Maple Leaf Rag Flashcards
1
Q
Who wrote the Maple Leaf Rag?
A
Scott Joplin
2
Q
What dance form does the Maple Leaf Rag take on?
A
Sectional dance form
3
Q
What style is Maple Leaf Rag?
A
Ragtime
4
Q
What’s happening with the right and left hand?
A
Right - syncopated
Left - steady
5
Q
How many bar sections are there and what do each of them have?
A
16 bars, each with its own strain (strains are verses w/ their own certain lengths)
6
Q
What key is this piece in?
A
A flat major
7
Q
Where does the trio section go?
A
to the subdominant, or d flat major
8
Q
How many sections are there and what are they?
A
4 sections, AA-BB-A-CC-DD
9
Q
What happens to each section before it moves on to the next?
A
Each section repeats before moving onto the next one
