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Glad Rags

Derek Hasted - for 3 Guitars

Two wistful ragtime trios - Rag Tag and Cuckoo Clock Rag

Published by Corda Music - Catalogue Number CMP 386 - Price £4.00 + p&p

Ordering instructions

Cuckoo Clock Rag - an incipit snippet

With a little "cuckoo" hidden here and there, this piece suits a Guitar Ensemble in which the top line players are starting to explore up the neck. It has excursions into the ninth position, and a modulation from E to F and back, touching at the very edges of normal guitar keys. It is ideal when some players are a little more advanced than others, as the more experienced can have the higher positions and the off-the-beat rhythm, and the less experienced can share in the interlocking rhythms and clean sound.