I'm so tired of Maple Leaf and other Joplin pieces being associated with saloons. Joplin wrote his first pieces a decade after the end of the Wild West era.
I’m always a little sad when this piece is played because it’s not as well known as the Entertainer. (And that Joplin is under-appreciated today). For me, Maple Leaf Rag is the superior composition and far more enjoyable to listen to.
@@kodachromatiche wrote so many good pieces, I don't think we have to rank them. What I like less about this piece is that the last two sections aren't as catchy as the first part. I wonder why in his rags he rarely repeats the first tune at the end - you'd think that would be the obvious thing to do.
Indeed brilliant, technically. But I actually would like it a tad slower and a bit more cesura between the notes to show more feeling, and maybe even a little nostalgia.. But then -- I'm always right. ;-)
What a wonderful natural talent. This young man has clearly been sitting at a piano for many years and loving it. It is always difficult to maintain the attention span of children long enough for them to achieve sufficient skill to hold that attention and progress. This young man has surpassed the skill level of many accomplished adults. Spectacular playing. I am so in awe of talent like this. I will watch his career with great interest. Best regards from the Giants Causeway coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️
Flawless. I too played the MapleLeaf around his age, perhaps a little older. For ol' skool pianist, it's like a benchmark. In a few years as he continues to play it he'll b able to accent it and express it that much deeper. LOVED watching him. So beautiful and excellent playing. From where does he hail?
You MUST make an appearance at the Scott Joplin Festival in his home town of Sedalia, Missouri!!!!! We were WOWED with the quality of the performers they had in 2023.
Observing the musical skill and proficiency this young man has attained at such a young age (note there's nothing on the music stand), it's highly likely that he will succeed at whatever vocation or avociation he pursues. Bravo!
My favourite Joplin piece, that was toe tappingly brilliant, what a talent you are young man, Mr Joplin would be pleased it's still being played almost 125 yrs after he wrote this piece. Thankyou👏👏👌
Not only being played after 125 years, but by a young boy in these days where the trending music the guys his age are listening to. that's double kudos for both the composer and the player.
This kid is SOOOOOO good I just don't have words for him. Without a doubt he has the gift and is sure making great use of it. Don't ever stop. You are destine for great things. All my best.... Jim
This is the first rag a played - I was 14, taught myself. Your playing gives his tune a nice relaxed happy and easy to listen to feel. He’s got a lot more - record them and put them up on RUclips!
Listened to this piece a couple of times (I play it) and two of his other posts. There’s no upper limit to Lynden’s piano possibilities. I hope he stays with it and receives all the gifts that only music can offer.
Rag time and boogie woogie are my two absolute favorite piano pieces - they cannot be played by "casual" pianists - they take lots of practice to get good at like this young man!
I appreciate very much Scott Joplin. Your interpretation is wonderful, with technic without forget nuances. When I listen that, I consider that I'm not a pianist! 🎹 😂
What an incredibly talented young man you are! I figured I would tune in for a few seconds and see what was what and I was transfixed! Your playing is intuitive and nuanced and accurate and easy. I predict you will have a wonderful future ahead of you. You have style and that isn’t something that can be taught. It comes with prowess and commitment. Congratulations! I’m a fan!
A flawless performance from a very gifted, talented and hard working boy!! I have personally never heard this piece played better, or with such colour, flare and personality!! Bravo!! You have a long and distinguished career ahead. How wonderful to have found your vocation at such a tender age!! May the Blessings of Our LORD be with you always. Amen 🙏🕊✝️🕊🛐🕊🙏
SCOTT JOPLIN was a very talented pianist. I wonder what he would say if he heard this being played, then saw the pianist playing was such a young talent.?
Lyndon, I really enjoyed listening to this! I replayed it a few times to enjoy it again! I hope you will go on. Your talent for and your dedication to music paves your way not only towards a musical career - I have seen quite a few friends with high musical talent and the discipine acquired in music pursue successful carreers in medicine, law, theology, and engeneering. I wish you all the best. You are at the enviable age to choose.
