Hive Open Mic, week 53, Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

Welcome to week 53 of Hive Open Mic, the weekly live music event that gathers more and more participants each week. This week the topic is TOYS.

At first, I thought it would be too difficult to find a suitable composition for this week. Toys ... Also, my hands are still giving a bit strange feeling, so I thought I wouldn't even shoot this week, but it's better than the previous week. I have already played and recorded other compositions in the past few days, so Hive Open Mic entry will not be missing.

Especially, as I wanted to set to this post as 100 % beneficiary account Hive account@primalamusica,( former user partitura, you can read here what has happened to him). I feel at least we can show a little bit of gratefulness and encouragement for all the support he showed us, all musicians, during previous months. So all the rewards from this post will go to primalamusica as a small sign of support. When he performs a composition, a huge smile can be seen on his face. So joyful and happy musical moments...my entry had to be something cheerful.

The composition I have chosen to play is Maple Leaf Rag, composed by Scott Joplin. His music is used so many times and in so many ways. I remember as a child I listened to his tunes from games, music toys, tv or radio. When I started to play the piano in music school, in my second year I played his other famous composition, The Entertainer, of course in an easy arrangement. I liked it so much and remember playing it at a school year closing concert.
Here come the first two parts of Maple Leaf Rag, as usually, those rags have more parts. Sorry for the bad quality of the video, I recorded it this evening, with no daylight, I know it is not the best, but the day was so busy.