>>New Target and Pay Per Lesson release - The Smothers Brothers Theme - Mason Williams

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Hi Everyone,

Today's Target and Pay Per Lesson release is now live.

Everybody knows Mason Williams for Classical Gas but his scrapbook is full of nuggets of great music. As a writer on The Smothers Brothers Show in the late 1960s he collaborated with some of the most creative minds of the era.

This short instrumental shows how a simple idea can be developed into a very catchy tune, with tongue held firmly in cheek. I worked this out after a short conversation with Mason, who was considering being a guest artist at out 2014 International Guitar Camp at the time.

Maybe next year.

Enjoy this level 7 lesson!

http://www.totallyguitars.com/target-so ... esson.html





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Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:58 pm

Definitely a type of Ragtime feel to this tune. Not every Ragtime piece is fast and bouncy. Scott Joplin wrote some beautiful ballads, check out Solace and Heliotrope Bouquet as examples.

Neil


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Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:31 pm

Hey Walt,

I'll try to address this on the News tomorrow if there's time. I play a version in Dropped D similar to Stefan's based on an arrangement by Leo Wijnkamp from a Kicking Mule album, 1970-something. Maybe I'll track it down tonight.

Neil


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