Maple Leaf Rag on a Real HONK TONK Piano

Maple Leaf Rag on a Real HONK TONK Piano | Vinheteiro

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2 жыл бұрын

I played Maple Leaf Rag on a real honky tonk piano. It is my old 1887 piano. This piano is worn out, full of imperfections. But it's in excellent condition for its age, which makes me happy to record period songs like Maple Leaf Rag on it. Other songs by Scott Joplin are also very good on this piano. Hope you like it!

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@BlakeTheDrake 2 жыл бұрын

Somehow, I felt inexplicably surprised that he managed to get through that entire piece without being forced to hide inside the piano to avoid a comedically-escalating saloon-fight.

@anonygent 2 жыл бұрын

LOL.

@HaloInverse 2 жыл бұрын

_[ fight abruptly stops ] [ a few beats of silence ]_ *"'EY! PIANNY MAN!* Git outta there and keep playin!" _[ pianist slowly peeks out of piano, sees everyone in the saloon glaring at him, some reaching for sidearms ]_ _[ Maple Leaf Rag resumes ] [ saloon brawl resumes, explosively ]_

@HrLBolle 2 жыл бұрын

@@HaloInverse nice

@almishti 2 жыл бұрын

...while not missing a beat or a false note.

@lepepperoni3369 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that in saloon fights, there’s a rule where you can’t shoot at or near the pianist

@13StJimmy 2 жыл бұрын

You know it’s a complex piece when Vinheteiro doesn’t play it while staring into your sole I’m glad Scott Joplin is being more and more recognized as one of the greats he truly is

@andybaldman 2 жыл бұрын

Why is he staring at my foot?

@leejustme885 2 жыл бұрын

Let him be it's better when he's not stirring at me😂😂 or is it. 😂

@Dan_Moller 2 жыл бұрын

Scott's pieces have very very jumpy left hands. If you don't look at your jumps, you gotta be a reaaally great and used to his pieces.

@whatchaseehoppy 2 жыл бұрын

@@andybaldman your fish, actually

@dankr7009 2 жыл бұрын

Maple leaf rag isn't complicated imo. It's the jumps in the left hand that makes him look at the keys pretty sure.

@martinmassera9386 2 жыл бұрын

You know its a hard piece when vinheteiro is actually looking at the instrument he is playing

@saltlemon9191 4 ай бұрын

only the left hand jumps in the trio require you to look at the piano

@Isnogood12 2 жыл бұрын

I've always been a big fan of ragtime and I think Joplin fully deserves his place along the great composers in history.

@w13rdguy 2 жыл бұрын

Hear! Hear!

@freewheeler1728 2 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@rolandmeyer3729 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you will hear it only occasionally on today's airwaves.

@weegie3343 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@moni1356 2 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin’s music was among my favorite to learn as a pianist. I liked this cause I closed my eyes & imagined being in a tiny old school club hearing someone play that good ragtime 🥰

@mattiadellamico888 2 жыл бұрын

A special comment

@artkrasniqi5693 2 жыл бұрын

Im a violinist but my dying dream is learning good old Joplins ragtime

@sagar1992 2 жыл бұрын

@think differently Bruh

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

@@sagar1992 I HATE when I get misdirected to some dammed troll video. 😒

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I "dig" Janis, Scott is the Joplin I REALLY dig! It was awesome to hear this on a period correct instrument! - Any imperfections in it (from well played use, not damage) likely is as close as one can get to the ACTUAL sound of this tune as heard in the early 20th Century!

@LtKernelPanic 2 жыл бұрын

Wait he’s not only looking at the keyboard but has the sheet music too? Congratulations to Mr. Joplin for pulling off a near impossible feat!

@FIREBRAND38 2 жыл бұрын

Wait? You think the guy playing the piano is Scott Joplin?

@LtKernelPanic 2 жыл бұрын

Not at all. If I have to explain the joke it's not funny.

