Mel Bay Complete Works of Scott Joplin for Guitar

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, Scott Joplin (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 and towns 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. 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 with fingerings and historical/ performance notes.

Contents :
A Breeze From Alabama
Antoinette
Augustan Club Waltz
Bethena
Bink's Waltz
Cleopha
Combination March
Country Club
Elite Syncopations
Eugenia
Euphonic Sounds
Felicity Rag
Fig Leaf
Gladiolus Rag
Harmony Club Waltz
Heliotrope Bouquet
Kismet Rag
Leola
Lily Queen
Magnetic Rag
Maple Leaf Rag
March Majestic
Original Rags
Palm Leaf Rag
Paragon Rag
Peacherine Rag
Pine Apple Rag
Pleasant Moments
Reflection Rag
Rosebud March
Roseleaf Rag
Scott Joplin's New Rag
Searchlight Rag
Silver Swan Rag
Solace
Something Doing
Stoptime Rag
Sugar Cane
Sunflower Slow Drag
Swipesy Cakewalk
The Cascades
The Chrysanthemum
The Crush Collision March
The Easy Winners
The Entertainer
The Favorite
The Nonpareil
The Ragtime Dance
The Strenuous Life
The Sycamore
Wall Street Rag
Weeping Willow