Dynamite (A noisy rag!)..1908..Paul Biese & Henri Klickmann

[Steve Harrison]

Another rag that ticks all the ragtime boxes. My suggested fingering leans towards melodic style for the first three bars or so (plus repeats) as I found it the easiest way to make the music flow nicely. It's an interesting composition and worth a listen. The score and midi are in the library...Steve.

[Trapdoor2]

What a disappointment...no explosions at all! Hardly even 'noisy' either...I suppose you could force something out of it to make it so.

This is a delightful rag with an unfortunate title, in my opinion. It begs to have some kind of sound effect...and doesn't have one.

Well done though (as usual). I do like it.

[Steve Harrison]

I've found another two Dynamite Rags, one by Russell Robinson (1910) and the other by Samuel Stokes (1908). They're both very good but as with this one, not very 'dynamitey'.  I suppose it depends how they're interpreted. I've found the music for both so I'll put them on my to do list for later...Steve.

Trapdoor2 said:

What a disappointment...no explosions at all! Hardly even 'noisy' either...I suppose you could force something out of it to make it so.

This is a delightful rag with an unfortunate title, in my opinion. It begs to have some kind of sound effect...and doesn't have one.

Well done though (as usual). I do like it.

[Trapdoor2]

"Mighty but not Dynamitey"... ;-)

[Rémi]

Really cool ! I was searching for recordings but suppose nobody havent' done it yet !

[Steve Harrison]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0LB-TWXH_s

Hi Remi, have a listen to this..Steve.
Rémi said:

Really cool ! I was searching for recordings but suppose nobody havent' done it yet !

[Rémi]

 Thank you for answer. Of course Ragtime Dorian is great, I like him and  saw this version, but it's not a person as it's a midi !

Today, I passed a lot of time in front of a Morley score, it was a labourious arrangement. I was switching all the time between the solo version and the piano/banjo version; because there are a few changes between both. I hope to record it in the next days. It was cool to see in détails how these mélodies are written, with sometimes some archaic chords/bass stuff.

Really cool ! I was searching for recordings but suppose nobody havent' done it yet !