

This course features in-depth eBooks that contain 200 video lessons and 500 audio lessons.
RAGTIME PLAY HOW TO
Consisting of 9 eBooks, Piano for All helps you learn how to play everything from Ballads and Pop music to Blues, Jazz and Ragtime.

If you’re interested in learning how to play Ragtime piano, then you may want to consider the Piano for All course. While this may seem like a lot, how ragtime plays their chords is the reason that virtually any piece can be “rag-ified” by applying certain techniques and improvisations. The melodies are consistently played through octave pairings and then the arpeggios follow these octaves. Rather than playing some simple chords, ragtime likes to break them down and play them as separate notes. The techniques we will discuss in the next section are meant to enhance these chords but will also shed some light on why major chords are preferred to minor or harmonic. Instead, ragtime tends to use more major sounding chords to create a light, airy, and fun sound. Ragtime is more of a swing style and can be considered bluesy or jazzy, however it tends to lack the constant dissonance and grunge of these styles. Exercise 2: Listen to Ragtime Regularlyīefore we discuss the techniques and steps that will lead you to be playing ragtime in no time, it’s important to understand the basis of ragtime (and really most piano styles): the chords.Step 3: Learning More Advanced Rag Rolls.Piano For All Teaches You Ragtime Piano.