People watch his hands which are absolutely fantastic with the suppleness of someone who’s dedication stands out but don’t forget he’s using all four limbs as his feet are on two or perhaps three pedals. Excellent for such a young age❤️👏👍
Your playing is absolutely fantastic. I've been playing for 66 years, and can't even begin to sound as good as you do. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, and especially with me.
Your discipline and form at the keyboard are most studied and yet not unlike a ballet for the fingers. I have poor vision and often play with my eyes closed, but my training didn't lean toward discipline, or maybe that was me. I'm improvisational, perhaps by nature. Congratulations. I know how hard it is, but I also know the great joy of music. You're so young. Have a great life. I know you will.
Which translated means: Beautiful performance. Thank you. Amazingly played, my favorite melody. (BTW, I agree 100%. Such a classic, and it actually shows that you enjoyed playing it. Which may be true for a number of Joplin's songs, just fun for pianists of all ages.)
I was just thinking what a lovely home he lives in with his parents. A very lucky young man parents must be over the moon having a very talented and well adjusted son who has taken a gift he possesses and made it a reality.
What a joy to see him play and doing such a great job. One of my all time favorite songs. I told my wife that if I precede her I want that played slowly at my funeral.
When you accidentally hit the buff guy at the saloon
I'm so tired of Maple Leaf and other Joplin pieces being associated with saloons. Joplin wrote his first pieces a decade after the end of the Wild West era.
Lol
@@xamtastic - I guess we'll just have to get Hollywood to quit using them in westerns, then. :)
😅@@xamtastic
Well done lad, you are destined for great things.
This boy is committed to be willing to practice. No casual pianist can do this.
Well, thank you Captain Obvious! We would never have guessed that without your perceptive input!
@@DieFlabbergastWas it really neccessary to be rude / sarcastic? Kindness costs nothing! You're in my prayers!
@@DieFlabbergastwhat is YOUR problem?!
@@DieFlabbergast danggg
I'm sure it helps a great deal that he appears to thoroughly enjoy playing the piece.
These kids are amazing. That’s a secret code for “ I’m jealous as hell “. 🤣🤣🤣. Well played there young man. 👍👍
I LOVE Scott Joplin -- what a wonderful performance!
I’m always a little sad when this piece is played because it’s not as well known as the Entertainer. (And that Joplin is under-appreciated today). For me, Maple Leaf Rag is the superior composition and far more enjoyable to listen to.
@@kodachromatiche wrote so many good pieces, I don't think we have to rank them. What I like less about this piece is that the last two sections aren't as catchy as the first part. I wonder why in his rags he rarely repeats the first tune at the end - you'd think that would be the obvious thing to do.
He feels the music and he makes the listener feel it too! True musician!! 🎹
Indeed brilliant, technically. But I actually would like it a tad slower and a bit more cesura between the notes to show more feeling, and maybe even a little nostalgia.. But then -- I'm always right. ;-)
Enormous talent, a joy to listen to him
What a talented young man! An excellent rendition of Joplin's wonderful rag.
Your dedication and skill will be a source of joy to you and those around you for the rest of your life. Thank you for sharing it with us.
What a perfectionist this child is!
yes...and he is a great musician too !
god bless this talented kid. amazing
What a wonderful natural talent. This young man has clearly been sitting at a piano for many years and loving it. It is always difficult to maintain the attention span of children long enough for them to achieve sufficient skill to hold that attention and progress. This young man has surpassed the skill level of many accomplished adults. Spectacular playing. I am so in awe of talent like this. I will watch his career with great interest. Best regards from the Giants Causeway coast of Northern Ireland. 😀👍☘️
He's not even reading music! That's cool 😎
@@clairethemusician968well memorized. Getting the left and right hand timing just right to do this requires SKILL and TALENT!
He's not a "young man": he's a boy. It will be quite a few years yet before he becomes a man. This American English usage is simply creepy.
Flawless. I too played the MapleLeaf around his age, perhaps a little older. For ol' skool pianist, it's like a benchmark. In a few years as he continues to play it he'll b able to accent it and express it that much deeper. LOVED watching him. So beautiful and excellent playing. From where does he hail?
Terrific performance at any age. Stunning at this age.❤
That was really amazing. Excellent piano playing. 👍👍💯
And the piano is in superb shape to sound great. Is this a Knabe?
