The art of ragtime guitar.

About this book

This is a guide to one of the most challenging of todays fingerpicking guitar styles featuring the sounds & syncopations of ragtime the music that became jazz. There is an array of information music photos plus a two sided 33 1/3 record of all of the music. Ragtime guitar style The ragtime bass line The melody line Additional lines Techniques of ragtime guitar. Pick hand technique Use of the fingers Which fingers when Primary picking arrangement Secondary picking arrangement Picking with free strokes Position of the pick hand Techniques of Ragtime fret hand technique Introductory summary Ragtime Ramble solo Overfretting Fretting with the thumb Damping The hammer Dadalada solo Alternate picking Just what the doctor ordered solo Guide strings Boogaloo down La Rue solo Special fingering Lifting fretting fingers Ragpickin solo Alternate fingering of a familiar chord Coney island cakewalk solo Index of ragtime guitar techniques Bloozinay Chorus 1 Chorus 2 Chorus 3 Final note Discography Appendices Tablature Notational system used in this manual Separation of the bass from the melody Symbols used in this manual