The Art of Ragtime Guitar

This is a guide to one of the most challenging of today’s 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