Magnetic Rag · piano sheet music & MIDI file
Magnetic Rag as a free MIDI file: Joplin's ragtime testament, complete version playing in the preview, MIDI and sheet music PDF to download.
Preview played right in your browser with the app's real piano (lightweight version). Inside Pianovera: full multi-layer sound, fingering display and Wait mode.
1914: this is the last rag Joplin published in his lifetime, and its MIDI sounds like nothing else he wrote. Two of its themes sink into minor keys, almost unheard of in the genre, as if the father of ragtime were slipping his farewells between the syncopations. He subtitled it "Syncopations classiques". Says it all.
Our file is the complete version with every repeat: over twelve minutes, a marathon. Musically it's demanding Joplin, with modulations that displace the hand's landmarks and themes that refuse routine. Save it for when The Entertainer runs on autopilot; it will make you rediscover the genre.
What you'll be working on
- The minor-key themes, rare birds in ragtime
- Modulations that move the hand's reference points
- Stamina: twelve minutes with the repeats
- The bittersweet tone, far from the saloon rag
Playing Magnetic Rag on piano with Pianovera
Don't practice it whole: Pianovera's progress bar jumps you straight to each theme, and the A·B loop isolates the minor episodes. The repeats are a gift, every section comes back to offer you a second chance.
Open Magnetic Rag in Pianovera: notes fall toward the keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out.
Try Pianovera for freeDownload the Magnetic Rag MIDI and sheet music
Two files are waiting for you: the Magnetic Rag piano MIDI file (25 KB, opens in Pianovera or any MIDI player) and the Magnetic Rag piano sheet music PDF (120 KB, printable). Both come from the same engraving: what you read on the score is exactly what you hear in the preview.
The work itself is in the public domain, and this MIDI engraving was placed in the public domain by its typesetter on the Mutopia Project. Use it freely, videos included.
About this piece
Is Magnetic Rag hard to play on piano?
We rate it advanced: 3020 notes over 12:40, spanning A1 to D#6. The first thing to work on: the minor-key themes, rare birds in ragtime.
Where can I get the sheet music for Magnetic Rag?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (120 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, Public domain license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Magnetic Rag MIDI file really free?
Yes. Scott Joplin died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1914) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.