Talk:Maple Leaf Rag

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It would be great if somebody could add links here to other ragtime pieces (if that's what you call them.) I'm not knowledgeable enough to do this myself.  :)

In which video game was the piece used apart from the Bally Midway game? I'm racking my brains about it, but I can't for the life of me remember it. Can you help? -andy 80.129.92.18 00:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about Maple Leaf, but other Joplin music, including Heliotrope Bouqet, Easy Winners, and something else I can't remember was used in the Atari 8-bit game, Clowns and Balloons. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ 02:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arresting Syncopations

In the section "Structure", it says that the syncopations were "arrestingly novel at the time", especially those coming "between the first and second strains". Is "strains" a technical term in ragtime music? I know the piece but don't know what part is referred to by this expression: that might be made clearer. Also, a period document noting that the syncopations seemed "arrestingly novel" could be cited to support this claim: the syncopations do still seem fresh nowadays, but are no longer "arrestingly novel".--70.107.173.227 17:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)