Annotation:Ozark Rag

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X:1 T:Ozark Rag S:East Texas Serenaders (Mineola, Texas) M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderately Quick" R:Country Rag D:Brunswick 538 (78 RPM), East Texas Serenaders (1931) N:Recorded Nov., 1930, Dallas, Texas F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ozark-rag Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:F f2-|fgfd cAdc|AFG2 [FA]GA=B|[Ec][E=B][E2c2] [Dc][Dc][_E2c2]|[=E6c6] [_E=B]-| |:-[=Ec][Ec][D2c2] [E2c2][D2c2]| [Ec][DA][_E=B][=Ec]- [E2c2] [F2A2]-|[F2A2]([GA][^GA][A2A2])([=GA][^GA]|[A2A2])([GA][^GA] [A2A2])dA | =BdBA G2 dA|=BdAB G2A=B|1 cdcA GcAG |EGED C2[_E=B]-[=Ec]:| |2cAd2AFG2|F2[C2F2][C2E2][C2_E2]||D(_E=E)(F ^F)d3-|dAcA =BdA2| G,_A,=A,B, =B,G2D|F2D(E E)G D2=B,|CCD_E =Ec2A|cAdc AF G2| |1.F2 dc- cAG2|F2[C2F2][C2E2][C2_E2]:|2 .F2 dc- c2A2|F6|| (DE|^F)D([EA]F) DE([FA]D|E)F [DA]E F2 (G,A,|=B,)G,A,B, G,A,B,G,|A,=B,G,A, B,2G,2| CD_EE =E-c2(A|cA)dc- AF G2|F2dc- c-AG2|1F2[C2F2][C2E2][C2_E2]:|2 F6||

OZARK RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag (cut time). USA, Texas. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCAADD (Brody): AA'BB'CC' (Phillips). The ragtime "Ozark Rag" was recorded in Dallas, Texas, in November, 1930, by the East Texas Serenaders, a string band from in and around Mineola, Texas, consisting (at that time) of Daniel Williams (fiddle), Cloet Hammon (guitar), John Munnerlyn (tenor banjo), and Henry Bogan (cello). Bluegrass mandolinist Bill Monroe also composed an "Ozark Rag," but it is a different tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Daniel Williams with the East Texas Serenaders (Texas) [Brody, Phillips].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 212. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 98.

Recorded sources: -Brunswick 538 (78 RPM), East Texas Serenaders (1930). County 410, East Texas Serenaders- "1927-1936" (1977). Document Records DOCD-8031, "East Texas Serenaders 1927-1937" (2005). Folkways FWRBF18/RBF 18, East Texas Serenaders - "Ragtime #2: The Country- Mandolins, Fiddles, and Guitars" (1971. Various arists), Charlie Turner- "Ragtime 2."

See also listing at:
Hear the East Texas Serenader's recording on youtube.com [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]

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