@@YouKnowTheyExist kawai?
A very accomplished pianist!
Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Scott Joplin would be amazed! Sounds like a player piano on fast speed.♥️🎹
Mr Joplin would be pleased.
Well played. Bravo
Great dynamics and phrasing especially in the first part. Really excellent performance!
Brilliant!❤
You MUST make an appearance at the Scott Joplin Festival in his home town of Sedalia, Missouri!!!!! We were WOWED with the quality of the performers they had in 2023.
Just wow!! Amazing!!
Keep practising, you are excellent.
This is one of the finest performances of the signature Joplin composition that I have ever heard. Bravo on a spotless rendition! 👏🏻👏🏻
I agree. It's not just impressive because he's young; it's well paced, lively and graceful.
Good fingers for his age, and a good feel for the piece, I would say. Keep going!
Beautiful mate, never stop playing.
And from memory, no less!
Best rendition of this I’ve ever heard. The perfect tempo, accuracy and clarity, and some dynamics. Bravo.
Wow!!! So young and so talented!
Observing the musical skill and proficiency this young man has attained at such a young age (note there's nothing on the music stand), it's highly likely that he will succeed at whatever vocation or avociation he pursues. Bravo!
BRAVO, young man!
Excellent performance! Nothing to add! Greatest performer at this age I have seen in a long time. Bravo!
Extremely well played and on such a beautiful piano.
Any song by Scott Joplin was at the top of the charts around 1910.
You Rock!
I am a fan of the Scott Joplin music and this boy does a great job
Beautifully played, thank you
Very smooth and beautifully executed! Loved every second of it! ❤
My favourite Joplin piece, that was toe tappingly brilliant, what a talent you are young man, Mr Joplin would be pleased it's still being played almost 125 yrs after he wrote this piece. Thankyou👏👏👌
Not only being played after 125 years, but by a young boy in these days where the trending music the guys his age are listening to. that's double kudos for both the composer and the player.
Amazing virtuosity for such a young man. Bravo!
His-body-language-says-it-all....he-loves-to-play-the-piano!!..😊
What can I say? Bloody brilliant!
I love the piano and the haircut it’s like a different edger
Magnificently played with vigour
This kid is SOOOOOO good I just don't have words for him. Without a doubt he has the gift and is sure making great use of it. Don't ever stop. You are destine for great things. All my best.... Jim
Killing it son! Keep up the good work ✔️
This is the first rag a played - I was 14, taught myself. Your playing gives his tune a nice relaxed happy and easy to listen to feel. He’s got a lot more - record them and put them up on RUclips!
Bravo!! Absolutely jaw dropping good!
Magnífica interpretacion propia de un pianista de élite!
Listened to this piece a couple of times (I play it) and two of his other posts. There’s no upper limit to Lynden’s piano possibilities. I hope he stays with it and receives all the gifts that only music can offer.
Very talented. Love it.
Amazing!! What a talented boy, you are!!😃👏👏👏👍🎉
Rag time and boogie woogie are my two absolute favorite piano pieces - they cannot be played by "casual" pianists - they take lots of practice to get good at like this young man!
Outstanding Commitment and Dedication to your Craft Scott Joplin!
The world would be certainly much better If we have many young kids like him studying music. Congatulations to you.
Beautiful light touch, and great-sounding Maple Leaf Rag!
Also, the piano sounds awesome, and the room accoustic is also pretty good.
Fantastic! 🎹 👍
I appreciate very much Scott Joplin.
Your interpretation is wonderful, with technic without forget nuances.
When I listen that, I consider that I'm not a pianist!
🎹 😂
Perfect rendition, shades of Joshua Rifkin and Paul Barton in technique
Positively Outstanding, Beautifully Played! 🎼🎹🎹🎹🔥
One of the Best Performances of this I have heard! Bravo! Bravissimo!!!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
What an incredibly talented young man you are! I figured I would tune in for a few seconds and see what was what and I was transfixed! Your playing is intuitive and nuanced and accurate and easy. I predict you will have a wonderful future ahead of you. You have style and that isn’t something that can be taught. It comes with prowess and commitment. Congratulations! I’m a fan!
