Maple Leaf Rag on a Real HONK TONK Piano | Vinheteiro

I played Maple Leaf Rag on a real honky tonk piano. It is my old 1887 piano. This piano is worn out, full of imperfections. But it's in excellent condition for its age, which makes me happy to record period songs like Maple Leaf Rag on it. Other songs by Scott Joplin are also very good on this piano. Hope you like it!

[moni]

Scott Joplin’s music was among my favorite to learn as a pianist. I liked this cause I closed my eyes & imagined being in a tiny old school club hearing someone play that good ragtime 🥰

[StJimmy]

You know it’s a complex piece when Vinheteiro doesn’t play it while staring into your sole
I’m glad Scott Joplin is being more and more recognized as one of the greats he truly is

[BlakeTheDrake]

Somehow, I felt inexplicably surprised that he managed to get through that entire piece without being forced to hide inside the piano to avoid a comedically-escalating saloon-fight.

[Isnogood]

I've always been a big fan of ragtime and I think Joplin fully deserves his place along the great composers in history.

[kevinsnell]

My dad played the accordion and my mother the piano. My dad would come home from work and chop out the Maple Leaf Rag on my mothers piano and he got to where he could play it very well over time. Fond memories. He is gone now, but this helped me remember.

[BirdYoumans]

Apropos. Joplin's music just transports us to another time and place. Nice on that old piano! He and Sousa were certainly two defining influences of that age. The ragtime king and the march king.

[LtKernelPanic]

Wait he’s not only looking at the keyboard but has the sheet music too? Congratulations to Mr. Joplin for pulling off a near impossible feat!

[TheJesusFreeke]

My brother learned this and went on to become a great pianist. One of my fondest memories with him is when we went to the Scott Joplin Museum and he played this on the piano there. So, so good on this piano, too! 1887? Awesome!

[peterward]

Thank you, Master, for playing a whole piece!

[BrBill]

In the late 1980s I was on a skiing trip, staying in Durango, Colorado. One of the bars in Durango had a guy playing ragtime all night on a piano that sounded like this and I wanted to never leave. Scott Joplin literally lifted an entire genre of music into being with his talent and skill, and I love the sound. Thanks.

[tonymccarthy]

I love Scott Joplin's music, beautifully performed on this original piano.

[martinmassera]

You know its a hard piece when vinheteiro is actually looking at the instrument he is playing

[michaelhansmagbojos]

I like this nostalgic piano sound. You can determine if the piano is classic and modern. Classic ones or the older one has that tingly thing in your ear when you hear it.

[ratboygenius]

So fun! Those poor people in 1887 were missing the top three notes of the piano.

[username]

It’s as if the spirit of every musicians song he plays comes and plays for him! Amazing

[jamesslick]

"This piano is worn out, full of imperfections." In other words, on THIS instrument, It sounds like it would have to the great majority of the Ragtime audience, Circa 1906 or so! 👍😊👍

[abdiver]

I feel as if I'm in an Old West saloon listening to this. A toast to Scott Joplin and Vinheteiro!

[Sallyth_]

I've loved this piece since my piano teacher tried to stop me learning it because it wasn't "proper" music. I never did get the hang of those jumping left-hand chords and am envious of how effortless you make it look. Bravo, sir :)

[maggistjornugaur]

This is my favorite recording of the Maple leaf rag.
It is played better than all the other recordings combined and the piano sound so awesome.
I keep listening to this every once in a while because it brings a smile to my face and makes my day

[bigstyleart]

This is quite possibly my favorite arrangement of sound, ever. This has been my favorite song since birth, 1973, when The Sting was very popular. Hearing you play this on this instrument is as good as it gets.
Thank you, Sir.