Peacherine Rag · piano sheet music & MIDI file
Peacherine Rag as a free piano MIDI: 1901 ballroom elegance scrolls through the preview, file and sheet music PDF ready 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.
1901: Maple Leaf Rag has just made Joplin famous, and his publisher wants a follow-up. Peacherine Rag arrives, more relaxed than its big brother, with a ballroom elegance that makes shoulders dance on their own. Joplin considered it one of his best-built rags, and the MIDI proves the connoisseurs right.
Difficulty-wise it sits exactly between The Entertainer and Maple Leaf: the left-hand jumps widen in places, the right-hand chords fill out, but everything stays under control at a moderate tempo. A perfect staircase step before the monsters.
What you'll be working on
- A stride that widens gradually, without panic
- The right hand's full syncopated chords
- Moving through four themes without dropping the energy
- Metronomic steadiness that makes people dance
Playing Peacherine Rag on piano with Pianovera
Treat each theme as its own piece with Pianovera's A·B loop: four loops, four days, and the rag is built. The per-piece accuracy curve will point out which of the four deserves a fifth day.
Open Peacherine Rag in Pianovera: notes fall toward the keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out.
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Two files are waiting for you: the Peacherine Rag piano MIDI file (12 KB, opens in Pianovera or any MIDI player) and the Peacherine Rag piano sheet music PDF (103 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 Peacherine Rag hard to play on piano?
We rate it intermediate: 1425 notes over 2:13, spanning G#1 to F6. The first thing to work on: a stride that widens gradually, without panic.
Where can I get the sheet music for Peacherine Rag?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (103 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 Peacherine Rag MIDI file really free?
Yes. Scott Joplin died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1901) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.