The Creeper - Tom Brier

[@winnipegism]

Tom Brier is a musical genius. So sad about his accident, really hope he finds a way back to the piano now that he's in therapy.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Even if unable to play at his old skill and speed, hopefully he might be able to enter rags into a recording medium.

[@GavinLepley]

Despite the rarity, to me, it is the best Tom Brier composition. The Halloween mood is prevalent.

[@chrispychiptune6573]

Thanks for the transcription. Underrated piece, I feel.

[@draco4569]

Very underrated. It's one of my favorite pieces to play.

[@PiotrBarcz]

Man, you should've asked Ron O'Dell for the midi file from the player piano performance xD I actually have that one! By the way, if you really want this to sound good then try using Staccatissimo instead of Staccato (shortens the note by 2/3 instead of 1/2 so you get a better snap), use Marcato as an accenting articulation to bring out the melody a bit like Sibelius does when a midi file is exported. The results will be even better! Nice job with this!

[@daisyduke7473]

Great musician!!!

[@jasim_piano3847]

That's nice

[@PiotrBarcz]

I agree! Definitely one of my favorite Tom Brier pieces!

[@xtdycxtfuv9353]

i see tom brier, i like.

[@DisneyBatchman]

Any day I find a new Tom Brier composition that I've not heard before is a good day! SCORE!

[@sousafan100]

Cool piece 😀

[@hermeticinstrumentalist6804]

I didn't know those old school Tavern Pianos were called player pianos. Had to search it. That was a fantastic piece. I didn't know who Tom Brier was before this but I hope they recover well.

[@draco4569]

Check on Keeper1st, and be prepared to be amazed! He is the most amazing sight-reader/ragtime pianist I've ever seen! His improvisations are out of this world, and so are his ragtime compositions. Too bad most of them, sheet-music wise, will never be available to the public, unless someone transcribes them by ear, which I could easily do.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

A player piano is one which has the ability to play itself, usually from paper music rolls. If a player piano has a keyboard (most of them do), it can also be played by hand in the normal way.

[@hermeticinstrumentalist6804]

@@andrewbarrett1537 Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for letting me know. Hope you're having a nice new year.

[@banj4356]

@@andrewbarrett1537 also known as a pianola. I'm really lucky to have one donated to me through someone's will although A6 and Ab6 both don't work. They're super cool though and I've got a bunch of scrolls.

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@banj4356 Actually, a Pianola is a player piano built by Aeolian and the term is misused all over as a nickname for player pianos, which it is not.

[@LeanneHolloway-cy2uo]

Wish I was good enough at piano to play this

[@debusen81]

This should have a million views at least

[@hamletsmill258]

Because?

[@Persun_McPersonson]

"2nd time only" Proceeds to upload the incorrect MIDI that plays it both times instead of taking five seconds to edit it to play correctly.

[@ЭльвираЧабан-щ8к]

Класс ...Спасибо...

[@bumba5897]

Approximately how hard is this piece? just thinking whether it is a good idea for me to learn it.

[@draco4569]

I'd say about the same difficulty as Maple Leaf Rag. Maybe a little harder. It's not as fast.

[@bumba5897]

@@draco4569 great! I have mastered maple leaf two years ago, so this shouldn't be a problem

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Just curious, amirite that this means that Brier composed and punched it at a old recording player piano, but no MIDI or score or even known extant piano roll. And what we see here for a score and rendition is your transcription from a video of a player piano replaying it, and a MIDI playback of the transcription. Cool piece -- it seems such a shame that Brier left it that far from transcription (but such a boon that you transcribed it). It is to wonder how many fine rags have been lost to history from ragtimers altogether, or almost so except for some fluke.

[@SusanaCastagnet]

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