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Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950)

Dill Pickles

A ragtime two-step

In Ragtime

Level
4 of 5
Key signature
1 sharp
Time
2/4
Length
148 bars
Plays in
2 to 5 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Dill Pickles
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written2155 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand1762 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots883 notes
  • Right-hand melody736 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to D6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from C2 to F4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), octaves, 3rds (skips), 7ths, 6ths, 4ths
  • Chords: inverted triads, triads
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Charles L. Johnson died in 1950. Credits