Florida Rag by George Lowry

[Steve Harrison]

Does anyone have a banjo arrangement of this, as played by Vess Ossman? If not, I may put it on my to do list..many thanks..Steve.

[Shawn McSweeny]

It's on my list too Steve, but you'll likely get to it first.

My starting point would be to digitally transpose the piano score from G  to F, as that is the key Ossman plays in. Having the score in the matching key makes record transcription easier, as Ossman's arrangements of popular music are usually very close to the melody line of the piano score. 

[Steve Harrison]

Hi Shawn, thanks for that, I have a midi transcription of the piano score so my software will do the key change. I have a couple of tunes in the later stages of competition (just the finger positions to do) so I'll  file them away til later and have a look at Florida Rag next unless you're ready to have a go yourself...Steve.

It's on my list too Steve, but you'll likely get to it first.

My starting point would be to digitally transpose the piano score from G  to F, as that is the key Ossman plays in. Having the score in the matching key makes record transcription easier, as Ossman's arrangements of popular music are usually very close to the melody line of the piano score. 

[Shawn McSweeny]

Go for it, Steve.

[Steve Harrison]

Hi Shawn, will do, Ian has sent me a hand written FVE arrangement and he has also used the key of F. The piano midi is in G but I'll carry on in F....Steve.
Shawn McSweeny said:

Go for it, Steve.