Pleasant Moments Ragtime Waltz Tab by Scott Joplin

Pleasant Moments Ragtime Waltz tab by Scott Joplin

Guitar Tab

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Pleasant Moments was composed in 1909. It's special charms include the 3/4
meter, not what we most expect (Joplin coined the phrase "Ragtime Waltz"),
and the fact that it's just a little easier than some of his.

I worked from two commercial editions, neither one of which had bothered with
any proofreading whatsoever, as far as I could tell. I used them against each
other to ferret out most of the mistakes, but I'm sure I missed some of
theirs and probably added a few of my own. Oh well, my compensation lies in
the good bet that I, some anonymous clown on the 'Net working for love,
turned out a more reliable edition than those commercial monsters.

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

I'd suggest keeping the tempo below 100, perhaps as low as 90. Remember that
Joplin's common complaint was that performers used his pieces to show off,
and rushed them to the point that structural and expressive charms were left
in the dust.

This presentation retains the original key.

Enjoy!

PLEASANT MOMENTS
Ragtime Waltz
Scott Joplin

Tabbed by Pearl (boinarage@aol.com) using PowerTab -
far and away the best tab program I've tried.


6=D
3/4
  E Q  E E E   E Q  E E E    E  Q   E  E  E
|------------|--------3---|----10--10-15-12-|
|------------|---3--3---5-|-12--------------|
|------------|-4----------|-----------------|
|---0--0-5-2-|------------|-----------------|
|-2----------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-----------------|


   Q     Q    Q      E Q   E  E E   E E E E +E  E
|-10---(10)------||-----------3---|----------------|
|--------9---10--||--0-3---3----5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)----|
|-------10---11--||--0-4---4--3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3--|
|--------9---10--||------0--------|-0--------------|
|----------------||-----------4---|----------------|
|--0-------------||--5------------|----------0-----|
   H.                Q   Q    Q     H        Q


  E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E Q   E E E E Q   E  Q    E  +E   E
|---------3---|---------------|-----------|-------6-7-|-7-10---10-(10)--9--|
|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-1---3-5-|-2-3-------|--------11-(11)-11--|
|-0-4---4-3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)---|-1-2---4-5-|-3-4---6-7-|-7-11----9--(9)--9--|
|-----0-------|-0-----------0-|-----0---0-|-----0---5-|--------------------|
|---------4---|---------------|-----------|-----------|------9------9------|
|-5-----------|----------0----|-0---------|-5---------|-4------------------|
  Q   Q   Q     H        Q      Q   Q   Q   Q   Q   Q   E  E Q      Q


  Q  Q  E E   E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E Q    H      +Q
|-7---------|---------3---|---------------|------------|-0------(0)-|
|-7--0------|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-3---3-4--|-1-------1--|
|-7-----2-3-|-0-4-----3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3-|-0-4---4-4--|-0----0-----|
|----4--4---|-----0-------|-0-------------|-----0---5--|---2--------|
|----5------|---------4---|---------------|---------6--|-3----------|
|-9-----0---|-5-----------|----------0----|-5----------|------------|
  Q  Q  Q     Q   Q   Q     H        Q      Q   Q   Q    E Q  E  Q


  E Q   E Q    E Q   E E E   E Q  E +E  E   H    E E     E E E E +Q
|-3-2---0-0--|-3-2---0-0---|--------------|------5-7-||--9-8-9-7-(7)--|
|-5-3--------|-0---0-----3-|--------------|----------||o-8---8-8-(8)--|
|-----0---3--|-0---0---4---|-5-4--2-(2)-4-|-0--------||------6----6---|
|-5-------5--|-0-------5---|-4-4--4-(4)---|-0--------||-----------5---|
|-3-------4--|-------------|-7-5--3-(3)---|-2--------||o-7------------|
|------------|-------------|-0-------0----|-5--------||---------------|
  E E Q   Q    Q   Q   Q     H       Q      H    Q       Q   E E  Q


  +E  Q   E  E E   E E E E +Q     E  Q    E  E  E   E Q   E E E   E Q   E Q
|-(7)-9---7-10-9-|-9-8-9-7-(7)--|---10----9-12-10-|-------3-2-0-|-0-----2-5-|
|-(8)-8------8---|-----7----7---|-----------------|-3-0---------|---3-----3-|
|-------6--------|-----7----7---|------11---11----|-4-0-----3---|-2---------|
|----------------|-0------------|-0---------------|-----0---5---|-4---------|
|--0-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-5-----------|-----4---3-|
   Q    Q    Q     Q   E E  Q     Q     Q    Q      Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q


