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The short answer
Something Doing is a rag by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden from the Ragtime era.
- rag
- Ragtime
- left hand leaps
- syncopation
Also known as Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden.
History
Something Doing was first published in 1903 and was co-written by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden. Its full subtitle identifies it as a 'Cake Walk March' and a 'Ragtime Two Step.'
Sources
What to listen for
The introduction's two tracks move together, but some notes are held across the regular pulse. The later upper tune breaks away above a lower bass-and-chord pattern. Keep the longer introductory notes alive so the melody does not sound like a row of disconnected short attacks.
How to practise it
- Count through the introductory notes that begin at quarter positions 0.75 and 1.25 and last 0.5 and 1.25 quarters. Do not shorten the latter merely because another beat has arrived.
- In the second window, prepare the lower transition from bass pitches 41/53 to chord pitches 57/60/65, then back to 48. Use a quiet, relaxed travel motion and add the upper tune only once the landings are reliable.
About this piece
- Collection
- The ragtime corner
- Licence
- Public Domain
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
