TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABRSM’s recommended tempo for this piece is 126 bpm. The piece featured here is only an arrangement and is essentially a stripped-back and much more basic version of The Entertainer by Scott Joplin. This piece is mainly to be played legato (smoothly) in the right hand, but the left hand part can have a little more bounce, in keeping with the Ragtime style of the music. Dynamics are straightforward and uncomplicated, but it would be a good idea to practise the left hand part a lot - until it becomes very easy to play as a self-contained part, otherwise trying to play hands together too early on in the learning process could be tricky, especially if you haven’t played much Ragtime music before!

@iansulli6828

Жыл бұрын

Having started to learn this I can only agree regarding the left hand

@adrianthomas6244

Жыл бұрын

Can i ask, please I fortunately taught myself to play the original entertainer full performance ( this performance is very good 👍,)I just wondered what grade would the original entertainer be out of curiosity, thanks for sharing video.

@stuffwelove

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianthomas6244 about grade 5 😅

@adrianthomas6244

Жыл бұрын

@Stuff We Love thank u for the reply, and yes ragtime is great👍 too play

@stuffwelove

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianthomas6244 sorry for late response but, it’s alright mate happy to help 👍

What lucky grade 3 students :)

@britishgreen6868

Жыл бұрын

yep

@tollywoodteluguhub

Жыл бұрын

Yupp

@PreppyLia_playz

Жыл бұрын

I am grade 3 I am learning this songs😅

@PreppyLia_playz

Жыл бұрын

The songs are not rly easy tho-

@PreppyLia_playz

Жыл бұрын

I took a long time to learn😅

I'm on grade 3 piano music and you are very helping me out play thisbsong. I used to think its hard but after you I played so gracefully. Thankyou for uploading this

@masterkeyz959

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your lovely comment, Artillity… I’m glad you are finding these videos helpful and best of luck learning your exam pieces! 😁🙏

Love this song

if only this piece was in my grade 3 exam back then Ahaha

@floweringflora2358

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that I get to play this 4 my exam lol

@yanmeiding7974

Жыл бұрын

@@floweringflora2358 same I’m playing this song too it’s so fun

It's crazy how someone with lots of experience makes it look like there hand is hardly travelling at all. Then here is me feeling like my fingers are doing the long jump to make the bass notes 😅

Thank you for your help

Thanks just because of you I passed 123grades

I loooooooooooove this piece 😊😊😊😊

Just starting grade 3 bit nervous tbh but exited cuz I’ve always wanted to play this piece

@cheesyburgergaming7183

25 күн бұрын

Same 😊

when i start grade 3 im gonna definitely do this for my c piece

lovely piece MASTER KEYS 😊😊😊🎉🎉😊😊😊

@AaAa-gp2hd

25 күн бұрын

Nice

@AaAa-gp2hd

25 күн бұрын

what

Best example i ever heard

I'm going to do this one!

@HermioneGranger1981

3 ай бұрын

You should I’m doing it and its reallllly fun but also challenging

@sherlykamaludin3066

2 ай бұрын

Same

OMG thank you!!! ❤❤❤❤ This brings joy to our hearts 🎉🎉🎉

@masterkeyz959

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🤩🙏

@le4weid9

11 ай бұрын

@@masterkeyz959i love your videos

Quite surprise that ABRSM took The Entertainment as exam piece. Thought ABRSM used to choose unfamous song as exam piece

@estherjen

Жыл бұрын

Starting with their release of the 2021-2022 syllabus, ABRSM now strives to choose a wider and more diverse range of repertoire so that there is "something for all." I believe this song is part of the effort.

@RY-fe3rt

9 ай бұрын

*Entertainer

@snoopyjian0130

9 ай бұрын

DC + DA

Easy after listening!

Thank you so much❤

I can play It at correct speed and this is my favourite grade 3 piece!

Fantastic 😊😊

@masterkeyz959

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁🙏

thanks for this video,its helping me with my exam!

