Moonlight Sonata, but make it ragtime

Never make me play ragtime again.
This arrangement makes extensive use of two powerful tools in the bebop arsenal: diminished chords and chromatic movement. The first full ragtime measures (M9-10) alternate between a Dbm triad and a Cdim7 chord, while M11 moves (mostly) chromatically (Db, B, Bb, A, Ab). Ab is the dominant of Db, so the resolution in M12 feels natural and earned.
The B section (M17-20) uses the famous arpeggios from the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata, but slowed down and simplified for my sausage fingers. By playing the arpeggios in C, Bb, and A, we create another chromatic path to Ab in M20, resolving again to Db for the reprise. The hard part wasn't necessarily the arpeggios themselves; it was playing them alongside the ragtime leaps in the left hand, while also mentally changing keys in quick succession.
I edited the MIDI roll (shame) in exactly two places: one to correct a finger slip at 0:53, and one to sound a chord my left hand missed a few seconds later. My sincere apologies to any purists in the audience.
sheet music: drive.google.c...
she/they pronouns btw

[@thatoddchristiangirl]

What the heck this is the definition of underrated

[@autumnchiu]

😇 glad you liked it!

[@avita9036]

this hurt so good

[@autumnchiu]

beethoven who

[@SnailBail69]

aint no way you only have 130 subs

[@autumnchiu]

right? so unfair

[@SnailBail69]

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[@jjvan]

moonshine sonata

[@girlswithgames]

hey thats pretty good
i wanne play cuphead now