@MrPzyt 2 жыл бұрын

Most likely new to his repertoire. Wait few months, and he will play it while staring into camera. If only rehersed enough. I have noticed one or two minute moments of hesitation.

@paradoxmo 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty common, to have the music on the desk in case of a memory lapse. This piece is very hard to play without looking at the hands, the left hand jumps are very difficult

@Cyclically 2 жыл бұрын

This isn’t classical, he’d obviously just sightread this since he probably didn’t even practice this enough to perform by heart unlike classical pieces.

@BirdYoumans 2 жыл бұрын

Apropos. Joplin's music just transports us to another time and place. Nice on that old piano! He and Sousa were certainly two defining influences of that age. The ragtime king and the march king.

@seanleith5312 2 жыл бұрын

Every art form, once got in hands of Americans, turns shit. The snooker becomes pool, sculpture becomes golden toilet, piano masterpiece is rug/rag. It's sad.

@BirdYoumans 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanleith5312 Depends of course on how you look at it, but there is a kernel of truth to what you say. However, no matter what country you are from, there is always music that will define certain periods of time. And of course, one persons trash can be another persons treasure. People are just people and time doesn't change that very much at all.

@sgtpetergreen 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanleith5312 dude what the fuck? Lmao

@whinto 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanleith5312 Who asked? You seem salty for no real reason.

@matthewiskra771 2 жыл бұрын

But is so sad that there were so many composers, and in the end, two decades of music is distilled into... Sousa and Joplin. At least we remember Mozart's contemporaries.

@BrBill 2 жыл бұрын

In the late 1980s I was on a skiing trip, staying in Durango, Colorado. One of the bars in Durango had a guy playing ragtime all night on a piano that sounded like this and I wanted to never leave. Scott Joplin literally lifted an entire genre of music into being with his talent and skill, and I love the sound. Thanks.

@kevinsnell1622 2 жыл бұрын

My dad played the accordion and my mother the piano. My dad would come home from work and chop out the Maple Leaf Rag on my mothers piano and he got to where he could play it very well over time. Fond memories. He is gone now, but this helped me remember.

@petertenoven3282 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing :)

@marioionion2 2 жыл бұрын

I think now I would try on the accordion

@Lady_A.R.Browne 2 жыл бұрын

MY GREAT GRAND UNCLE PLAYED MANY INSTRUMENTS FROM BANJO TO ACCORDEON. HE TOO WOULD COME TO HIS SISTER'S HOUSE AND PLAY FOR ME. THEN GRANDMA WOULD JOIN (SHE PLAYED PIANO). I REMEMBERED THIS PIECE BY MR. JOPLIN SCOTT. IT WAS ALSO PLAYED IN BLACK & WHITE TV SHOWS LIKE CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND CINEMA 8MM FILMS THAT MY GREAT GRAND UNCLE OWNED. THOSE WERE DAYS OF CAREFREE LIVING. ❤❤❤❤❤🐑🙏📖

@MopBucket1014 2 жыл бұрын

I think of my grandfather when I here the Entertainer

@b6schilke996 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@peterward2275 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Master, for playing a whole piece!

@tctc0nsulting 2 жыл бұрын

I too, enjoyed your spending a more substantial time with one tune. Please offer us more. Snippets are interesting, however, I would more enjoy listening to your playing at greater length.

@Perl_Kolesnikova1943 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo!! 👏👏👏👏

@sherrybirchall8677 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew TheMaple Leaf Rag had so many sections!

@IstasPumaNevada 2 жыл бұрын

@@sherrybirchall8677 Same!

@debmc2291 2 жыл бұрын

@@sherrybirchall8677 I didn't either.

@ratboygenius 2 жыл бұрын

So fun! Those poor people in 1887 were missing the top three notes of the piano.

@educat1on166 2 жыл бұрын

bite of 87??! golden freddy bit those off for sure

@therealvbw 2 жыл бұрын

but did they have the magic and the mystery of potato knishes?

