Thanks Martin! That was 40 mins of pure joy foR me. I’m just getting started with this style … been playing some John Hurt stuff that feels quite accessible for now (especially as there is so many resources for his songs). I’m seeing a lot of similarities here so I’ll definitely have a bash at Blind Blake next as I love his tunes. Thanks again…would love to see more songs in this style.

@@ukulelewoodshed6694 Excellent! I’ll be doing more song based lessons. Shorter but more in-depth. John Hurt is a great way to get into fingerpicking. More of a ‘songster’ than a blues or ragtime guy but it’s all in there somewhere even if only a little. Visited his grave in 2006. A bizzare adventure.

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Three of the great ragtime guitarists there! Davis didn’t think much of Fuller!

I’d say it’s ‘quite wide’ but not sure exactly. ‘Cap-oh’ indeed!! 🎯🎼🎯

Nothing ironic. Was cold that day and the loft studio was always chilly.

Big fan of him!

Also, people don't even know what Blind Blake's real name was... crazy; and unmarked grave for most his death. I found a new podcast which is amazing; called "Music From 100 Years Ago" (music from the US generally) and I have dreamed of having my own podcast somewhat similar. Giving a little history around the song... but the host has 'themes' for each program and since i'm a huge 'pre war blues' fan i scrolled down to 'Blues 1928' or 'Blues 1929" and so forth and he gives some info about Blind Blake, and others like Charley Patton, i never knew.... Highly recommend it if that's your kinda thing to get into... Ragtime is a hard style of guitar playing, for me anyway, but i like challenges!!! Thanks for the vid!

I’ll check the podcast. Sounds good. Hopefully the video helps!! Thanks. 🎯

It’s just good old fashioned syncopated fun.

It's probably true. I hung around in the French quarter bars a lot in New Orleans and and could definitely notice one and entertainer is rag time.

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It’s good to give context!!

It’s a great guitar. KZfaq compression doesn’t do it any favours!

My favorite of the ragtime pickers for sure! What a great lesson. I had it kinda, but you clarified a few things. Thanks Martyn!

Thanks! Happy to share! It’s wonderful music!!

Indeed they were. The book I’m holding in the thumbnail goes into that. This is a beginners video and anybody that’s going deep in this stuff would already be way over the need for this video! 🎯

I think you are confusing "syncopation" with "shuffle rhythm" here. The very essence of ragtime is its syncopation; without syncopation, there will be no ragtime at all. I have the sheet music of Scott Joplin´s Collected Piano Works in one fat volume, and there is hardly any bar in there without syncopation, at least in the pieces referred to as "rags" (there are some marches and waltzes, too, that he composed). Now what Washboard Resonators presents to you as Blind-Blake-style "ragtime" uses not only syncopation (that would go without saying), but also a different underlying rhythmic feel that has become a trademark of blues and then jazz: shuffle rhythm. That means that if you have two eighth notes per one quarter note, the first eighth note is played or held a little longer, which is what gives things its swing feeling. In its extreme form you could say the feeling is one of three eights (triplets) to one quarter note, with the first of two eighth notes occupying twice as much time within the triplet as the second eighth, which is what you get in a slow blues by B.B. King, such as "The Thrill Is Gone". The faster you play such a shuffle the more subtle the duration difference between the first eighth note and the second (it is just barely there in fast modern jazz), but in swing it will always be there indeed, more or less subtle. Washboard Resonator plays the shuffle rhythm all over the place without explaining it - it seems it has become so much second nature to him that he takes it for granted. And since he plays things fast, you hardly recognize that particular rhythmic feel, but it is absolutely crucial for the very lively, jumping effect his playing has. The opposite of shuffle rhythm is "straight eighths" (you will sometimes find that instruction in Real Books, for instance), or simply "straight". Thus the opposite of "straight" is by no means "syncopated", contrary to what you appear to suggest. Scott Joplin wanted to be recognzied as a classical composer of serious music, and not of the kind of sexually arousing kind of fast, jazzy ragtime played in the brothels of his day; that´s why he always asked for his pieces to be played in a slow (dignified) way and straight in the sense of: avoiding shuffle. Classcial European music just does not know swing. When you play Scott Joplin rags fast and with a shuffle feel (which you can), they will still work and sound good, but they will lose their unique selling proposition: their incredible and inimitable elegance. I´m not saying that Blind Blake´s and Washboard Resonators´ music is in any way worse than Joplin´s; they just aim for a totally different effect right from the start, and both their and Joplin´s approaches are absolutely justified and enjoyable in themselves.

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I hope it helps folks get into this style! I’ll do some more shorter videos on specific songs another time.

@@TheWashboardResonators That would be great. For now, this one will keep me busy for a while...Cheers!

Hope it opened a few doors! Both very nice guitars!!

No idea who that is. Must be cool if someone is referencing them on this channel. 😎

Thanks! Gets one started in the style. Hopefully, many take it further.

