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Happy Birthday Scott Joplin!
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I'll be playing Original Rags, The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag in his honor!
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Back in the day, I burned the grooves out of the Rifkin LP - just some incredibly uplifting music!
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"The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag" are in my regular repertoire and I should revisit them today. I also played "The Easy Winners" for a long time but it fell out of the rotation the last time I was forced to stop playing after shoulder surgery. As a more complex piece / key it took more maintenance effort and muscle memory disappeared from my fingers rather quickly. There are also several other rags that I want to add to the list. So many tunes, so little time.....
Trivia question: What is the most purchased piece of sheet music in history? |
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That’s my favorite Van Ronk album. I took lessons with him back in the 80s.
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FREEBIRD!!!
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Resources for nylon-string guitarists. New soleá falseta collection: http://www.canteytoque.es/falsetacollectionNew_i.htm |
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Nope. It is Maple Leaf Rag. This was a huge popular hit from back in the day before recordings. People would hear a song and then buy the sheet music to play at home - the only way you could hear it outside of an actual concert. Almost every home had a piano in the parlor. It was the perfect storm for sheet music sales.
I've never seen sheet music for Freebird, even in fake books and 70's collections. Because it is so requested, I actually worked up a fingerstyle acoustic version -- assuming the tip jar gets properly fed. |
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I still have the sheet music for Maple Leaf Rag that I bought around 1976. It turned out to be a simplified version for piano, so I basically just put it away and have been carrying it around since then. I'd love to hear it, if you ever have anything like that online! I got into ragtime guitar about 20 years ago and have added some of its elements to my playing. But I've never worked out an entire composition, and I admire those who are able to do that. I remember that some arrangements I looked at were way too hard back then; maybe I should give it another shot.
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Resources for nylon-string guitarists. New soleá falseta collection: http://www.canteytoque.es/falsetacollectionNew_i.htm |
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Scott Joplin: A real rags to riches story.
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The Acoustic Guitar of Inyo: 30 solo acoustic covers on a 1976 Martin D-35 33 solo acoustic 6-string guitar covers 35 solo acoustic 12-string covers 32 original acoustic compositions on 6 and 12-string guitars 66 acoustic tunes on 6 and 12-string guitars 33 solo alternate takes of my covers Inyo and Folks--159 songs |