Chapter 51 - Listening Guide Quiz 43: Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

Which of the following statements correctly describe strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?

-It features one melody with accompaniment. -It is performed by solo piano.

Drag and drop the appropriate words to best describe Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.

The piano rag Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin has four melodies in major keys and a homophonic texture. The melodies are syncopated against an accompaniment playing a steady beat outlining duple meter.

Which best describes the form of Maple Leaf Rag?

four repeated strains, one of which is in a different key (the trio)

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag?

it is a repeat of strain 1

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:25)

it is a repeat of strain 2

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:22) (2nd one)

it is a repeat of strain 3 (the trio)

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:21)

it is a return of strain 1

In Maple Leaf Rag, what distinguishes strain 3, the trio, from the other strains?

it is in a different key

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:22)

it is new music I haven't yet heard in this work

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:25) (2nd one)

it is new music I haven't yet heard in this work

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:23)

it is return of strain 4

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the music chart, below.

main melody, 0:23 (Orange): 1st contrasting theme, 0:25 (Yellow): 3rd D-flat major, 0:22 (Green): 2nd

Which best describes the harmony in strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?

major key

Which best describes the music in this excerpt of Maple Leaf Rag?

solo piano

n a rag, what is each of the repeated sections (like the one in this excerpt) called?

strain

Strain 3 sounds different from strains 1 and 2. Which best describes the difference between strain 3 and the other strains in Maple Leaf Rag?

strain 3 changes to a new major key

Strain 4 sounds different from strain 3. Which best describes the difference between strain 4 and strain 3 in Maple Leaf Rag?

strain 4 is in the original key (A-flat major)

Which best describes the rhythm of Maple Leaf Rag?

syncopated in the right hand, steady beat in bass (left hand)

Which best describes the meter of this excerpt from Maple Leaf Rag?

duple meter

Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? (0:26)

it is new music I haven't yet heard in this work

Which best describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) in the first strain of Maple Leaf Rag?

one melodic line with accompaniment (homophonic)

Which of the following statements correctly describes strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?

-It is in a major key. -The left hand (low pitches) plays in an even rhythm; the right hand (high pitches) plays uneven rhythms.