Maple Leaf Rag

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece.

• As written2557 notes
• Melody and a simpler left hand1879 notes
• Melody and left-hand roots908 notes
• Right-hand melody763 notes

What it asks of you

• Treble clef from C4 to A6, with ledger lines
• Bass clef from A1 to G4, with ledger lines
• Key signature: 4 flats (A♭ major or F minor)
• Accidentals: naturals, flats outside the key
• Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, notes held across the beat, dotted eighth notes
• Intervals: octaves, 3rds (skips), 7ths, 6ths, 4ths, 2nds (steps)
• Chords: inverted triads, seventh chords, triads
• Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, hands in different rhythms, one hand moving while the other holds, hands taking turns