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Title: A good introduction
Review: Most of this book aims to 'teach as you play', with eight original (but not too bad) ragtime guitar solos, ranging in difficulty from fairly easy to moderately difficult, presented alongside performance tips and lots of photos of hand positions. It won't teach you much about the theory behind ragtime guitar, but it does a good job of pointing out the relevant parts in the solos so that, hopefully, you'll absorb it by osmosis. And it works! Well, sort of. Whether you end up able to improvise ragtime guitar or not, you'll certainly know a hell of a lot of licks to amaze any old folks who may happen to remember one of the ragtime revivals. (Plus, you'll be prepared for the next one). Recommended.
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