@jenipapinde148 2 жыл бұрын

Rat Boy, the man, the legend

@Scoon83 2 жыл бұрын

Where did they put them?

@WarpRulez 2 жыл бұрын

Maple Leaf Rag was published in 1899.

@TheJesusFreeke 2 жыл бұрын

My brother learned this and went on to become a great pianist. One of my fondest memories with him is when we went to the Scott Joplin Museum and he played this on the piano there. So, so good on this piano, too! 1887? Awesome!

@tonymccarthy6713 2 жыл бұрын

I love Scott Joplin's music, beautifully performed on this original piano.

@abdiver12 2 жыл бұрын

I feel as if I'm in an Old West saloon listening to this. A toast to Scott Joplin and Vinheteiro!

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

"This piano is worn out, full of imperfections." In other words, on THIS instrument, It sounds like it would have to the great majority of the Ragtime audience, Circa 1906 or so! 👍😊👍

@Mnnvint 2 жыл бұрын

No, back then those pianos would have been new and in much better condition... pianos deteriorate with age, unfortunately, which is part of why it's so cheap getting an old piano.

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mnnvint A piano in a "honky tonk" would likely NOT have been new or in the best condition. That was my point. People in the early 20th century were not hearing Ragtime on a Steinway in a concert hall, They heard it on old instruments in old bars in Mississippi somewhere.

@nowhereman7813 2 жыл бұрын

They deliberately removed the felt from the hammers and drove carpet tacks into them to increase the volume in those old dance halls or honky tonks as they were called. The term honky tonk piano is a propper noun as much as a verb.

@CoolKoon 2 жыл бұрын

@@nowhereman7813 "They deliberately removed the felt from the hammers and drove carpet tacks into them" - I think that that's complete BS.

@CoolKoon 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mnnvint "back then those pianos would have been new and in much better condition..." - Well, not really. A piano tuner probably almost never saw those things plus in a place full of people and cigarette smoke (i.e. big humidity changes and a big source of pollution) probably meant that the pianos' tuning deteriorated rather quickly anyway.

@username12342 2 жыл бұрын

It’s as if the spirit of every musicians song he plays comes and plays for him! Amazing

@Isnogood12 2 жыл бұрын

Lord Vinheteiro is the piano-shaman. You can see from his eyes there is no soul in his body, only the musical masters of yesteryear.

@michaelhansmagbojos8406 2 жыл бұрын

I like this nostalgic piano sound. You can determine if the piano is classic and modern. Classic ones or the older one has that tingly thing in your ear when you hear it.

@yeudler41 2 жыл бұрын

They don't always have "that tingly thing" though. Sometimes the strings sound "warmer" and less fresh, and less crisp (due to the decline of the mute hammers). On some of the notes on my piano, I can kind of hear the hammers moving.

@Lyserdigi 2 жыл бұрын

@@yeudler41 ..and sometimes, even tho older pianos, are just on tune....

@phillippatryndal4255 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lyserdigi I didn't know that was allowed :P

@michaelhansmagbojos8406 2 жыл бұрын

@@yeudler41 I completely agree.

@phookadude 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they have push pins in the felt to make it twang. Others are modified with a sort of fringe curtain with rivets on it that can be lowered between the hammers and strings.

@Scorpious187 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that he's not looking away from the piano means this song is really hard. My son played this for a piano recital, I feel validated in his choice of piece now. XD

@elgatogaming4198 2 жыл бұрын

The left hand accompany in this piece is insane (especially the jumps).

@thomascraig6814 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a pianist. This piece is super hard. My forearms burn when playing it; like it’s quite a mental and physical workout. Lol.

@freewheeler1728 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomascraig6814 wow I felt exactly the same - I've always thought the pain in my arms after playing this piece was all 'cause my skill isn't enough, but now I figure that's not true! (btw Joplin the Great always said "it's never right to play ragtime fast", but who would listen to him? LOL)

@sarkarpianist5540 2 жыл бұрын

@@freewheeler1728 Do you try to play it as fast as possible?

