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INTERMEDIATE RAGTIME PIANO SHEET MUSIC HOW TO
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The Reverse Rag Roll is very similar to the Forward Rag Roll, except it is flipped.

Now that you have the forward rag roll, it’s time to learn the second most common rag roll in ragtime, the Reverse Rag Roll.

INTERMEDIATE RAGTIME PIANO SHEET MUSIC HOW TO

If you are a member here at Piano With Jonny, you can download the full lesson sheet music with this exercise on this page, plus practice this in all 12 keys with one click with our smart sheet music.Ĭongratulations! You can now play ragtime over any note from the key of C Major, which means you can play 99% of popular songs (because most songs use notes from the major scale and only 3 chords.įor a deep dive of how to apply the rag roll to a song, checkout the Ragtime Piano Crash Course for Beginner/Intermediate Players or the Ragtime Piano Crash Course for Intermediate/Advanced Players. Here are the first 4 measures of the exercise: Forward Rag Roll Ragtime Piano Scale Exercise by Johnny Hodges Well, Johnny Hodges provided us with this wonderful forward rag roll exercise where you practice harmonizing every note of the C Major scale with the forward rag roll while using your primary chords in the key of C. So, how do you practice your forward rag roll? With this principle, you can then take any melody note and any chord and apply the rag roll to it, instantly creating ragtime! Exercise 1: Forward Rag Roll Exercise The super important thing to realize about ragtime and rag rolls is that the octave notes on the outside are your melody, and the internal notes of the rag roll are your chord. Just make sure you are applying the same pattern, regardless of the chord or the melody note. You can play a rag roll in different inversions, like a first inversion C Major Chord: C Major First Inversion Forward Rag Roll Ragtime Piano Now try a G Major chord: G Major Forward Rag Roll Ragtime Piano Try Inversions Once you’ve practiced your rag roll on C, try playing your rag roll on other chords, like an F Major chord: F Major Forward Rag Roll Ragtime Piano This “and of beat 3” is a syncopated note, and this gives ragtime its highly characteristic sound. Notice that the octaves punches are on beat 1, beat 2, and the “and of beat 3”.

INTERMEDIATE RAGTIME PIANO SHEET MUSIC SERIES

In the case of the forward rag roll rhythm, the octaves played as quarter notes on beat one, followed by a series of 8th notes from beats 2 through the measure. Therefore, whenever we punch those octaves on the “ands” between our primary beats, we get a very cool syncopated sound that is highly characteristic of ragtime. What is syncopation? Syncopation is where you accent notes in between the beats.

Third: the rag roll follows a very specific, rhythmic pattern using “syncopation”.

Second: the outer notes are almost always played in octaves.

First: the chord is generally arpeggiated from the bottom up.

There are 3 important Rag Roll Rules that you should generally follow when using rag rolls: Now, in order to transform this chord into a rag roll, we break up, or arpeggiate the chord. Notice that we are playing a big, 4-note C Major in our right hand, with the notes from the bottom C E G and C. Here is how to play a forward rag roll on a C Major chord: Forward Rag Roll Ragtime Piano on a C Major Chord The forward rag roll is arguably the most common rag roll in ragtime piano, and it was a favorite for Scott Joplin. So, now that you know what a rag roll is, it’s time to learn your first and most important rag roll, the Forward rag roll. Specifically, you need to know rag rolls.Ī rag roll is a repeated pattern in the right hand where the melody is played in octaves with the pinkie and thumb, and 2 chord tones are added in between. You see, the secret to learn to play ragtime piano is to understand the tools that ragtime pianists use to play ragtime. Now, everything you will learn in this lesson is inside the lesson video on this page, and if you want to checkout the full 4-hour Johnny Hodges Interview and Lesson, you can right here. I share this with you because Johnny Hodges method works – not only did I use it to land the Disneyland job, but I’ve also taught it to hundreds of students and seen them go on to play ragtime piano professionally. Later, I landed the job as the Disneyland Ragtime Pianist, where I entertained guests for 9 years. There is no greater expert on ragtime than Johnny Hodges – he played ragtime piano at Disneyland for over 25 years as the Disneyland Main Street Ragtime Pianist, and he taught his methods to hundreds of students, including me. Get ready to learn to play ragtime piano with the former Disneyland Main Street Ragtime Pianist, Johnny Hodges!Īll of this will help you transform any song into ragtime.