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  • FNL Mar 26/21 – Ragtime Ramble – by TimK1

    Posted by TimK1 on March 27, 2021 at 11:16 am

    Hi folks…just wanted to share this short little video from last night’s open mic. One of my goals for 2021 is to focus much of my time on learning blues & ragtime tunes. This tune is from a book called ‘The New Art of Ragtime Guitar’ by Richard Saslow…I got it off Amazon. It includes tabs for a number of different tunes as well as a fairly lengthy chapter or two dedicated to explaining the nuances of technique for ragtime guitar.

    Anyway, this tune is Ragtime Ramble and it’s been a challenging piece to put together. I’m looking forward to jumping into another tune soon. Maybe this will serve as a bit of an introduction to this style of guitar playing or maybe a reminder?

    I’m playing my Martin CEO-7 with John Pearse 80/20 Phospor Bronze strings. And I’m using two Lewitt LCT 140 mics on the guitar.

    Happy Saturday everyone!

    TimK1

    https://youtu.be/CeGrbyIOqXE

    TimK1 replied 3 years, 9 months ago 8 Members · 14 Replies
  • 14 Replies
  • Mike56

    Member
    March 27, 2021 at 11:35 am

    Nice ragtime @timk1. I’ve flirted with ragtime several times over the years and just recently restarted.

    • TimK1

      Member
      March 27, 2021 at 2:57 pm

      Thanks @Mike… hope to hear some rags from you when you feel you can share something!

  • jharding73

    Member
    March 27, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    That was awesome! I just learned this same rag about three or four weeks ago in a fingerstyle class. I like how consistent you were with the tempo through most of it–there are a couple of “tricky” passages in there (I know, because I hesitate in the same places all the time) and you worked through it nicely! Great job.

    • TimK1

      Member
      March 27, 2021 at 2:59 pm

      Thanks Janice…the hard parts are where I get ‘expressive’ 🙂

      Have you experimented with using finger picks in addition to a thumb pick are you able to do this sort of thing with just bare fingers?

  • Philb

    Member
    March 27, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    Very nice! I really enjoy that style and sound.

    • TimK1

      Member
      March 27, 2021 at 3:02 pm

      Thanks so much @Philb !

  • Thaddeus

    Member
    April 17, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Very nice . You sound great. I enjoy that kind of music.

    • TimK1

      Member
      April 19, 2021 at 3:02 pm

      Thanks so much!

  • ted_h

    Member
    April 17, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    That was great! Thanks for sharing the performance!

    • TimK1

      Member
      April 19, 2021 at 3:02 pm

      Thanks so much @haland…glad you enjoyed it!

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    April 19, 2021 at 7:23 pm

    Glad to hear this live, and again tonight. Great performance, @TimK1 ! Love the sounds you get from that CEO7!🎶👍

  • Loraine

    Member
    April 19, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    Sounded fantastic @TimK1

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