At first, Joplin was a travelling musician, playing at various venues. Most of the time, he played in social clubs, where he gained most of his notoriety as a pianist. His style at the time was a new music form-Ragtime; Joplin was known as the “King of Ragtime” as his playing was the best liked. Even though Joplin was a master musician, he was …show more content…
The left hand mainly plays bass patterns, emphasizing the chords on the strong beats. The jagged rhythm comes from the syncopation style melody the right hand plays. This can be seen in almost all of Joplin’s rags. And among all of the ragtime artists from that time, Scott Joplin is the most prominent and has left a lasting impression. Scott Joplin can be considered as a Post-Romantic Impressionist, as his style of Ragtime lead into an era of Jazz and modern music.
In 1899, Joplin published his most famous ragtime: “Maple Leaf Rag”, it was known as one of the most iconic and famous ragtime’s ever made His other famous works are: “The Entertainer”, “Peachirine Rag”, and “The Easy Winners”. He has even published a ragtime manual named “School of Ragtime: 6 Exercises for the Piano” which are basic techniques of playing ragtime. At that time, Joplin was widely famous (early 1900’s) and his works were praised by