NOTE: Sheet music in video is misnotated, but the sheet music linked below should be mostly fixed.
An original rag by Marc Moore (me), written in 2022. Links to MIDI and sheet music below.
This is a fun little romp that channels a bit of the cakewalk-y feel of a lot of early ragtime, the type that might be named "Old Man Roberts" or something. While the name followed the composition, I feel like it captures well the feeling of chasing after an escaped chicken, even down to the clucks and flutters.
In many ways, this is the culmination of a lot of practice and advice. The detailed varied pacing of the left hand and using more grace notes and trills were two specific pieces of advice I got that I tried to implement here, and I think it helped this be one of my best rags yet. Thank you for everyone that's given *constructive* advice! I'm still learning, and it can be tricky when you only play and compose by ear.
In the spirit of most ragtime classics being public domain today, Chicken Chase Rag is released under the Creative Commons license. Feel free to make recordings, renditions, arrangements, etc- just please give credit and let me know!
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