@CoolKoon 2 жыл бұрын

"The fact that he's not looking away from the piano means this song is really hard." - Indeed it is, yeah.

@Sally4th_ Жыл бұрын

I've loved this piece since my piano teacher tried to stop me learning it because it wasn't "proper" music. I never did get the hang of those jumping left-hand chords and am envious of how effortless you make it look. Bravo, sir :)

@ScottGLloyd 2 жыл бұрын

My Grandpa, who was born in 1902 and heard Maple Leaf Rag when it was "new", used to play this for me as a child on his honky tonk piano. As a result, I quickly grew to love Ragtime music and Scott Joplin rags in particular. I own a 1904 Aeolian player just so I can hear "MLR" just the way Joplin played it in 1900. Today, I am nearing retirement and look forward to dedicating my remaining time on earth to learning how to play this magic tune. Vinheterio may well be my instructor for this one!

@TimothyBrewer-rl8dz 4 ай бұрын

How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? Because the fact that your grandpa was born in 1902 blows my mind!

@mrdappernature8861 4 ай бұрын

My grandfather was born in 1893 and Im 40..lol...sadly he died a year after I was born. Served in WW1 and his sons served in WW2. Crazy how that works. He couldn't read or write but he made it work. Built his house on his own which is standing today.

@jimsvideos7201 2 жыл бұрын

Joplin was a man who certainly knew how to make the best use of both hands.

@Lordimur 2 жыл бұрын

That music was my late father's go - to. Almost cried when I heard it. Funny what still hits the heart after the years.

@williamnethercott4364 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I love Maple Leaf Rag and to hear it played well on a period piano is just perfect.

@ronfullerton3162 2 жыл бұрын

My folks enjoyed many types of music and passed this down to my sisters and myself. Mom would play this on her piano from time to time, and Dad would be sitting and listening and tapping his toe right along with the music. Thirty years or so later, when everyone was getting cellphones, I looked through the possible ring tones, and my phone had the "Maple leaf Rag" as a ring tone. Done! Never heard another phone with that ring tone until I got together with one of my sisters and her family. The "Maple leaf Rag" started playing, but it wasn't my phone. Yep, it was my sister's phone. Thanks Mom and Dad for giving us a love for such a range of music!

@criterion3836 2 жыл бұрын

This is the longest time i see him not staring into my soul

@minigolfkid 2 жыл бұрын

the quality of the playing is just about the same as the stare: soul-boring and perfect.

@coramorgan406 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful!!! I was just talking about being western outlaws and playing old ragtime in an old saloon on an old piano and this immediately popped up 😂♥️♥️♥️ Love you Vin!

@Pythonaria 2 жыл бұрын

Computer: "I hear ya...there you go". 🤣

@bigstyleart 2 жыл бұрын

This is quite possibly my favorite arrangement of sound, ever. This has been my favorite song since birth, 1973, when The Sting was very popular. Hearing you play this on this instrument is as good as it gets. Thank you, Sir.

@gymnasiast90 2 жыл бұрын

This is lovely! Also very happy you’re posting full-length pieces again and not only snippets. 👍

@toddnewsom8129 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing music with us, especially with your brilliant twist of humor. I just read about Scott Joplin. Fascinating fellow.

@lionhunter1296 2 жыл бұрын

I really thank you for this great video! I love the maple leaf rag and to get the opportunity to hear it on an old piano like that is just perfect! Thank you so much.

@maggividdiersvocool Ай бұрын

This is my favorite recording of the Maple leaf rag. It is played better than all the other recordings combined and the piano sound so awesome. I keep listening to this every once in a while because it brings a smile to my face and makes my day

@wftoney1 2 жыл бұрын

From an aged guitarist to a virtuoso; you, Sir, are amazing.

@standoughope 2 жыл бұрын

I need more of you playing from a distance via strings!

@timothyvanderschultzen9640 2 жыл бұрын

Such a happy piece of music!

