Great Piano Tunes

I was trying to remember the other Scott Joplin piano piece I used to play as a kid. Of course the most famous song of his (that just about everyone has heard) is The Entertainer, which many people mistakenly call, The Sting, since the song was used as the 1973 Robert Redford & Paul Newman movie’s theme.

I don’t love the bridge toward the end as much as the beginning part of the song, but Maple Leaf Rag is a terrific ragtime melody. Also I think that The Entertainer has a much better bridge. Anyway, this performance of the song by Glenn Hardy, as many commenters suggest, is played at the correct tempo. I love the interplay of major and minor chords in ragtime music.

Here are some more amazing piano songs…