  E Q   E E E   H     E E   E E E E +Q     E Q   E E E   E E E E +Q
|-5-4---2-----|-----------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-3---3-3-0-|-----------|-2-1-2-0-(0)--|---2---0-3-2-|-2-1-2-0-(0)-|
|-4-------1---|-2-----2-4-|-0---0----0---|---0-----0---|-------------|
|-----2-------|-----------|----------2---|-----2-------|-4---4-------|
|-------------|-0--0------|-0------------|-0-----------|----------0--|
|-2-------2---|-----------|--------------|-------------|-0-----------|
  Q   Q   Q     Q  Q  Q     Q   Q    Q     Q   Q   Q     Q   Q    Q


                                        1.
  E Q   E E E    Q  Q   Q    E E E E Q    H.              +Q    Q  Q
|---------0---|-10--2---3--|---3---3-0--|---------------|----------7---||
|---3---2---3-|--7--3-1-0--|---2---2-2--|-3-------------|-(3)--10--9--o||
|-------------|--7---------|---4---2-0--|---------------|--------------||
|-----4---4---|-----0-1-2--|------------|-4-------------|-(4)----------||
|-------------|--9---------|-0-------0--|-----2-0-(0)---|-------9--8--o||
|-0-----------|------------|------------|-0-----------4-|--0-----------||
  Q   Q   Q      Q  E E Q    E E Q   Q    Q   E E +E  E    Q    Q  Q


 2.
  H.              +Q   Q  Q     E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E E E
|---------------|------------||---------3---|---------------|---------3---|
|-3-------------|-(3)--------||-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-3---3---5-|
|---------------|------2--3--||-0-4---4-3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3-|-0-4---4-3---|
|-4-------------|-(4)--4-----||-----0-------|-0-------------|-----0-------|
|-----2-0-(0)---|------3-----||---------4---|---------------|---------4---|
|-0-----------4-|--0---------||-5-----------|----------0----|-5-----------|
  Q   E E +E  E    Q   H        Q   Q   Q     H        Q      Q   Q   Q


  E E E E +E  E   E Q   E Q    E Q   E Q    E  Q    E  +E   E   Q  Q  E E
|---------------|------------|-------6-7--|-7-10---10-(10)--9-|-7----------|
|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-1---3-5--|-2-3--------|--------11-(11)-11-|-7--0-------|
|-4-4-4-2-(2)---|-1-2---4-5--|-3-4---6-7--|-7-11----9--(9)--9-|-7-----2-3--|
|-0-----------0-|-----0---0--|-----0---5--|-------------------|----4--4----|
|---------------|------------|------------|------9------9-----|----5-------|
|----------0----|-0----------|-5----------|-4-----------------|-9-----0----|
  H        Q      Q   Q   Q    Q   Q   Q    Q    Q      Q       Q  Q  Q


  E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E Q    H.           E Q   E Q
|---------3---|---------------|------------|-0----------|-3-2---0-0-|
|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-3---3-4--|-1-------1--|-5-3-------|
|-0-4---4-----|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3-|-0-4---4-4--|-0-----0----|-----0---3-|
|-----0-------|-0-------------|-----0---5--|----2-------|-5-------5-|
|---------4---|---------------|---------6--|-3----------|-3-------4-|
|-5-----------|-------------0-|-5----------|------------|-----------|
  Q   Q   Q     H           Q   Q   Q   Q    E  Q  E Q    Q   Q   Q


  E Q   E E E   E Q  E +E  E   Q  Q  Q      H.            E E  E E +S
|-3-2---0-0---|--------------|----3-----||--0----------|---------8-(8)--|
|-0---------3-|--------------|----0-----||o-1----------|----7--8-8-(8)--|
|-0---0-------|-5-4--2-(2)-4-|-0--0-----||-----0--2-0--|----8--9-9-(9)--|
|-0-------5---|-4-4--4-(4)---|-0--------||-------------|-10-------------|
|-------------|-7-5--3-(3)---|-2--------||o-3----------|------10--------|
|-------------|-0-------0----|-5--5-----||-------------|-----------10---|
  Q   Q   Q     H       Q      Q  Q  Q      E  Q  E Q     Q    E E  Q


  H.           E E E E +Q     E Q   E E E   E Q   E E E   E Q   E Q
|------------|-------5-(5)--|-7-5-------7-|-7-5---3-1-0-|-----------|
|-1----------|---4-5-5-(5)--|-6---6-8-6---|-5-------2---|-5-3---2-3-|
|-2----------|---5-5-5-(5)--|-7---7---7---|-----0---0---|-5---5---5-|
|----2--3-2--|-7------------|-----5---5---|-------------|-4---4---4-|
|-0----------|-----7----0---|-------------|-3-------0---|---------5-|
|------------|--------------|-5-----------|-------------|-0---------|
  E  Q  E Q    Q   E E  Q     Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q


