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The short answer
Eugenia is a rag by Scott Joplin from the Ragtime era.
- rag
- Ragtime
- hand independence
- syncopation
History
Eugenia was first published in 1906, in the middle of Joplin's early-twentieth-century piano-rag output. The available work catalog identifies it as a solo-piano rag.
Sources
What to listen for
The opening tune is doubled across registers and includes small chromatic steps. In the next window, the upper melody starts weaving through the lower track's regular bass-and-chord spacing. The tune should remain connected even where the note starts do not line up with the accompaniment.
How to practise it
- Practise the upper note beginning at quarter position 8.75 and lasting half a quarter against the lower bass at 9. Keep the upper note across that pulse rather than reattacking it.
- In the second window, keep lower octave pitches 34/46 and the following 53/58/62 chord equally spaced. Add the upper chromatic movement while keeping that accompaniment soft and predictable.
About this piece
- Collection
- The ragtime corner
- Licence
- Public Domain
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
