Rags for Guitar

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. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 32 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, David Bromberg, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and many others. These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings. LESSON ONE: Our first lesson highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular blues arrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G. LESSON TWO: The key of C was a favorite for Rev. Davis. In this lesson we explore the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (made popular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself! We look at two versions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman. LESSON THREE: 'Raggin' the blues' was a great part of Rev. Davis's repertoire. His Walkin' Dog Blues is a tour de force in a blues in C. All fourteen verses are transcribed here, and we study how this arrangement develops. Buck Rag is a fascinating rag played in the key of C. Single-string runs, counterpoint lines, rhythmic variations and syncopated bass patterns are featured. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 40 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

Les grands morceaux de ragtime de début du 20ème siècle ont été écrits pour la plupart pour piano, mais beaucoup de traduire superbement pour la guitare, et David Laibman va vous montrer comment. / Guitare

16 leichte Vortragsstücke für Gitarre-This volume presents 16 fairly easy and well-known melodies from traditional tunes to classical works. A fantastic addition to any guitarists repertoire.

Rev Gary Davis a un répertoire très étendu allant du gospel au blues, du rags à la chanson folk. Dans ce double DVD, Ernie Hawkins présente les chansons les plus connues de Rev. Plus de 2h30 d'enregistrement, en anglais. / Guitare / Dvd

In this double DVD set Stefan Grossman teaches a wide array of folk blues arrangements. You will study playing in various tunings i.e. Standard Dropped D DADGAD Open D and Open C tunings.The songs range from popular bluesand rags to old-time mountain ballads.All are taught phrase by phrase and the movements of both the left and right hands are clearly illustrated on the split screens.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as PDF files oneach DVD as well as printed format.As an extra bonus original old recordings from the 1920s and 1930s are included so that you can hear the roots from where these tunes derived.

Par UMBLE JAY. Exposition à nouveau matériau et la relative de ce matériel propre approche sont des compétences extrêmement importants pour le guitariste de jazz. Thésaurus du guitariste Jazz constitue un manuel d'excellente ressource pour les idées de l'improvisation jazz linéaire et illustre de nombreux concepts pour aider à élargir les compétences improvisation. Ce livre offre un vocabulaire expansif de licks, les phrases et les terminaisons en cinq sections harmoniques : 7b5 Major, Minor, Dominant, altéré dominante et mineur. Grâce à des dizaines de 3 à 8 - exemples de mesure accompagnées de commentaires pertinents, l'auteur a méthodiquement renforce la compréhension de l'improvisation comme ce qui a trait à la théorie de la musique et l'idéogramme. Dans l'ensemble, les étudiants sont encouragés à développer leurs propres compétences analytiques et des explorations pratiques. Tous les exemples sont présentés dans la tablature et notation standard. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Licks and Phrases / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Flatpick et Plectre

Diese Sammlung will einen Einstieg in Fernando Sors oeuvre ermöglichen und enthält die leichtesten seiner Kompositionen, angefangen von kleinen Etüden und Übungsstücken bis hin zu leichteren Vortrags- und Konzertstücken. Sor komponierte eine Vielzahl solcher Stücke für seine Lehrtätigkeit (letztlich auch aus Geldmangel). Sie sind für den Anfänger konzipiert und auch heute noch hervorragend für den Unterricht geeignet. Die Stücke sind entzückend und von besonderer Schönheit und es ist erstaunlich, wie einfallsreich Sor sie technisch wie musikalisch gestaltet hat. / Guitare

Internationally renowned classical guitarist David Leisner plays a live concert program with some pieces that are well-known and others that may be new to guitarists. One of the discoveries is the Sonata in b minor byWenzeslaus Matiegka (1773-1830) an unduly neglected composer that Leisner calls 'the Beethoven of the Guitar'. It’s a great addition to the Guitar repertoire. Another discovery is Leisner’s own Nel Mezzo: Sonata whichSoundboard magazine called 'an original and profoundly personal work...powerful angry and moving music'. Now played quite a bit the music of Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) was virtually unknown when Leisner recordedand published some of his music almost 30 years ago. Here two of Mertz’s pieces display the passionate Romanticism of this music. The classics include the sublime Prelude Fugue and Allegro by J. S. Bach two delightful Rags byScott Joplin in Leisner’s arrangements and a dazzling encore of Etude No. 12 by Villa-Lobos.Leisner introduces each piece informally and is interviewed during intermission by Andrew Dickenson. Theinterview covers a number of topics in depth including some of Leisner’s secrets about easing physical tensions while playing the Guitar and his thoughts about the music he’s playing and about composition.

Ton Van Bergeyk launched his career as a musician during the late 1960s playing blues Harp and Ukulele in a duo setting, but he then switched to the acoustic Guitar and quickly learned and mastered the instrument using fingerstyle techniques. He started to transcribe and arrange classic ragtime compositions for fingerpicking Guitar and was discovered by Stefan Grossman during a tour in Holland. Stefan produced Ton's first solo album, Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos, in 1973. This contained 14 of Ton's arrangements of classic ragtime pieces and became a best seller. In 1975, Ton's second solo album, Guitar Instrumentals To Tickle Your Fingers, was released containing transcriptions and arrangements of novelty rags, early jazz and popular tunes of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1980, Ton's third solo album was released and continued his exploration of arrangements for solo fingerpicking Guitar, this time with a repertoire covering jazz, blues, contemporary pop and country and even Mexican folklore. This album was titled Lulu's Back In Town, Hot Guitar Solos. Ton also participated in several anthology projects, i.e. Novelty Guitar Instrumentals, I Got Rhythm, Masters of Ragtime Guitar, The Entertainer and How To Play Ragtime Guitar. All of Ton's albums are available as CDs as well as direct downloads from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, (www.guitarvideos.com) and include tab PDF booklets on the CDs. Ton recorded the audio lesson series Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar to teach phrase by phrase and measure by measure some of his most requested arrangements. This second volume presents Ton Van Bergeyk's renditions of Duke Ellington's Jubilee Stomp and Take It Easy, Thelonious Monk's classic Blue Monk and the George Gershwin standard I Got Rhythm. / Niveau : Facile / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures