Maple Leaf Rag except it's terrible and made me fail music theory

A late April Fools Joke. Enjoy!
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Original by Scott Joplin
Arranged by Kikatzu (Marc Jaworski)
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© 2022 - KMusic

[@ejb7969]

Intriguing timbral explorations and novel stylistic modulation technique. B+.

[@KikatzuMusik]

Thank you for appreciating this "masterpiece", haha.

[@killianmiller6107]

More like pitch modulation

[@iansarmiento23]

Personally, I would had given an A-

[@idkheheidk1480]

@@iansarmiento23 An A half sharp for me!

[@AFellowFurry]

Jazz riff. Instant F

[@solanos6400]

The way you transcribed the rhythms is he coolest part to me! The song was horrible, I loved it !

[@nidiiii9788]

so glad I got this comment off of 69 likes

[@Majorite]

@@nidiiii9788 lol

[@destiny2boi55]

2:17 THIS PITCH BEND PART IS HAILARIOUS HAHA YESS

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

it sounds like a honky-tonk

[@HANSMKAMP]

And a few measures later a pitch increase with a quartertone. In nowadays music unusual.

[@mindopolis6089]

Gives me silent movies vibes

[@luke1835]

I love how the arpeggios perfectly match the rhythm

[@birbfactss]

2:42 this sounds like a piano being exorcised, I love it.

[@benwilcox1192]

0:32 ballade no.1 as a meme is the dumbest thing in the world

[@TheCajonGuy-dh7yc]

Unagreeable, for me

[@SomeMisterMGuy]

And I LOVE it

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

The baroque choir rendition of the lick was chef's kiss.

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

And I actually burst out laughing when The Entertainer snuck in at the end.

[@hannahoberry8383]

If you can horrify the music major, you've succeeded. So congratulations, you succeeded!

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

0:24 HE DID THE THING

[@mamaimacridimal8945]

Your teacher must have trouble of perceiving music. This arrangement is well made and it is Beethoven and Mozart level of making music. I give this a 1000000/10

[@marccheban194]

YOU ARE CRAZY!!! And brilliant as all hell! This made me laugh out loud several times, and that is not something that happens often. Bravo.Bravo.Bravo. From a fellow Marc

[@KikatzuMusik]

Glad to hear that. Thanks Marc, haha.

[@midipianolibrary4536]

0:26 If chopin wrote maple leaf rag as a mazurka then quickly got bored because its too easy then switched to ballade no. 1

[@aidanthegamer5]

0:54 a 24601 time signature for Do You Hear the People Sing, someone's a Les Mis fan lol

[@davincent98]

Which explains the 24601 time signature

[@trevorhare3171]

Whats the song that plays at that part?

[@aidanthegamer5]

@@trevorhare3171 When the 24601 time signature kicks in, the song Do You Hear the People Sing from the musical Les Misérables plays. The main character of Les Mis, Jean Valjean, is prisoner number 24601.

[@mroscar323_6]

0:23 lick roll for 19/04/2022

[@brycejohnson9195]

MLR is one of my favorite songs to play of all time. I’m not quite sure what dimension this version is from. I laughed, I cried, 10/10 never listening to this again.

[@SQUAREHEADSAM1912]

It’s not a song, it’s a piece.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 of what, we ain't saying...

[@SQUAREHEADSAM1912]

@@AnimeSunglasses songs are meant to be sung, maple leaf rag has no lyrics, so it’s technically a piece, which is meant to be played.

[@PersianPlatypus]

@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 AKSHHHHHUALLY, the Maple Leaf Rag DOES have lyrics. The song version was written by Sydney Brown in 1903. But yes your point still stands, music with no lyrics is generally referred to as a "piece"

[@SQUAREHEADSAM1912]

@@PersianPlatypus that version is called the “Maple Leaf song” I’m referring to the original, “Maple Leaf Rag”.

[@Vincent-lj2ww]

2:17 When just intonation purists hear equal temperament

[@SollyTrue]

I'm amazed by the this! ...And almost just as amazed nobody has pointed out the Final Fantasy victory fanfare at 1:33. People who don't play games at all know that one!

[@allaroundgamer9929]

I thought it was Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" ngl

[@CoraCreates]

Didn’t catch that, actually.

[@spencergreer7423]

0:38 is that fucking z e l d a

[@KikatzuMusik]

Haha, you got it.

[@spencergreer7423]

@@KikatzuMusik mmmmmm love it

[@TheJFARod]

This is pure horror. I loved it. I'll never play this video again. Thumbs up. You're a genius and I hate you.

[@fortun8diamond]

2:31 You made the sound in Minecraft's music disc Chirp. Thanks for that. Now I can make Chirp.

[@alphakrab5022]

2:30 This sounds like Everywhere at the End of Time, I love it

[@TheCaregiverSITMOB]

Which stage? I don’t hear a resemblance.

[@alphakrab5022]

@@TheCaregiverSITMOB I was not talking about the melody, but the texture: this distorted, unstable sound similar to what you can hear in stage 2 (not sure about the stage, could be 1 or 3 idk)

[@henrykwieniawski7233]

For anyone wondering, 2:02 is Mozart's Piano sonata VII KV 332, Allegro.

[@KikatzuMusik]

Wow, 10.000 views! Thanks to all of you. I will continue to upload more content on this channel soon, stay tuned!

[@Pepperly]

That dragonball motif floored me

[@KikatzuMusik]

Finally someone got it. Thank you, haha.

[@HoloPanio]

I think I am insane, because I think my favorite part was the section where every note was a quarter tone sharp.

[@nataliebobinger3519]

This is what plays in the background of my nightmares

[@Souls_p_]

I love the tape player distortion/carnival sounds. Amazing

[@notaweeb7936]

I love how you slipped chopins ballade no 1 in

[@scarbotheblacksheep9520]

That notation at the beginning was SO abominable and hilarious.

[@destiny2boi55]

2:46 i love the end XDDDDDDDDDD`

[@Cormorant42]

Having the initial bpm in hexadecimal is a nice touch

[@FlamingCockatiel]

This must be good, as it made me physically uncomfortable with the sickly pitch wavers at times.

[@tritone246]

2:32 almost sounds like a person singing... how

[@doodoodaadoo1]

2:30 Sounds amazing sounds like some over those Silent Films sort of things

[@pjotrkolster]

LMAO this is amazing. Your joke notation makes this much better.

[@camrywingler1013]

LOL! That poor piano! This was great!

[@em3145]

This video is the only one out of all of these that has successfully given me a heart palpitation! Congrats!! Jokes aside though this is crazy and you’re fuckin brilliant

[@minhcantplay]

THE DRAGON BALL MUSIC OMG

[@TchaikovskyListener]

Just “Yeah” 😂😂

[@themayhemlord8547]

I need more stuff like this

[@ohnibboi3102]

Fuck. The way you utterly desecrated Maple Leaf Rag made me laugh harder than I've had in a while. Subbed.

[@afrofinka]

2:22 Scott Goes To The Church 😂

[@mocha8784]

This is like the final boss because it has so many different memes already used in different videos and then he made it into one video

[@Majorite]

0:22 idk why but I just love this part.

[@Chimpy_Mc_Gibbon]

Final fantasy fanfare! A cultured man!

[@riccardofermani175]

Heard Dragonball first series theme, subscribed.

[@user-wv5bk4ek8n]

how is this so terrible and so great at the same time?

[@nytrodioxide]

when the beat went off all of the muscles in my body reflexively tensed up

[@kalletorner4591]

Should have added a ”sffff” at the end and it would be absolutely perfect.

[@temporarilymisplaced260]

I loved the random choir part

[@leapingllamacorn8349]

Beautiful 😭

[@robloxgamerxox]

2:21 this part is actually kinda nice

[@sophie-raine1657]

this would make a killer soundtrack for a horror trailer

[@NickAlexander_is_Awesome]

I'm sending this to my cool music theory teacher

[@glennhamilton-smith3799]

This is it, this is the pinnacle of this meme, we can't do any better. Pack up lads, he's won

[@UnKewledPenguin]

its awesome how you put in the og dragon ball theme

[@wubalubadubdub2674]

I love how you included the ballade in g minor a funny surprise

[@sobcatb5061]

I loved this! How do you make the lo-fi effect at 2:18?

[@amazing7633]

Ouch indeed!

