Scott Joplin - The Strenuous Life (Synthesia)

Synthesia piano tutorial of "The Strenuous Life", a 1902 rag by Scott Joplin. The name is a reference to a famous 1899 speech by Theodore Roosevelt, beginning with the line: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labour and strife." #synthesia #pianotutorial #synthesiatutorial #piano #ragtime #rag #joplin #scottjoplin