How hard is it to play The Entertainer?

When a student begins piano lessons, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin is a popular piece many students want to learn how to play. Rhythmically, it's an intermediate piece. Even when you can find it arranged for a lower level, it's still rhythmically challenging. Beginners struggle with it.

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When Can I Learn The Entertainer?

When a student begins piano lessons, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin is a popular piece many students want to learn how to play. Rhythmically, it’s an intermediate piece. Even when you can find it arranged for a lower level, it’s still rhythmically challenging. Beginners struggle with it. Oftentimes they rely on their ear, rather than count it aloud. This is the pitfall, especially when trying to coordinate the left hand with the right hand. Without a conscious decision about how to count the rhythm, the piece will not work. Counting aloud is a requirement, and beginners are just starting to get that skill. Recently, I had an upper intermediate level student, sight read The Entertainer while counting aloud with impeccable timing and rhythm. It was slow, and it was accurate. I had nothing to say, nothing to correct, other than, “Let’s sight read another Scott Joplin piece.” Over the course of this student’s seven years of lessons, he had learned the skills necessary to sight read the Entertainer. I had never had a student play that piece with ease until then. I always knew it was not a beginner piece, but I now had a better appreciation of the skills a student must learn to be able to play it well. This student demonstrated his independence. He didn’t need me to help him with The Entertainer. He just did it, and I sat back and listened, quite happy that he didn’t need me. If you want to one day be able to play The Entertainer, start counting aloud from the very beginning of lessons and keep going. It’s one foot in front of the other of gaining skills, and the day will come when you will play The Entertainer. If you would like to start on the path to learning how to play The Entertainer, or any other favorite piece, give us a call at 360-527-9626 to begin your music journey. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Wannabe The Spice Girls' debut 1996 hit 'Wannabe' is the catchiest song ever, according to the results of a new online experiment. Researchers from the Museum of Science and Industry developed an interactive game called Hooked On Music to test more than 12,000 on their response time to recognise songs.

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The Spice Girls’ debut 1996 hit ‘Wannabe’ is the catchiest song ever, according to the results of a new online experiment. Researchers from the Museum of Science and Industry developed an interactive game called Hooked On Music to test more than 12,000 on their response time to recognise songs. These were randomly selected from over 1,000 clips of bestselling recordings dating from the 1940s to today. ‘Wannabe’ came out on top, with an average recognition time from when participants heard it of 2.3 seconds. Lou Bega’s 1999 UK No. 1 ‘Mambo No. 5’ came in second, with an average of 2.48 seconds, and Survivor’s 1982 rock chart-topper ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ was third, at 2.62 seconds. The initial results of the survey are due to be published at the Manchester Science Festival this evening (Saturday). Lady Gaga’s ‘Just Dance’ came in fourth in the survey, followed by ABBA’s ‘SOS,’ Roy Orbison’s ‘Oh Pretty Woman’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It.’ Completing the top ten were Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You,’ the Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ and ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ by Aerosmith.

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