Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” Paul Barton, FEURICH HP piano

Viewer request in overhead keyboard view. In this recording I play MLR as written in the published score.

In this recording I use the harmonic pedal (only) in resonance half-position. The harmonic pedal was invented by Denis de la Rochefordière.

[aa-lbje]

Notice how chill and relaxed his hands are

[mmartin]

Wow .. this reminds me of my mother .. she used to -play all of Joplins rags. She was the soul of the party, she could get everyone laughing and dancing. Folks would be holding their sides, tears rolling down their faces in fits of laughter as she sang and played the "Laughing Policeman". Such wonderful memories! My mom could sure make that piano move when playing.

[smamwang]

1:55 to 2:05 is really giving trouble with learning and playing up to tempo. Watching this video allowed me to see how to play it! It helped me a lot.

[hnnymn]

Thank you for playing this at a balanced tempo and as written. More Joplin would be welcome.

[xandersonepic]

My goodness both his hand are so relaxed makes me think I have a lot more to work on my tense fingers

[lymon]

the best version i have heard so far because it avoids over-interpretation.

[deansuter]

To watch something so beautiful, played so effortlessly is pure genius.

[Rozczoch]

Scott Joplin said that ragtime should not be played fast.
I think you got the exact tempo the wanted them to be played in, good job!

[janjool]

I very much enjoy your technical accuracy. Another great performance as always.

[ErikHuizinga]

I like it a lot that the left hand syncopates with the march 2-step rhythm once in this piece (played twice) in the trio part at 2:00 and 2:20, and that the right hand plays the march 2-step instead.

[horaciomendez]

I move my left hand in the same way, when i clean the table.

[drproton]

I learned this song after 8 months of practice from another video, but this video helped me actually read each note after learning the whole song. I thought I may have been slightly off with some of the notes and I was. It was good to see all the signs for "rest" so I could perfect my timing. This video really helped me clean the song up. Thank you so much, Paul!

[miguelangelrubio]

Wonderful! I have been struggling with the simpler version but this one ....the way you play it is simply fascinating....I think the elephant would enjoy it too... running the risk that it might make all the seismographs in the area go crazy if it decides to dance to the rhythm!!!

[Kraken]

Cool cat! The right hand melody was played so crisply.

[camgehringer]

Another flawless performance. Great work.

[thedesolatemusic]

I've heard many people play this, but this is by far the best interpretation I've heard. Something about the voicing makes this sound so nice. Another great video, Paul :)

[nurkhaledmusic]

Wow, what an amazing performance. I really enjoyed how steady you played it. Great job....

[Dominique]

* bar fight intensifies *

Anywhow, I love the articulation =)

[bloodpallette]

Yass... I've been waiting for this!

[potaopotato]

Hey Paul, any plans on doing any Rachmaninoff or Liszt any time soon? I'd love to hear your approach to some of the more popular pieces such as Rach's Piano Concerto no 2 mov 1 or La Campanella.