@@TheWashboardResonators I think there's a lot to dig into there. I'm working on the tunes you suggested already! :-) I've been on a big Jerry Reed/Chet Atkins/ Tommy Emmanuel...general fingerstyle buzz for a while but I'm a bluesy electric player really...I think this ragtime stuff might be great to get into! I may be getting ahead of myself a bit, but are there any other bluesy ragtime tunes, (maybe some favourites of yours?!) that you'd suggest we could listen to or try to learn once we've got these ones down? Cheers Martyn!

Glad it helps!!

Thanks!! Hope it helps!!! 🎯🎯🎯

Yep! I clearly hadn’t spun it around since getting it back from being repaired years earlier!

lmao yeah I noticed that too

Super cool guitar!! Thanks for the sub too. Everyone is appreciated!

@@TheWashboardResonators Cheers from Southern Oregon USA

The preeminent purveyors of ragtime guitar. 🎯

It’s such a satisfying style. Fun, historical, bouncy and interesting to carry all the parts at once. Hope you get as much from the music as we do! 🎯

@@TheWashboardResonators cheers pal! Will be checking out your music the now 😎👍🏻

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It’s a lovely guitar. Had a rebuild including graphite rods and a new bridge and bridge plate. Much beloved now! I have regular DAddarrio 12 gauge PB’s. They’ve been on three years I reckon. Sound lovely.

@@TheWashboardResonators thanks for your reply...and all the informative videos.

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Travis picking is a term that sort of relates. I dare say that ‘Travis Picking’ is actually copying this style of guitar playing. As always, slow down the video in the settings and listen hard to that G chord. The top line with hammer-ons fall on the notes your thumb plays and inbetween. It’s like a roll once you get used to it. I like old vintage guitars but they can be problematic or expensive for setup. I’d always look for a 12 fret to the body and smaller body guitar. Perhaps a used Martin 015, a new Sigma 00028 or the like.

Never had one of those guitars in my hand so if I do it would be nice to do a video on it!

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You know what. Yes! Should do a Broonzy lesson. I’m a really big fan. We get to Paignton and Plymouth sometimes. Just booking a tour for later in the year. Join the mailing list to guarantee ticket links! 🎯

@@TheWashboardResonators Mance Lipscomb was another one similar to Broonzy. Snoozer Quinn is another great one but just used mainly a pick on his recordings.

20 minutes a day for a few days should get it!

I adore everything about him. Lots of drop D tuning. 🎯

The small body 1899 Washburn guitar is particularly stunning. I’d say it’s very full and projects good. The Triolian is a beauty but is a tad quiet and thin perhaps. The KZfaq definitely compresses and destroys the sound. I’ve recorded loads of videos where you hear big volume changes and you listen back when it’s uploaded and it all is very level.

You mean KZfaq volume is still in the stone age Ive noticed that . You tube really mess up sound , harmonics .

@@LUCKYB. this is the hidden price to pay : YT is free, but the byte flow rate is poor... Since two decades, Neil Young said a thing or two, about what a good digital recording process should be (sample frequency and dynamic range...)

Apparently he didn’t think much of BBF. 😵‍💫

@@TheWashboardResonators That's what I mean. He said that Fuller only knew one knife (slide) tune when he met him and then he taught him. He was very salty about other musicians but I think it was just his personality. He was very kind to his students. Anyone who writes tunes for guitar in the key of F is either a masochist or a genius. IMHO Gary was the latter!

Normal scale this one! Damn nice guitar!

@@TheWashboardResonators Thank you. I'm looking for to test some 630 mm scale parlor, but unfortunately there are few opportunity to find them in the music shops where I live. Have good music! Ciao! 🇮🇹

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Heard that too. I’m going off the book I show in the video and it’s sources. Like any research it’s good to get different sources and check. Might do a deep dive into ragtime history one day. This is just a basic guitar lesson with mini history lesson attachment.

It’s probably the sawdust that people mention. My luthier clearly didn’t vacuum it when doing the rebuild.

No such thing. Any you like. 1920s Stella, Martin 00028 or similar would be my first choice.

All standard.

1899 Washburn. Was rebuilt by Mark Knopflers old tech. Is based on a Martin of the era. Very nice.

I was going to say it looks like a signature Mark Knopfler Martin Ragpicker…of which only 150 were made (I think.)

Sawdust from when it was fixed up!! My luthier clearly didn’t vacuum it!!

@@TheWashboardResonators I was so mystified by the fact zero comments questioned that. For a second I thought you planted confetti in the guitar for some wow effect hahaha

which would've been a pretty cool move ngl

It was some surprise sawdust which must have been left from when the neck was reset. Nobody was as surprised as me to see that. 😵‍💫

Great video. I've been struggling with that stumble lick all morning.😆

@@TheWashboardResonators Cracked me up the first time I saw it "1899-made..." (120+ years' worth of dust falls out of the soundhole)

You can use any tuning to do anything.

Ha ha ha! So syncopated piano music didn’t exist until Scott Joplin ‘invented’ it!! Ha ha. I’ve read so many books on this subject and you could do with doing the same. What we gave here is a simple look into 1920s style ragtime guitar with a little historical context so shouldn’t be an issue to anybody. A cursory google of the word ragtime will shed more light for others that want more.

It’s an old Washburn 1899. 🎯