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The Entertainer · a ragtime two-step

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin, 1902 · Not fast · 54 keys · Medium

About the piece

Scott Joplin published The Entertainer, « a rag time two step », in St. Louis in 1902. Seventy years later it became famous all over again as the music of the film The Sting (1973).

You play the tune of the first strain, one hand, in C major.

Key
C major
Time
2/4
Keys
54
Licence
Public domain

The Entertainer letters

The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.

S E D K D K D K - K L P ; K L ; J L K -
S E D K D K D K - H G T H K ; L K H L -
S E D K D K D K - K L P ; K L ; J L K -