Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz Mose Ranger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was born black indeep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all his creativity was anunshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 13of Rev. Davis' best known blues and ragtime arrangements. Tunes such as Candyman Cocaine Blues Hesitation Blues Baby Let Me Lay It on You Spoonful and Delia are included alongside the ragtimeinstrumental tour de forces of Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag) and Make Believe Stunt (Maple Leaf Rag).The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fullerto Dave Van Ronk Bob Dylan David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan

Dans le cadre de la série de l'Art de la guitare Blues, Ragtime et Gospel met en valeur les chansons et les techniques de deux des styles plus fondamentales et excitants de jouer de la guitare fingerstyle traditionnel. Ce programme présente la musique du légendaire Reverend Gary Davis, mettant en vedette plusieurs de ses chansons connues. Woody Mann illustre comment la musique de l'un des plus grand guitariste de l'Amérique offre une leçon complet dans la beauté et les subtilités du ragtime et de jouer de la guitare de gospel. Le révérend Davis était un des musiciens plus doués et les plus originales de sa génération. Sa musique représente certains des sons plus sophistiqués au monde de la guitare fingerstyle. Depuis sa mort en 1972, influence de Davis a continué de croître à mesure que chaque nouvelle génération de guitaristes découvre l'excitation de sa musique. Adolescente, Woody Man étudie privé avec le maître. Dans ce programme il enseigne six de ragtime du révérend et gospel originaux note-pour-note, tout comme Davis lui enseigne - détaillant et expli... / Guitare

Les grands morceaux de ragtime de début du 20ème siècle ont été écrits pour la plupart pour piano, mais beaucoup de traduire superbement pour la guitare, et David Laibman va vous montrer comment. / Guitare

Ten classic Scott Joplin Piano rags arranged for Classical Guitar by Jerry Willard. Arranged in standard notation and tablature these timeless tunes by the most famous of all ragtime composers soundabsolutely great on a Classical Guitar and to help you perform them perfectly the Download Card features recordings of each by Willard himself. Rising quickly to fame for his ragtime compositions andachieving acclaim as the 'King of Ragtime Writers' composer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Joplin wrote some of the greatest rags ever as well as some of the finest compositions of any style or genre. WithScott Joplin Favorites For Classical Guitar you can learn such rags as Maple Leaf Rag The Entertainer and Heliotrope Bouquet for the Classical Guitar. Suitable for intermediate to advancedplayers this book will keep you entertained for hours as you pore over the expertly composed rags that have become so ingrained in modern music. Born to a musical family in Texas in 1867 it becameimmediately obvious that Joplin was of exceptional talent. After learning a number of instruments and moving to Missouri his compositions brought him great fame and had a profound influence on othercomposers of the day and for over a century to come. Tunes like Cleopha Kismet Rag Pleasant Moments and The Strenuous Life all had a huge impact on the musical world turning this creative genius into ahousehold name.  Now accomplished guitarist Jerry Willard has compiled and arranged ten of Joplin's best tunes into this sheet music songbook letting you learn thesewonderful compositions for the Classical Guitar. As a bonus extra the included download card allows you to listen to Willard himself performing all ten songs that were specially recorded for this edition. This will allow

The Piano rag is musical form unlike any other. Although melodious ragtime's excitement and appeal derives from its syncopated rhythms. Ragtime music achieved notoriety through its greatest composer >ScottJoplin/strong> (1868-1917). At an early age he studied with an old German musician who introduced him to the Piano and music theory. While still in his early teens he earned his way playing Piano in the honky-tonks of villages andtowns in the Mississippi Valley. He was intrigued with the folk music of his people and the jig Piano style of the self-taught pianists with whom he worked.Complete Works Of Scott Joplin For Guitar allowsyou to take a musical journey through Scott Joplin's prolific career and perform these time-honored ragtime Piano pieces as they are transcribed here for solo Guitar. Written in standard notation only withfingerings and historical/ performance notes.

DVD Three - The Next Step: Exploring Blues and Ragtime Progressions-Ernie Hawkins uses the amazing C-A-G-E-D System when playing his specialty blues and ragtime tunes in alternate-thumb finger picking style. On his third lesson Ernie explores blues melodies as they move up into the highest reaches of the fingerboard as well as the popular 'circle of fifths' ragtime progression.

Blues And Ragtime Guitar-For many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts clubs festivals colleges and museums in the United States Canada Europe and Japan. He has played with blues greats such as Son House Mance Lipscomb Fred McDowell Jim Brewer and Rev. Gary Davis. In this DVD Ernie talks about his influences and performs a wide range of blues ragtime and gospel tunes. Titles include: What You Gonna Do Railroad Blues Chump Man Blues Rev. Davis Medley Police Dog Blues Slow Drag Fast Fox Trot Twelve Sticks Florida Blues Penitentiary Blues Potato Head Blues Hawkins Rag If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down That Road Call Up China Lightnin's Hideaway Elm Street Blues Masanga Riding On A Moonbeam and Blue Belle.

8 ragtime pieces for guitar-This book contains 8 fantastic original pieces in a ragtime style.

Woody Mann enseigne les sons et les techniques du style guitare blues ragtime classique. Inspiré par les premiers maîtres comme Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, le Révérend Gary Davis et Blind Boy Fuller, Woody a écrit des airs originaux qui dégradent les complexités de la musique en instruments claires et lisible. Il illustre des techniques de cueillette syncopés, ornements de la corde, des lignes de basse rythmiques, ragtime classique riffs et montre comment atteindre la caractéristique swinging sonore de blues de ragtime. Chansons comprennent: # Midtown Fling, vers la fin de matinée Blues, Manhattan Rag, pays Buck, de m. Blake Dance, Technique et Variations / Guitare / Dvd

Parlor Gems A Treasury of 19th Century Music for Classical Guitar. In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the parlor was a room set aside for particular functions. Before the advent of the radio, it was the place where formal presentations were staged, including amateur and semi-professional concerts. This classical guitar solo collection for the intermediate to advanced player offers nine engaging and lyrical European and North American favorites of this bygone era. All of the solos are presented in standard notation only and played on authentic reproductions of period instruments on the book?s online companion recording. Author Joseph Mayes plays works by well-known guitarist-composers Carulli, Coste and Giuliani as well as the lesser-known but deserving ?Kathleen Mavoureen?Romanza? by Frederick N. Crouch arranged by Charles de Janon, and Felix Arndt?s ?Nola,? one of the era?s most popular ragtime piano themes, here transcribed and arranged by William Foden and the author. Includes access to online audio.

Grammy winning guitarist and acclaimed author Mark Hanson teaches you how to play great fingerpicking blues guitar instrumentals on this DVD. Included are Mark's fun arrangements of Every Night When the Sun Goes Down Stick With Me Baby and his extended bluesy guitar solo of the classic Amazing Grace. Also included are Mark's sprightly ragtime composition 'Riff Raff' and a thorough explanation of developing fingerstyle solo techniques through multi-voiced back-up shuffle patterns. As an added bonus Mark is shown performing his highly regarded arrangement of Water Is Wide. Contains complete music notation and tablature for all the fivetunes. Individual lesson segments and multiple camera angles and close-ups all to help your learning!