished learning Easy winners (Scott Joplin) and it is killer (plus your left arm goes through a workout everytime you play it...)
Ragtime is one of the best demonstrations of the difference between "simple" and "easy". In terms of theory and harmony it's quite simple, but it's one of the hardest styles to master in terms of actually being able to play it.
Yeah, I always look at my left hand, I just hope my right hand plays the correct notes
Yep, I only look at my left hand.
@@TylerInTraining As shown on The Simpsons when Reverend Lovejoy couldn't do it.
so the entertainer is a ragtime?
Yeah, definitely. Scott Joplin's music
Yep
Yeah basically all of Joplin’s music is basically the definition of ragtime
North West perfect explanation right there
yes it is
For anyone wondering what composition this is its kismet rag - Scott joplin, last part of it
Thank you! I was dying to know what it was, and I was searching here in the hopes of finding exactly this.
this duede was just a fucking legend
It's not just how you master the keys - many do! It's how you break down a style to its essence with your editing. Never seen anything like it! Your "... explained in two minutes" videos are pieces of art. My graduate project from high school in art (we have those in Germany) was "Visual complementation of music", and you deliver what I couldn't come up with back then. Accept my heartfelt hug!
I love ragtime! I'm a middle schooler and people think I'm lame because I like old music... but who cares, I still love it!
Don't get why people don't like most old music lol
@@even2ez266 exactly! I rather play classical pieces by Chopin and other great composers than pop but people say pop is better. It's like comparing an old painting to a picture caught by a camera.
Yeah! I personally love some songs from all eras and genres! exceptcountrylol...
@@losgatossonmuychidos yeah we all agree country is trash
@@peace-qe4ig Country is pretty good dude, the hecc.
Editing 10/10, not overboard
Very concise and straight to the point
explains everything very well, and shortly
Definitely amazing, even if i'm 5 years late !
Came here looking for Ragtime thinking it was something new I never heard, but turns out it's terminology for Wild West Piano playing :) Great explanation in detail.
Your presentation style is unmatched, absolutely masterful. A video like this has no buisness being so well done, it's actually perfect. Kudos.
This is THE most succinct explanation I have ever seen. Just ZERO fat!
I personally love playing ragtime, so I should get back to practicing the Joplin songs I already learned.
Thank you for the best explanation I’ve seen!
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What a perfect video. Clear and concise as can be, and very professional feeling. Nice!
Thank you very much! :)
I dont play piano but this video is amazing man, Love the way you separate the key strokes with the explanation. very well played man love it
Ragtime makes me so happy. Entertainer was the song of my childhood and when I started playing the piano when I got older, I never knew it’s name but just knew it made me happy then it came on the Felix advert and it was the first real song I played on the piano
I heard ragtime thanks to you and now it is my favorite kind of music. Hoping for more ragtime covers from you.
My bookclub just read Ragtime, now we’re watching this video. Thanks, great explanation!
I know nothing about piano but it still feels like I learned something.
Thank you Scott Joplin, you made me fall in love with ragtime :).
By the way. Great video Dave.
Thank you very much! :)
ragtime is the best music, i wish i could play it
And you can!
That Record; it’s really hard.
Just practice 40 hours a day and you might get as good as Tom Brier.
same *laughs in cant even play chopin proficiently cause i can’t reach the notes*
Don't stop your 2 minutes lesson video series! It's so easy to understand ever I seen on youtube. Keep going, please!
Can we have the whole video of you playing this piece? It’s one of my favorite rags
This video is insane! Wow! Only two minutes long and soooo much knowledge I gained! Thank you very much! It's helping me for school as well!
i love ragtime, the sound of it is just, wonderful
I wish I had the sheet music of this arragement... so cool !!!
The great video thank you so much I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
Watching this reminded me of my player piano my grandma's house and I was a kid and we had the entertainer on a scroll. When pushing those pedals you can it watch the piano keys play ragtime live time. It was awesome. thank you
I usually never write comments on youtube but I must say this is very smart of you to explain ragtime this way! perfectly clear my dear! You are very talented!
Thank you very much! :)
This has been released 2 years ago and ive come back to rewatch the entire series over and over again. This gives me more info about music than my teacher used to do :3. Work is truly splendid, m'dude.
Holy shit this explains a lot and the good editing makes it even better, and yeah the jumping left hand is hard
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Thank you very much! :)
damnnn!!!! what a way to explain!! in shuch a short!, compreehensive and totally great edited video! thank you soooo much!!
Very impressive video, such an efficient way to break it down to its key elements yet without taking away its charm, that's a good job !
One quick additional note: ragtime pieces are written in the melodic form ABACD.
Awesome explanation! It's hella clear and goes straight to the point plus it provides detailed information. I'm impressed... Tysm!!!
And here I come again... tend to get back to this video once in a while. It short, nice to listen to and worth watching again once in a while.
after stumbling upon this accidentally, i can say that i finally figured out what that type of music ive been trying to figure out how to make for so long is! (completely failed every time, but now i might have a winning chance)
This makes me want to dance, modern music just doesn't make me want to move.
Love the style of this video, it's a very nice way of showing the viewer what's going on.
