On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:34 AM Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz> wrote:
> You forgot to answer about the lack of "Ragtime" category :-) > I don't know what it would take to create a new category. I'd be all for it but I don't have that authority. > On 15/06/2018 16:08, Knute Snortum wrote: > > I would frown upon changing the pitch of a note that "sounds wrong" to you > unless you have some evidence to back it up. I would want the piece > exactly how Joplin wrote it. A footnote would be acceptable, I think. > > > You do realize that there is a difference between "How Joplin wrote it" > and "How it was first published", right? > > The case is not so obvious in The Easy Winners, but in Maple Leaf Rag > there is a place where there is obviously a note they forgot to print while > type-setting it. It is missing from the first seuence, but present in the > second time the sequence is given one octave down. It is also present in > the first sequence the second time the notes are given (the second time > part A is played). > > As such, it is fairly obvious that the piece as published does not reflect > how Joplin wrote it. > > Having said that, and assuming you're using the same source as me for the > notes (the yellow book bundling all of Joplin's works), the editorial at > the beginning claims they have already incorporated all erratas they could > find. > As I said, if you have evidence to backup the change, them make it.
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