Analysis of ragtime song “The Entertainer” composed by Scott Joplin

Week 6 discussion forum instructions

The link: Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer by Joshua Rifkin … this is Joshua Rifkin’s 5:05 interpretation of the Scott Joplin composition “The Entertainer – a Ragtime Two Step.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hp1Y8R_dC

Listen thoughtfully to this piece and discuss the following:

Describe the music using key terms and concepts including form, timbre, rhythm and meter, and melody.