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This. Is. Really. AWESOME!!
Thanks for explaining it so well, especially the part where you highlight each "part" individually so I can hear what's going on.
Well done! 👍👍👍
The explanation and the editing were so cool! I learned something new today. Thank you!
Watching this video made me astonished on how similar Ragtime is to some Latin American genres. The part where the right hand moves from the notes A-#A-B, or basically the increase of notes by two semitones, is very common in a lot of salsa and merengue music.
Such an amazing video !!!!!! The format is awesomely clever
dude you videos are insane man crazy.. entertaining and everything necessary is contained in only 2 minutes... hands down great work
Fitbit on the left hand indicates the a distance of 3.4 miles was covered in the course of that video.
This video has been in my recommended for a week, finally watched it, i learned something new, and had a good time watching :)
Love this presentation style! Woaah what a channel
Your explanationsand presentations are great!
Thank you and make more of these series! Subscribed!
What an excellent freaking tutorial.
See if this was what our education was like, with this level of enthrallment and explanation, learning would be so much easier.
The first video I saw made me subscribe. This one made me hit the bell. Love your stuff!
that was the best damn explainer video I've ever seen on YT... what a beautiful editing, both visual and audio wise...
I’ve never seen a video like this that so concisely breaks down a particular style. Super interesting! Thanks for putting it together.
what an excellent video. stumbled upon this while researching jazz history. this was super helpful and lot clearer than most written articles!
that bassline gives me ptsd to a certain song popular in christmas concerts for high school bands
excellent presentation! love it!
dude these videos are so good! your explaining style is really informative and undersandable! thank you so much!
WONDERFUL! I taught myself the piano from age 11 eleven, and it was very difficult. When my grandma gave me an old book of Joplin rags when I was fourteen, I discovered a genre of music that was complex, entertaining, yet fun and practicable. It made me feel like a virtuoso, because I was able to access Maple Leaf Rag, Palm Leaf Rag, and Elite Syncopations. I fell in love with rag, and it will always lift my heart.
I KNEW IT. I knew it was possible to teach yourself piano! I currently don't have a teacher, and it's gonna take a while for my lessons to actually start so I tried teaching myself but I really don't know how!
Oh my goodness. Thank you SO MUCH for making this. I love music, took music theory and whatnot in highschool, music appreciation in college, but I could never really break down what made those styles so specific. And thank to you NOW I CAN!! :D :D :D
Man this was a really well thought out and produced video. Amazing job
Love these vids man. Keep up the good work
Such a light thing to listen to when you only want to relax or just lay in the bed while "doing" something...
I love the way you broke this down... well done.
These videos are amazing. So interesting yet informative
I dont know all these songs your videos are hitting me with but i like em
Another great video dave
I've just recently discovered this channel it's *A-MA-ZING!*
This was incredible! very subtle and simply put. Thank you!
Absolutely bloody brilliant - the music, the text, the presentation, the fonts, the pace - less is more!
I sometimes do a cheated version of stride where I either keep the left hand pattern within a tenth, so I can avoid moving my hand, or I can grab some of the notes with my right hand. with m
I could watch this forever.
Holy moly, that was some clean explaining. Thanks :P! Keep it up ^^
This is SO CLEAR and COOOOOL!!!!
Thx for the great video!
Great video!
Wonderfull!!! Real good edit and real clear explanation, THANKS A LOT!!
dude, your videos are very educational and very fun to watch. Thanks for the videos!
My day is always marked to get better when I see
“Do you feel like dancing? :)”
Always a good day when dave uploads.
Thank you for this! Though I've always loved ragtime I've never understood what it is: what I'm actually listening to. This was terrifically clear.
And you know... ragtime wasn't just very popular: for more than twenty years it was hugely popular ALL OVER THE WORLD, and it was the first. Long before Jazz, long before Rock and Roll.
excellent video!! i had struggled with nailing the characteristics of ragtime in composition, and this really helped make every important detail digestible!! thank you!
I love your videos and really appreciate this one in particular! Please continue to bless us with your marvelous work :)
Thank you very much! :)
I love 'Elite Syncopation', it does accentuate the bass elements and makes you think about music differently. Ragtime!
Wow! The way my jazz textbook explained it didn't get through, but this made me get it instantly! Thanks so much!
Amazing explanation! Even if you already know what Ragtime is, this is very worth the watch! Love the editing as well.
I'm so so glad I discovered this channel!
Simultaneously my favorite genre and the one I feel least like dancing to.
This is one of the best explanations of music I´ve ever seen. Hell, it´s one of the best explanations about anything I´ve ever seen!
I love this explanation series. Breaks things down well.
Wow! Keep making this type of stuff, it's educational and really easy to understand :)
This is so COOL!!! Very pleasant to listen to! Thank you so much!!
Just Excellent!. You are really good at what you are doing here so keep it up
Wow this deserves way more views!! So well done
Awesome! Can’t wait to share this with my students!!
This was very helpful! Thank you very much!
Wow! Thanks a lot! Great work
I’ve got to say, ragtime is probably my favorite genre of music, and this video helped me discover that.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you found it interesting :)
You should upgrade more often! I love these vids!