The Cascades by Scott Joplin
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You have to practice ragtime music S-L-O-W. Imagine this S-L-O-W. No, S-L-O-W-E-R. It’s a terribly tedious thing. But if you don’t do that it’ll be totally sloppy when you play it at speed, and you’re left hand will be locked up and tense while it jumps around. S-L-O-W.
It’s a long process to work up a Joplin piece, but here! You can have the beginning of this one for now. Take two doses with a shot of brandy. Wear your top hat.
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