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Chapter 11: Acoustic Roots: Delta Blues and Its Country Cousins
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but they seem to fit because of the key, feel, and mood. The most famous tag
is perhaps “Shave and a hair cut, two bits” popularized by bluegrass bands,
but ragtime guitar offers an infinite variety of tags, too.
Figure 11-8 shows a single-note tag in C that fits over any song in the style of
Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, or Mississippi John Hurt (info on Hurt can
be found in the previous section).
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C G 7
0 0 1 3
T
A 2 0
B 3
3
C
1 1
2 2
3
3
C G 7
0 0 1 3
3
2 0
3
1
C
3
2
3
4 3 1
2
F
C
3 1 3 1 3
2
3 3
1 1
3 1 3 1
2
3 3
1 1
3 3 2 1
3
2 1 0
0
2
3 2 0
4
0
G7
*C III
C
F
C C /E E ° 7 G 7/D
C
Figure 11-7:
Country
blues with a
melody on
top of an
alternating
bass.
3
4
3 3
3 3
*Barre at 3rd fret.
5 3
4
0
4
0
3 0
3 3
1 1
0 2 2 0
2 3
3
1
3 2 1
1 1 1 0
0 2 0
2 1 0
3
0
1
0
3
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