Tom Brier plays Maple Leaf Rag in A, G, B, and as a waltz in B
(Originally published in A-flat.)
As well as people asking to hear Tom play Scott Joplin rags, I had one person specifically ask, "Can Tom play the Maple Leaf Rag?" Well, of course I knew he could, as I've heard him play it with other musicians (and, honestly, what ragtimer can't play it?) . I even participated in an after-hours four-piano rendition with Tom, Scott Kirby and the late Patrick Gogherty in the early 1990s when I could play it reasonably well.
However, I'd never actually heard Tom play it solo. The closest was hearing him play the song version (which is in E-flat) for a stage show on Joplin's life.
I mentioned this to Will Perkins, whom you see on the right, and Will commented that he'd never heard Tom play Maple Leaf solo either, so he asked Tom if he'd play it for us.
Of course, simply playing Maple Leaf Rag in the original key of A-flat would be boring, so Tom decided on a whim to play it in A natural. Then he shrugs and plays it again in G, before taxing himself by attempting to play it in the hardest key, B.
When I joked, "How about as a waltz?" he complied with an on-the-spot waltz rendition of the final strain, but still using the difficult key of B major.
So, to answer the question, "Can Tom play the Maple Leaf Rag?" Yes, he can. In what key and what time signature would you like?
Please see this follow-up video -- • Maple Leaf Rag in 12 k... -- in which he and a couple others play this in all 12 major keys and four different time signatures.
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wristwatch on the outside of the shirt, pro level
Finding him, and falling in love with his talent, and then hearing about his accident, now I’m crying. The world isn’t fair folks
I wonder how it must feel to understand music in such a superb way like this genius. Must have such a great sense of freedom and power when playing.
his left hand octaves are like a machine gun.
@giorgiopicker Last year, Tom played for a band on a piano that was a semitone flat. So he just played everything a half-step higher than written, even as he read the pages of tunes he hadn't memorized.
You can tell everybody in the room is just loving it. I really wish that Tom was healthy and playing the piano again like this.
i love the sound of a very aged piano, it give the song a"genuine rag" feeling.
dat watch over the sleeve.
If that ain't the most well kept neck beard I've ever seen...
It's really sad knowing Tom's condition now. I really pray he is able to get better so he can play and compose more pieces. Someone with talent like his doesn't deserve to be in a spot like that.
I can't get over the watch placement.....
This guy is disgustingly good.
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The last line of the description is fire: "So, to answer the question, "Can Tom play the Maple Leaf Rag?" Yes, he can. In what key and what time signature would you like?"
The fact that he can play this song in different keys show that he understands structure instead of relying on muscle memory.
Next video: Tom Brier defeats Thanos,
Imagine how many fucking lines of code he could write in a minute LOL
This, my friends, is talent.
This man is the only one acceptable to have a neckbeard
It's May 2024. No matter how many times I listen to this, I never get tired of it ...from Fort Worth, Texas