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Guitar arrangements of Jack McGann.
Many of you may not recognize Jack McGann's name as a guitarist since he never
recorded commmercially. You may however recognize the arrangement. Jack was
highly regarded among his peers for his arrangements of traditional blues,
ragtime, and swing music. He was also one of the most respected and admired
acoustic guitar teachers of the '70s and '80s. His arrangements have been
passed on by his students, grand-students, peers, peers' students, etc.
Jack was also a social activist, and became nationally known for his fight
for equal health care coverage for persons with AIDS.
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a Eubie Blake rag Arrangement copyright Jack McGann
Transcription and data entry by Allyn Dimock
Does anyone know the name of this rag?
Part A
1 G
e----0---||-3-----------|-------------0---|-3---------------|-------------0---|
B--3---3-||:---3--2--1--|-0---------3---3-|-----3---2---1-0-|-----------3---3-|
G--------||-------------|-----2---0-------|-----------------|---2---0---------|
D--------||----3--2--1--|-0---------------|-----3---2---1---|-0---------------|
A----0---||:------------|-----3---2---0---|-----------------|-----3---2---0---|
E--------||-3-----------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5 B7 Em 7 D A7 D
e-3-0---0-3-0---0-|-------------0------|----5---5---0----|-3-2-0-------0----||
B-----3-------3---|---0---------0------|-6h7--7----------|-2-----3---3---3-:||
G-----------------|-2-----0-----0------|-----------------|-2----------------||
D-----0-------0---|-----1---2---2------|--------------0--|-2-------0--------||
A-----------------|-------------2------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------:||
E-3-------3-------|-2-------0---0------|------7---8------|------------------||
| | | | | | | |d | | | | | |b | | |
Second ending
7
e-----------------|-------------3---||
B-----------------|-------------0---||
G-----------------|-------0-----0---||
D-----------------|---2h4-------0---||
A-----2---3---5---|-5---------------||
E-3---------------|---------3-------||
| | | | | | | |b
B part: 1/2bar5
9 G Am7 G A7 D7
e-6h7------------|-------5-6-5-----|-6h7-------------|-----5---5---5---|
B-------8--------|-----8-----------|-------8---------|-----5---7---7---|
G-----0--------0-|---5-------------|-----0-------0---|---6---6-----5---|
D-0--------------|-----5-------5---|-0---------------|-----5---0---0---|
A----------8-----|-7-------6-------|---------8-------|-0---------------|
E----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |x
4 G Am7 Em
e-6h7------------|-------5-6-5-----|-12---------------------------|
B-------8--------|-----8-----------|-11b12-10h11p10---11----------|
G-----0--------0-|---5-------------|---------------12----12-10----|
D-0--------------|-----5-------5---|---------------------------12-|
A----------8-----|-7-------6-------|------------------------------|
E----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
8 A D7 G back to A
e-----------------0----|
B--------------(3----3-|
G-9----11---12---------|
D-11---10---9-----0----|
A----------------------|
E----------------------|
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