  Q  Q  Q    H.            E E  E E +Q     H.           E E E E +E
|-5--3-----|-0----------|---------8-(8)--|------------|-------5-(5)-|
|-6--5--6--|-1----------|----7--8-8-(8)--|-1----------|---4-5-5-(5)-|
|-0-----4--|----0--2-0--|----8--9-9-(9)--|-2----------|---5-5-5-(5)-|
|-------5--|------------|-10-------------|----2--3-2--|-7-----------|
|----------|-3----------|------10--------|-0----------|-----7----0--|
|-------5--|------------|-----------10---|------------|-------------|
  H     Q    E  Q  E Q     Q    E E  Q     E  Q  E Q    Q   E E  Q


                                          1.           2.
  E Q   E E  E    E Q   E E E   Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q      Q   Q  Q
|-7-5-------10-|-12-8---3-1-0-|-----------|-----------||-----8----||
|-6-6---8-6----|----5-----2---|-3--3--3-5-|-1--8--6--o||-1---8----||
|-7-------7----|-12---0---0---|-5--5------|-0--9--7---||-0---9----||
|-----7---6----|--------------|-4--4------|-2---------||-2--------||
|--------------|-10-------0---|-0---------|-3--------o||-3--------||
|-0------------|--------------|----6--5---|-------5---||----10----||
  Q   Q   Q       E E Q   Q     Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q      Q   Q


  E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E   E Q   E Q
|---------3---|---------------|---------3---|---------------|-------------|
|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)---|-0-1---3-5---|
|-0-4-----3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3-|-0-4---4-3---|-4-4-4-2-(2)---|-1-2---4-5---|
|-----0-------|-0-------------|-----0-------|-0-----------0-|-----0---0---|
|---------4---|---------------|---------4---|---------------|-------------|
|-5-----------|----------0----|-5-----------|----------0----|-0-----------|
  Q   Q   Q     H        Q      Q   Q   Q     H        Q      Q   Q   Q


  E Q   E Q    E  Q    E  +E   E   Q  Q  E E   E Q   E E E   E E E E +E  E
|-------6-7--|-7-10---10-(10)--9-|-7---------|---------3---|----------------|
|-2-3--------|--------11-(11)-11-|-7--0------|-0-3---3---5-|-5-3-3-1-(1)----|
|-3-4---6-7--|-7-11----9--(9)--9-|-7-----2-3-|-0-4---4-----|-4-4-4-2-(2)-3--|
|-----0---5--|-------------------|----4--4---|-----0-------|-0--------------|
|------------|------9------9-----|----5------|---------4---|----------------|
|-5----------|-4-----------------|-9-----0---|-5-----------|----------0-----|
  Q   Q   Q    E  E Q      Q       Q  Q  Q     Q   Q   Q     H        H


  E Q   E Q    H.           E Q   E Q    E Q   E E E   H    Q
|------------|-0----------|-3-2---0-0--|-3-2---0-0---|------2---|
|-0-3---3-4--|-1--------1-|-5-3--------|-0---------3-|-3----3---|
|-0-4---4-4--|-0-----0----|-----0---3--|-0---0-------|-5----5---|
|-----0---5--|----2-------|-5-------5--|-0-------5---|-4----0---|
|---------6--|-3----------|-3-------4--|-------------|-5--------|
|-5----------|------------|------------|-------------|----------|
  Q   Q   Q    E  Q  Q  E   E E Q   Q    Q   Q   Q     H    Q


                                                      H=H
  Q   Q   Q     Q   Q  Q    Q   Q  Q    Q   Q  Q    Q   Q  Q
|-3---3---3---|-3---3--3--|-3---3--3--|-3---3--3--|-3--12--9---|
|-3---3---2---|-5---2--2--|-4---4--4--|-3---3--3--|-3----------|
|---------0---|-----------|-5---5--2--|-4---4--4--|-4---9--6---|
|---0---0---2-|---0-2-----|-----------|-0------0--|------------|
|-2-----------|-4---------|-3-5-6-----|---3-2-----|------------|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-5----------|
  E Q   E E E   E E H       E E H       E E Q  Q    Q   Q  Q


                                         |-3-|
   Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q
|-10--6--7--|-3--------|----------|-------7-6-5-|-3--------|
|-----------|----5--2--|-3--------|-------------|----------|
|--7--3--4--|-0--------|----3--4--|-0-----------|-0--------|
|-----------|----2-----|----------|-------------|----------|
|-----------|-------4--|-5--1--2--|-------------|----------|
|-----------|----------|----------|-5-----------|----------|
   Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q    Q  Q    Q     Q


  H.              Q        Q       Q
|--------------|-^3---------------------*|
|--------------|-^0---------------------*|
|-0------------|-^0---------------------*|
|-0------------|-^0---------------------*|
|-1------------|------------------------*|
|-4------------|-^5---------------------*|

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