I am also grade 3

This is just beautiful❤

Nice song

This helped a lot for my piano exams :)

Im Practicing The Entertainer And My Speed Needs A Lot Of Work, So Thanks A Lot👍

Thank you so much for this video❤ I did this for my grade 3 exam and i got 30/30 for this song

@masterkeyz959

2 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s very very impressive, well done! 🤩👍

I am so choosing 4 my c piece it’s absolutely amazing🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

BEST PIANO PLAYER EVER YES MASTER KEYS?

i love how his hands came from the dark

I can do it too because of youb😊😊

Thanks for the info

Tysm

Iam learning this piece in my class right now

Wow thank you so much Masterkeys!Your wonderful playing has helped me lots!

@masterkeyz959

5 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome, and thanks for watching! 😁🙏

I love this song so happy it'll be in my exam

so good

I love it

Wonderful song😁

Thx:)

I’m doing this exam so this will be fun :)

@tollywoodteluguhub

Жыл бұрын

Same

Your videos are the best

i have my grade 3 in two weeks and this has helped me loads in the bits i am struggling on

@masterkeyz959

11 ай бұрын

I’m happy to hear you are finding these videos helpful… good luck with your exam preparations! 🤩👍

@DailyRepost

6 ай бұрын

bruh

Wow

great choice abrsm

I love ur vids and songs.

İts a very fun song to play its a bit hard but when you learn it it’s so fun

Regret not choosing it but I’m still going to learn it

@ThatAviaitonFanYT

Күн бұрын

Same lol

Only if I could play this… I’m stuck at Grade 6 Prelude in C sharp minor…

❤ you are smart🎉😊

I love your videos

From the exam pieces, the first three notes for the second stave played with the left-hand index finger isn't it?

This man is a master with pianos

I love this song

nice 😃

I like this song ❤

When did you start playing piano master key?

i remembered my grade 3 songs were never this easy hahaha! At grade 4 the contestants last time already played Bumblebee, Fantasia and Mendellsohn's Rondo Capricciosso Op 14.

TYSM! I'm working on this piece for my grade 3 C.

wow

Amazing that my 8 year old girl can play this

I’m learning this song!

@mommyblogger4652

Жыл бұрын

me too! so difficult 😞

@lll6196

Жыл бұрын

@@mommyblogger4652 agree!

Tysm I needed to know the tune to play it 😅😅

I'm a grade 3 and I like it😊

How do you film like this? I got my Grade 1 recently and visual learning is my forte. I'm watching and listening to your videos to prepare for Grade 3. Thank you very much

oh noo i did the grade 3 syllabus just before this one so i missed this piece 😭😭

OMG thank you!then it is so cute

Hi Master Keyz, may I know why the left hand does not play together with the right in the beginning as stated on the score?

@masterkeyz959

Жыл бұрын

Hi Adeline, the fingering suggestion at the beginning of this piece was something I felt was a little unnecessary, so I chose to play each of those three phrases with my right hand only, but you can of course choose to play the first note of bars 1, 2 & 3 with your left hand if you prefer. (as written) Sometimes the suggested fingering in books isn’t always the only way (or best way) to this play phrases. On the introduction of the original version it actually has all the notes of those first three bars played in the right hand - and the left hand plays the same idea an octave lower.

@stuffwelove

Жыл бұрын

@@masterkeyz959 yes, thanks for clarifying

I'm choosing it for my grade 3

To get into music gcse, I have to be able to play piano at a grade three level. If I played this to my teacher would that probably get me in? Thanks :)

❤

Sounds so simple yet beautiful. Lucky grade 3 people😂😂😂😂

At first Idilike the song but now i like it so much🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😮

It is so good😊🎉🎉🎉 1:03

This is a pretty good rendition of the arrangement. Just think a bit of variation in the articulation of the ragged bass might be in order. I see what you’re trying to do, making the bass and harmony sound like separate lines, but there’s more nuance to it than just making every note detached.

I use left hand index finger for the 1st, 8th, 15th note.