@pedroballadares5253 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot of for this interpretation of this melody from the past , but it never get old!👍🏼🤓

@augiegirl1 2 жыл бұрын

My mom (who was a piano education MAJOR in college) has the Reader's Digest “Great Music’s Greatest Hits” piano book. When I was a kid, this is one of the songs she would play from that book (although it isn't the WHOLE SONG), & my brother & I would dance in the living room!

@royst.george7328 2 жыл бұрын

I have "GMGH", as wel as many other RD Songbooks, and LOVE to play Dan Fox's arrangement of "Maple Leaf Rag" on my Allen church organ - with full Tremulants. It sure is fun!

@danjordan1979 2 жыл бұрын

I love this piece of music!! Scott Joplin was a genius!

@adrianjohnson7920 9 ай бұрын

How gloriously raffish this instrument sounds! SO atmospheric. . . . . .Love it. . .

@eriksatieofficiel 2 жыл бұрын

This classic will never get old.

@BlondieSL 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds amazing! What a gorgeous piano, from a time when beauty was not just the sound, but the style. Lovely! 🎹🎼🎶🎵🔉🔊

@purelypiano7493 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Something about pianos like these make ragtime so fun. Great playing!

@andream6533 2 жыл бұрын

Hope to hear more Joplin on this piano!

@mattiadellamico888 2 жыл бұрын

How i love rag-time, it’s always been one of my “grow up” styles; and i’m fond of it. Wonderful performance!

@mydogbullwinkle 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man this brings back some memories! My dad had this decade-long fixation with Scott Joplin when I was a kid, and he'd play Maple Leaf and Fig Leaf on his piano just about every day.

@heidimark 2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite songs to listen to. Thank you for performing the entire piece!!!

@RobMacKendrick 2 жыл бұрын

This now my favourite Joplin performance. Takes you right back to the era.

@lauriemasters5596 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! And you do it so well! Thank you

@markkeller9378 Жыл бұрын

Man that sounds soooo good on that piano…wow!! Love it! Great playing Lord!

@nelsons1129 2 жыл бұрын

You are the greatest, fun to watch, and highly skilled, never seen anyone like you. Something to be proud of, keep it up!!!

@sardaukar2809 2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't stare at us, meaning this must be complex to play😉😉 great video!

@nhtom8 2 жыл бұрын

The white tie really made it... Very crisp playing. It's always a joy to hear a professional play.

@akcel1211 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job Maestro !

@roxaabraham6781 2 жыл бұрын

Good to my ears. Good to my souls.

@weathermannax416 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!!!! I wished you had more videos like this.

@razterizer Жыл бұрын

I’ve always loved Scott Joplin’s awesome rags. Well played sir!

@HM2SGT 2 жыл бұрын

It’s just some thing fun, innocent, optimistic and cheerful about ragtime. Thank you for gifting me with this great rendition of a favourite!

@davidyeets5743 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite piano piece ever it's so catchy I could listen to it for hours without getting bored

@billzemon8628 7 ай бұрын

IT was a real pleasure to hear the entire piece played all the way through including the repeats. And no, he was reading the music, the full piece goes on a couple more pages. Good work, excellent tempo.

@williamwills225 2 жыл бұрын

Superb. Classic music at its finest.

@TheNo1Becky 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great sound! Also great to hear you play an entire piece of music! More please!!! 😀👍😀

@ilse4125 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You made my day a happy day ❤️

@glennk1931 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo sir! Absolutely perfect. 👍

@jonathanowen9917 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo! I absolutely love this Scott Joplin piece.

@judithfejedelem1754 2 жыл бұрын

Pure joy!

@iangillett2488 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, really enjoyed hearing a piece played from start to finish 😊

@monkeytennis7477 2 жыл бұрын

Splendid music! Wow just amazing 👍👍👍👍👍

@mattsun9765 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That piano is perfect for this song too!

@nicolajones726 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing I love Scott Joplin thank you my Lord 🙏x

@markday3145 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite pieces of music. I just love the way it sounds on that piano.

