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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Here’s a link to the original piano sheet music in PDF format:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Barn-Yard_Rag_(Smith%2C_Chris)">https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Barn-Yard_Rag_(Smith%2C_Chris)</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The audio file that Kit Johnson sent (of the Black Swan Jazz Band playing this, presumably with Kit on Tuba) is the same piece, though the rhythms are “swung” rather than “straight.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This YouTube video of this rag is played from a piano roll, and the rhythms are pretty much as written.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqJkWPqnno">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqJkWPqnno</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jim O’Briant, Gilroy, California<br>Music Director / Staff Arranger / Band Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Pacific Brass Band<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.pacificbrassband.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PacificBrassBand.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>====================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> Ron L"Herault <lherault@verizon.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 11:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> jobriant@garlic.com<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Dixielandjazz] Barnyard Rag<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1909, Chris Smith Barn Yard Rag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> <a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 12:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ron L"Herault' <<a href="mailto:lherault@verizon.net">lherault@verizon.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Dixielandjazz] Barnyard Rag<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sorry, but without more details (such as the name of the composer or the year of publication), I can’t be of help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jim O’B. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>====================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> Ron L"Herault <<a href="mailto:lherault@verizon.net">lherault@verizon.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 9:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Dixielandjazz] Barnyard Rag<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The version I heard dates to the early 1900s. There was a glass slied referencing the tune.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ron L<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> <a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 1:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ron L"Herault' <<a href="mailto:lherault@verizon.net">lherault@verizon.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">dixielandjazz@ml.islandnetcom</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Dixielandjazz] Barnyard Rag<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>There are at least two and perhaps more pieces titled “Barnyard Rag.” At least one of them is apparently available as a trombone solo with piano accompaniment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Who is the composer of the piece you ‘re looking for? Is it a standard rag for solo piano, or is it for some other instrument or combination of instruments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jim O’Briant, Gilroy, California<br>Music Director / Staff Arranger / Band Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Pacific Brass Band<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.pacificbrassband.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PacificBrassBand.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>====================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> Ron L"Herault <<a href="mailto:lherault@verizon.net">lherault@verizon.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 2, 2025 7:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jim O'Briant <<a href="mailto:jobriant@garlic.com">jobriant@garlic.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <<a href="mailto:dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">dixielandjazz@ml.islandnetcom</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Dixielandjazz] Barnyard Rag<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anyone have an MP3 of the Barnyard Rag a friend of mine could use for a presentation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This will be an interesting test of what’s still working<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ron L<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>