Beautiful interpretation!! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
You make this look so easy. I tried learning this many years ago--never mastered it. Very impressive!!
I’m sure you make your parents very proud! Excellence!
How much talent! Brilliant!
Nice work young man. Your future is bright!
A flawless performance from a very gifted, talented and hard working boy!! I have personally never heard this piece played better, or with such colour, flare and personality!! Bravo!! You have a long and distinguished career ahead. How wonderful to have found your vocation at such a tender age!!
May the Blessings of Our LORD be with you always. Amen 🙏🕊✝️🕊🛐🕊🙏
SCOTT JOPLIN was a very talented pianist. I wonder what he would say if he heard this being played, then saw the pianist playing was such a young talent.?
How wonderful, what talent ❤
Ive been working on this for months. Can play it at half speed with music. He is phenomenal!
Very accomplished playing there young man. It’s hard enough to play with music up in front, never mind by heart. Well done.
This kid's a virtuoso!😊
Hey, I'm not that young 😅
Skill level Beyond his age.
You’re so talented! You need to keep playing! The world needs to see your talent! ❤
Excellent performance. Congrats.👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
Lyndon, I really enjoyed listening to this! I replayed it a few times to enjoy it again! I hope you will go on. Your talent for and your dedication to music paves your way not only towards a musical career - I have seen quite a few friends with high musical talent and the discipine acquired in music pursue successful carreers in medicine, law, theology, and engeneering. I wish you all the best. You are at the enviable age to choose.
Amazing and totally enjoyable!
People watch his hands which are absolutely fantastic with the suppleness of someone who’s dedication stands out but don’t forget he’s using all four limbs as his feet are on two or perhaps three pedals. Excellent for such a young age❤️👏👍
Your playing is absolutely fantastic. I've been playing for 66 years, and can't even begin to sound as good as you do. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, and especially with me.
Bravo. That's the most difficult of Joplin's music that I've come across.
Your discipline and form at the keyboard are most studied and yet not unlike a ballet for the fingers. I have poor vision and often play with my eyes closed, but my training didn't lean toward discipline, or maybe that was me. I'm improvisational, perhaps by nature. Congratulations. I know how hard it is, but I also know the great joy of music. You're so young. Have a great life. I know you will.
Tickle those ivories! Fabulous!
This is awesome man! Don’t quit your hobbies bro!
Красивое исполнение. Спасибо. Удивительно сыграл мою любимую мелодию
Which translated means: Beautiful performance. Thank you. Amazingly played, my favorite melody. (BTW, I agree 100%. Such a classic, and it actually shows that you enjoyed playing it. Which may be true for a number of Joplin's songs, just fun for pianists of all ages.)
Great job kid! I don’t know how old you are, but you are very talented. And not reading the music either!😀😀😀
MO Scott Joplin get together; with your
talent, Attend !
Excellent 😊
Innately a good musician. Syncopation, dynamics and rhythm are all there. Lots of pianists tend to rush ragtime but not this guy. Nicely done!
There are "no words!" Makes me cry😂 BRILLIANT!!!!!!
Great. Hope he's having as much fun playing as I am listening.
A very good sense of rhythm. Well done son.
Garoto muito talentoso! Vc vai longe! Parabéns!!! ❤
I was just thinking what a lovely home he lives in with his parents. A very lucky young man parents must be over the moon having a very talented and well adjusted son who has taken a gift he possesses and made it a reality.
Best performance of this song I have ever heard!
Wow! You've got it! You've got the touch to play ragtime! Good for you! Keep up the good work!
I listened to most of the RUclips renditions of this, this guy is by far THE BEST at this piece! So natural and SO FAST!
What a joy to see him play and doing such a great job. One of my all time favorite songs. I told my wife that if I precede her I want that played slowly at my funeral.
You are amazing man! Beautifully played for such a young age by the looks of it!
You’ve got a bright future ahead of you young man. Don’t stop playing piano!
When talent, passion, and effort combine....!
I am always in awe of people who have talent like yours, and I appreciate that you are willing to share it with us. Thank you so much.