Comment by thereallyniceman on September 30, 2009 at 7:06

Bravo Marc,
Ragtime!! That is what the banjo was invented for :-)

I love it... Forget the 1800s stuff...more ragtime please.

Rob, regarding the ending.. Marc had just forgotten to turn his replay button off.

Ian

Comment by Ray Jones on September 30, 2009 at 8:01

Excellent! Tres bon. Il ya un espoir le monde.

Comment by marc dalmasso on September 30, 2009 at 8:08

Thx Rob & Ian ; i didn ' t understand what you mean by the " real rag instrument " , Rob ; I dont have have any idea ' bout what could be the " real rag instrument " ; I just have an idea about " the instrument " , it is the banjo ...lol
i think it is difficult to play piano tunes , piano rags on the banjo solo ( & this one more because i guess the compositor is a fan of L M Gottschalk and his no ending ascendant & descendant arpegios ) ; i did hesitate playing this version of this rag because i am not fred van Eps & i s difficult to play this at the full speed like usually played on the piano ; for instance i can play " temptation rag " full speed on the piano ; i think it is difficult to do on the banjo when playing groups of 2 , 3 or even 4 notes to give an idea of the harmony . yet , i have an easy way to play at the full speed : the 1st banjo play only singles notes in melodic style , the 2nd banjo play the hamony and the cello the last part ... what do you think ?

Comment by Trapdoor2 on September 30, 2009 at 15:57

I thought Marc was going to be playing on a Steamboat!

I have transcribed one modern rag to banjo tab, "Roberto Clemente" by David Thomas Roberts...a contemporary of Frank French.

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