[@skypentraico4322]

Why does the one step sound so good, lmao

[@looooooooooooooooooooongytname]

I can enjoy Someone being resourceful with some left over maple leaves and making a rag out of them lol

[@HuskyShields]

The start is basically what I get when I put maple leaf rag midi into musescore

[@tom7601]

Great fun!

[@sannie777]

what kind of demonic ritual piece is this. it summoned something from the back kitchen, recommended 10 out of 10.

[@ripparoofulgens8624]

Maple Leaf Rag but it’s KZbin Poop’d

[@BaronVonPurp]

When the dementia kicks in

[@christianwilliams2248]

woah it must have cost a lot to hire the choir

[@21stcenturylimitedproductions]

I like how you used arpeggios to transcribe the rag.

[@GoldenRetrieverStan]

Very bold and new age move at the end to include the part at 2:41 where you violently torture the piano

[@MusicHavenSG]

Chopin's Ballade in G Minor Another one bites the dust Entertainer Mario Coin! Final Fantasy Victory Mozart Sonata in F Major

[@gensaaa]

Deserves more views.

[@c0m3t31]

did you just sneak in "do you hear the people sing" at 0:53

[@KikatzuMusik]

Exactly.

[@Volvith]

You know, i have played piano for near 12 years. My brother in Christ, i have no idea what the fuck 3/4 of the notations here are. _But it's perfect._

[@heatherinparis]

OUCH!! Yep, that sums it up.

[@kyla4049]

The end-

[@Jetster26]

I love how at first it's normal, than it's a joke, than it's a final goodbye in a videogame then it becomes a joke once more Edit: But seriously, 1:43 is beautiful i need to get it

[@KikatzuMusik]

1:43 is just a melancholic choir variation of Maple Leaf Rag.

[@Jetster26]

@@KikatzuMusik then the piano thing after the choir, even better

[@Bob78]

To be honest I kind of unironically like this

[@wrecking6397]

that chest sound from botw though... 0:37

[@Fyreflier]

0:55 excellent time signature bravo!

[@user-hf4pi5do9h]

2:02 mozart piano sonata k.332?

[@KikatzuMusik]

Yes, some kind of variation of it, haha.

[@renzo6490]

I don’t know...it sounded all right to me.

[@Traindrainbusmowerfan]

2:42 Maple Leaf lag

[@SboyS14]

You stopped my heart when the original Dragon Ball shot me, so thanks for that -from Snake Way

[@ogidni__]

extra classical music 0:27

[@JCHall110]

IS THAT THE FORKING DRAGON BALL OPENER

[@wot2343]

Suuper kewl kuver of "mapole leef rat" by Scotty joppy 👍

[@christianlockley2578]

sick mod 2:21

[@gracefaulk8339]

Meter 8/1: “Yeah.” 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@christopherrice4816]

This transcription method is incredibly based

[@nebulisnoobis102]

0:16 AMONGUS

[@ianlarsen3920]

Honestly, the fact that this isn't in swing is the only thing about it that seriously bothers me.

[@KikatzuMusik]

Some parts are with swing and ragtime is usually not played with swing.

[@ianlarsen3920]

@@KikatzuMusik Ah, then I must have been playing it wrong all this time, haha.

[@KikatzuMusik]

@@ianlarsen3920 I mean you can play it that way, it's not wrong, just your interpretation. But classic ragtime is originally played without swing. But jazz is. I play it with swing too, since I improvise on it.

[@thequeertelope7941]

i LOVE 2:16 i want a full song

[@paytonlott5183]

i hated this so much and actually laughed out loud

[@Mingchi]

I was expecting a jazz version of ballade lol

[@Pianistax]

I was expecting to find 10 replies

[@frontierica1204]

is there any chance you can share with us the music you mixed to make this? it actually sounds really good!!

[@KikatzuMusik]

What you mean exactly?

[@andyroblin9925]

was that the original dragon ball theme song at 1:02 ?

[@lightyagami1058]

Meme and variations?

[@ArshiaA-nc9hf]

A++++++++++++++ But I have a question???? What's the app you are using

[@KikatzuMusik]

Thank you! I use MuseScore for my music sheets.

[@mavisinfinity]

start: FF MOMENT 😂

[@jimluebke3869]

WHY? WHY???? WHY?????