Scott Joplin: Ragtime King

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Scott JoplinRagtime King
His Music
Teachers Page
Beat Detective
Listening Guide

• By Paul Provencio and Joy Agre

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Scott Joplin - His Music

• What made RAGTIME music different from other
  music of the day?
• Simply put, it was the syncopated melodies
  played over a steady almost march-like background
  beat that made it different from traditional
  music.
• Film director George Roy Hill used Joplins
  music in his 1974 movie The Sting. After the
  film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best
  Musical Score, and Best Title Song, interest in
  ragtime music reached a new high.
• Ragtime music evolved into jazz and today
  Joplins music is enjoyed in every corner of the
  world.

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Scott Joplin - Exercises
Beat Detective
Listening
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Scott Joplin Beat Detective

• Objective Guess who is changing the beat.
• 1. Start music. Form a circle with one person in
  the middle.
• 2. Middle person closes eyes.
• 3. Teacher taps a student on head, the it.
• 4. It starts tapping steady beat or motions in
  time with the steady beat. Everyone copies it.
• 5. Person in middle tries to guess who is it.
  When middle person guesses, it becomes new
  middle
• beat detective. Game Linda
  Roberts

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Scott Joplin Listening Guide

• Suggested listening of Scott Joplins music would
  include the following
• Maple Leaf Rag (1899)
• The Entertainer (1902)
• Peacherine Rag (1901)
• Palm Leaf Rag-A Slow Drag ( 1903)
• Treemonisha (1911)
• The Sting Soundtrack (1973)

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Scott Joplin Teacher Page

• Read together the information about Scott
  Joplins music.
• Look at the Listening Guide to select a piece to
  play externally for the class while doing the
  Beat Detective exercise. Follow the directions
  given for Beat Detective.