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Lesson Guide - Ragtime Blues
TAB & ‘one to one’ tuition
available to members:
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Backing Track
Lead Gtr & Backing Track
John’s notes;
I composed this tune to introduce you to the ‘Ragtime
Genre.’
What is ‘Ragtime’ music?
Still popular today ‘RagTime’ music is a genre that
preceded jazz. It evolved from traditional ‘blues’ music
and got its name from the ‘bouncy’ often called
‘ragged’ syncopated rhythm used in the ‘Blues and
early Jazz’ tunes. It became (and still is) very popular
in American Southern states, and can often be heard
in swinging marching Bands!
Practical Theory info’.
Due to the many chord changes per measure it isn’t practical to target all the chord tones, so the melody is created
from just three of the five E Major scale positions. To create the ‘Blues & Jazz’ elements in the melody the chord tones
containing the flat 7th, diminished, and augmented notes are targeted.
This tune works well with electric and acoustic guitars….Enjoy!
Backing Track
(Welling. Kent)
07919 356980
Any questions - just ask
Lesson Guide - Ragtime Blues
TAB & ‘one to one’ tuition available
to members:
Lead Gtr & Backing Track
John’s notes;
I composed this tune to introduce you to the ‘Ragtime
Genre.’
What is ‘Ragtime’ music?
Still popular today ‘RagTime’ music is a genre that
preceded jazz. It evolved from traditional ‘blues’ music and
got its name from the ‘bouncy’ often called ‘ragged’
syncopated rhythm used in the ‘Blues and early Jazz’
tunes. It became (and still is) very popular in American
Southern states, and can often be heard in swinging
marching Bands!
Practical Theory info’.
Due to the many chord changes per measure it isn’t
practical to target all the chord tones, so the melody is
created from just three of the five E Major scale positions.
To create the ‘Blues & Jazz’ elements in the melody the
chord tones containing the flat 7th, diminished, and
augmented notes are targeted.
This tune works well with electric and acoustic
guitars….Enjoy!
