Ragtime Guitar
Description
This is a challenging set of three lessons presenting a variety
of tunes from string band rags to classic rags to novelty
instrumentals. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of
note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction.
LESSON ONE: Two New Orleans standards are presented in this lesson.
Both are played in the key of C with a style that combines an
alternating bass with single-string runs and counterpoint lines.
Mabel's Dream was popularized by the King Oliver Band. High Society
is a well known Mardi Gras instrumental.
LESSON TWO: Two rags are presented in this lesson. We begin in a
dropped D tuning with the classic rag Powder Rag. This is followed
by an arrangement of the 1928 Dallas String Band recording of
Dallas Rag. This combines alternating bass with counterpoint
techniques and single-string runs.
LESSON THREE: One of Rev. Davis's most popular show instrumentals
was Soldier's March. It has sections played in the keys of F and C
and is a challenging guitar solo that takes the listener from early
morning to lights out in the day of a soldier.