I am doing this😊😊

The f sharps second half. Are they all or are they not all sharpened. They are meant to be sharpened till naturalised. Unsure totally on this

I remember learning some of this from my piano idk that was a grade 3 piece

I'm currently learning this song, and it's SO FUN!

I went to pick my c piece when i was 9 last year and i already new it a different way

I'm grade 3 piano too

Thank you, MasterKeyz! I’m currently working on my Grade 3 piano exam and this video helped me a lot! ❤😊

@masterkeyz959

Жыл бұрын

You’re most welcome, and thanks for watching! 🤩🙏

@Jade-cq8id

Жыл бұрын

SAME

@whoisvaee

Жыл бұрын

I guess we're all in the same boat

@user-hv8ys1wp2k

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@user-ry5ie9tr8f

8 ай бұрын

Same

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for the video, it has been really helpful and my exam is soon. Is this the normal tempo for this piece? I think i have been practising playing it way too fast as im pretty sure the original is a bit faster than this.

Tysm I legit got the entire song's rythm wrong until I saw this vid 😭

@improvingguitarist1595

Жыл бұрын

Wait how does that even sound?

@leannetan5119

Жыл бұрын

@@improvingguitarist1595 wdym?

You 3rd graders are lucky

I'm probably gonna fail my exam because of this song, I only lernt the first page and first line of the scond page, it's pretty fun to play, but I'm worried about the left hand 😭😭😭

One second, can anyone tell me in the music sheet if *the first 3 bars* After *D, E, C, A...* Now! are there *two A's?* Yeah there are but in the video it's not there 😵 Do we have to play *two A's* or just *one A* as given in the video? Someone, please *tell me as fast as you can!*

I’m currently working on this😭

For dis song from bar 24 to 36 Is so different

🎉🎉🎉😊

🎉

im doing it, syncopation is so hard.

I took grade 3 in 2022 and the 2023 and 2024 grade 3 students get my fav song 😂😢

It’s somewhat entertaining

Who picked the song of twilight 😀 explain your experience if you have done the left hand and right hand 👏 bc if u have done it with no mistakes I praise u

@bethzolin6046

6 ай бұрын

I love Song of Twilight. It’s hard, but beautiful. I’m learning piano as a very later starter, in my 70s. I’ve zero natural talent, and it takes me forever to learn a piece. I have to read the music - can’t remember a thing, and the scales are a nightmare as I so often forget which one I’m doing, even in the middle of it! After years of practice, I managed grade one this year (and was stunned to manage a distinction despite making errors in all three of my pieces - a distinction only achieved my getting full marks in the aural - the one section where you don’t play a note!). Nevertheless, because it takes me so long to learn anything, I find it best to work on the next grade very slowly alongside the current grade, almost as a supplementary exercise. I’m taking Grade 2 in February, but have been very slowly running grade 3 alongside it, just working on the fingering, and at a very basic level. As it happens Twilight has come along really quickly - far better than expected, as has the Vivace ( let’s not mention the rest!). By this time next year it should be ok - even with its manic level of pedalling, ready for me to do the exam at the end of 2024 or the start of 2025. As soon as the new grade 4 comes out, next spring, I’ll buy that and start working on it, expecting to take that exam the following year. But all credit to those studying grade 3 who are doing Hansel and Gretal - the amount of key changes - tough ones too - is insane.

If only this song was in my grade 3 exam pieces back then 😢😂

@SanaSakthivel

Жыл бұрын

What grade r u in now?

0:55

I’m trying grade 3 and I can’t even play this at 0.5 speed 😢

@diegomora1238

Ай бұрын

It's ok

@diegomora1238

Ай бұрын

I get it lol. I used to be stuck on grade 2 lol but now I'm in grade

@Icecream-wd7qu

Ай бұрын

Don't worry bro, practice makes perfect. I've been practising this piece for more than a year now good luck for your exam.

@LCPLteef

12 күн бұрын

Don’t worry you’ll get there I was stuck on this for like 7 months