About this work
Peacherine Rag opens with both hands moving together. Once the first strain begins, the left hand alternates bass notes and chords while ties delay some of the right-hand attacks. That displacement supplies the bounce. There is no need to hurry it: the score says ‘Not too fast’.
Held chords and small notes in the right hand call for two layers of listening. One voice sustains its notes while another moves above it. Check the stem directions before choosing fingerings; releasing the entire chord to play the ornament would interrupt the written line.
Practise the bass notes and chords alone until their spacing stays even. Add the right hand without shortening tied notes, then bring in the small notes. Read the first and second endings ahead of time so that the return to the strain does not cause a pause.
Score and files
4-page piano score, typeset by Antonio Palamà for Mutopia (335). Declared source: Reproduction of original edition (1901). Declared public domain; PDF and MIDI available.
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