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| 1256.1 | Check out Guy Van Duser | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Conliberative | Fri Apr 14 1989 10:33 | 15 |
| I'm not "positive" that he does any Scott Joplin in particular
but if you're not already familiar with Guy Van Duser, you absolutely
should check him out.
He calls his style "stride guitar", which is basically "stride piano"
(a style of piano rags) adapted to the guitar.
He does some awesome things. His recording of John Philip
Sousa's "Stars and Stripes" is legendary. It has ALL that piccolo,
flute and brass parts.
There's also a book of Van Duser transcriptions. I have it. I
have several long-term "stretch" projects that including learning
to play Van Duser's "Stars and Stripes" (it's AWESOMELY difficult
in places which is why I call it a "stretch").
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| 1256.2 | Me too! | LARVAE::BRIGGS | They use computers don't they? | Fri Apr 14 1989 14:08 | 11 |
| Amazing coincidence!
I am also learning the Entertainer at the moment. I have it a UK
publication by a guy called Michael Raven. More importantly, he
gives tablature as well as full notation.
I'm not aware of any guitarists who've done recordings of Scott
Joplin.
Richard
Basingstoke, UK
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| 1256.3 | | ZYDECO::MCABEE | les haricots | Fri Apr 14 1989 18:17 | 14 |
| There are several recordings of Joplin on guitar. I'll check my
library. I've had some, but have also lost several records to students
who split with no warning (spontaneous fission - sorry).
Kicking Mule Records is a good source. If you're interested in
ragtime guitar, I can probably come up with a good start at a
discography. I usta play (and teach) ragtime, but haven't been
involved in years.
Ragtime is great duet material for guitars and one of my favorite
duet recordings is the New American Ragtime Guitar by Eric Schoenberg
(Music Emporium proprietor) and his cousin, whatshisname.
Bob
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| 1256.4 | So I'm not the only Rag fiend | LEMAN::SIMMONS | Richard Simmons | Mon Apr 17 1989 05:05 | 23 |
| RE: .2
Indeed a coincidence - and on top of it we are both called Richard!
I'd be interested to hear how you are getting along.
I play a 6-string country guitar (Washburn) and have managed to
get the main melody and chords by listening to the Nonesuch recordings
made by Joshua Rifkin (piano).
On this version (I guess it respects the original piece), Rifkin
plays 'the entertainer' in C maj (DO). The piece is quite challenging
for an intermediate guitarist which some "nice" forefinger/little
finger stretches in the middle !
I also find that the general sound of a country guitar suits the
melody nicely. How have you managed so far.. ?
RE: other answers,
Thanks for your information, I will try to order some of those
publications that you mentioned - getting them in Switzerland is
not always easy.
Thanks
Richard II
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| 1256.5 | Chester B. done it too .... | STRATA::PHILLIPS | Music of the spheres. | Fri Jun 02 1995 09:47 | 15 |
| A very late reply....
If you can find the old LP (remember those?) of Chet Atkins titled
"Chet Atkins Goes To The Movies", you'll find nice nylon string
versions of "The Entertainer" and "Solace".
I gave this album to my parents long ago; don't know if it's still
around or not ..... :(
--Eric--
P.S. I remember that one of the old acoustic magazines ("Fretts"?) once
published the tablature for Chet's version of "The Entertainer" and
that he played it with the low E dropped to a D. I also remember that
it was damn difficult for me to play... %^}
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