Maple Leaf Rag

When Scott Joplin wrote this famous rag, he said, "This song will make me the king of ragtime." He was right, because now he is known among the best composers of all time. However, ragtime music is often difficult to play if you have small hands(like me!), because as you can hear, the left hand has to play big chords and bounce around the piano for the whole song.

I managed to get away with it, though - probably because I like this song a lot. Anything can be accomplished with enough practice.... right? They always say that if you're passionate enough about something, you can accomplish it with enough time.

2018 recording:


2022 Update! Did 2018 Liya know that this page was still going to exist in 4 years? I don't know about her, but I've made a new recording of the song. (This is one of the many results of going through a binder filled with sheet music, looking back on songs I played years ago.) Hopefully this will be a quality improvement from the 2018 one... but the only way for you to know for sure is to listen to it.

Can't believe I made the original post before I even set up my YouTube channel. Time sure does move faster than you think.