MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nbc, Jelly Roll Morton, Thomas Edison
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Scott joplin"s first successful piece named after the maple leaf social club in sedalia, where he often played. The piece was published in 1899 and became a huge hit, spreading joplin"s fame to. Maple leaf started a nationwide craze for syncopated music. For and style are typical of classic ragtime. Maple leaf consists of four distinct themes: aabbaccdd, this type of form is common in marches. Right hand (melody) plays syncopated (offbeat or staggered) rhythms and riff-based melodies, usually built on three-note patterns. Left hand (accompaniment) plays regular bass part; march-like, two-beat patterns. The rhythmic interest comes from the interplay of the two hands. Took joplin"s composition and treated it as the basis for extended, rhythmically complex improvisations. Ferdinand jelly roll morton"s version of maple leaf rag can be heard in the. Invented in 1877 by thomas alva edison and, at around the same time, by a french inventor name charles cros.