@ruanmachado6922 2 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin sound real good in a old piano.

@LaudCranium 2 жыл бұрын

authentic sound [i imagine]. Scott Joplin compositions are dear to my heart. thank you bob

@clarewatson1763 Жыл бұрын

I love this guy. He is so good at playing the piano that I just want him to be my piano teacher.

@ruanmachado6922 2 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin sempre soará melhor em um piano antigo e desafinado.

@valerietaylor9615 9 ай бұрын

E verdade.

@user-rj8iv1zi1s 2 жыл бұрын

This never get old!

@bigunone 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo Maestro, Bravo! 👍👍

@muffs55mercury61 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite ragtime tune. I think I've known this tune since I was maybe 4. Your performance is out of this world. I loved it !!

@leazo 2 жыл бұрын

Mannn I love these old pianos! Awesome work bro 👍

@komitadjie 2 жыл бұрын

Man, those tunes and the sound of that old piano just fit together so darn well. I regret this kind of music isn't common any more, it'd beat the heck out of the piped-in stuff in restaurants and stuff we have today!

@vincevortex9216 2 жыл бұрын

I just watch your older version of maple rag yesterday and keep listening to it as my favorite. And now theres another version of it. What a coincidence

@bathraxgrimtoad2229 2 жыл бұрын

I love Scott Joplin. Thanks for this piece.

@havilanpereiramiranda1960 2 жыл бұрын

Abraços a você nosso Compatriota do Brasil, Parabéns o seu talento é incrível e representa muito bem nossa Nação 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@veb6814 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful music!

@thedanalyzationer9888 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most classic pieces of music, and just such a fun tune!

@kjsgarden 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice!! Ragtime is such a fun genre. ☺️

@ArabianShalifa 2 жыл бұрын

The way it was meant to be played! Simply beautiful! So Those piano sound a bit tinny but you play so well it was wonderful!

@AllYourBaseAreBelongToU5 2 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin was brilliant.

@tedmiles2110 2 жыл бұрын

I 've been listening to Scott Joplin for decades! He is so wonderful!

@MattiK2609 2 жыл бұрын

Forever and ever my favourite ragtime song. Never ceases to put a smile on my face whenever I hear it :D

@timw1971 2 жыл бұрын

Great rendition. I used to play this, but haven't for 20 years. Wouldn't know where to start now! Well done, sir.

@mrmoose6619 2 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing

@BarnacleGonzo613 2 жыл бұрын

What fun! Thank you sharing this wonderful video!

@HelmutPolischer 2 жыл бұрын

Superb. KZfaq has brought so many talented musicians to the world stage, and I'm really thankful for the opportunity to witness their virtuosity.

@JohnNathanShopper 2 жыл бұрын

💛Actually one of my favorite recordings of Maple Leaf Rag. Damn, Lord Vinheteiro, you’ve been holding back until now

@CrazyFox34Gaming 2 жыл бұрын

You know a song is hard when Vinheteiro has to look at the piano and use sheet music.

@dreamerk24m 2 жыл бұрын

I forgot how many times I listened to this beautiful playing. Thank you for playing.

@pianoboogie51 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great tune, old pianos have great personalities

@Sodabowski 2 жыл бұрын

You bet we like it! It would be awesome if you recorded Scott's whole production to share with us 🥺😍

@pnatwick 2 жыл бұрын

My mentor did just that. First black guy to do so. William Appling, who chose to ‘go back to the original recipe.’

@victor_sztuka 2 жыл бұрын

Great composition and playing👍 Bravo👏

@intrepid5144 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, for a "worn out" piano, that sounds FANTASTIC! And totally Perfect for that song!!

@charliejacobs8762 2 жыл бұрын

You sir are simply great,plus I love ragtime music. I could listen as long as you play. Thank you.

@felixccaa 2 жыл бұрын

I love Ragtime, specially Scott Joplin's I wish for a little series here with that special piano