Mixed-Up Rag

Yeah, I know. I haven't published a song like this in a while. I've been busy with jazz and my 5-month-old YouTube channel (I gave you a button redirecting to it, right?) and have forgotten a little bit about variety on my blog. You might be looking for something different and you're getting a bit tired of the tags saying "Jazz" for weeks on end, so I've decided that I'll give you something different.

(I didn't actually decide that today - I wrote down my posting dates for these songs a few months in advance. It's difficult to run a blog without a schedule.)

So, you're wondering why this song is supposed to be so mixed up, right?


Part of that might be because I played the song in grade 7 piano. That wasn't exactly yesterday (huge understatement), so my playing abilities would have been different. You may notice that I don't post a grade 1 song immediately after a grade 10 song, because that would 1) cause a huge contrast between posts, and 2) detract from the interest in the post and in my blog. Nothing against the people in grade 1 piano. You have to start somewhere. But you have to admit that you wouldn't subscribe to a blog if you were only going to hear 10-second long songs.

Now back to what I was saying. Part of the reason might also be because this isn't exactly your traditional rag, with your left hand bouncing enormous octaves up the piano and your right hand sometimes playing huge chords. Again, playing abilities change with time. This one has a little bit different bounce and feel, so you'll really want to consider checking it out when you're done reading this.

When I think about playing abilities, something that gets the gears in my brain turning is, "Why do professional and famous composers write grade 1 and 2 songs?" Like, the song by Mozart that I played at my first piano recital when I was 6. And then look at the 7-minute-long rondo, also by Mozart, that I played for grade 10. Maybe those composers wanted to help people learn to play music. They had their own students, too. I don't know. Do you?

I have one last thing to say to you. (If you're breathing heavy sighs of relief, I'll remember to make my posts shorter.) If you're playing the piano, don't feel like you can't share your music with others if you're not doing grade 10 right now. Once again, everyone is at a different stage and it would be nice to have some more people that are sharing their passion for music. I'm not going to be the only one, right? You'll never know until you try.

And you'll never know what this song sounds like until you listen to it.