Supplement 5 The Entertainer

Lesson 3/44 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Fingerpicking Guitar Licks

Supplement 5 The Entertainer

This arrangement is in the key of G Major and consists of the first two sections of the original song. Most of the solo can be related to some of the licks shown at the beginning of this book but a walking bass line is used more often than previous examples.

After the four bar introduction, the traditional sequence for playing a rag is to play the first section twice then the second section twice and finally section one again.

The Entertainer – Analysis

The introduction is played with the right hand fingers controlling the first three strings and the right hand thumb playing the three lower bass strings.
During section one most of the licks can be found in Lesson Three – G Chord Licks. Measures six and eight are where the first bass runs are used. It is important to sustain each bass note and play them a little louder.
The final four bars of the first section have a bass line which descends almost the entire G Major scale. The bass line must once again be played a little louder.

Section two uses mainly riffs which can be found in both Lesson Three – G Chord Licks and Lesson Four – C Chord Licks.

Chord shapes used in "The Entertainer".

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1- Open D Tuning 2- Extended F Chord Licks 3- Extended D Chord Licks 4- Extended C Chord Licks 5- Extended G Chord Licks 6- Extended A Chord Licks 7- Extended B Chord Licks 8- LESSON TEN 9- LESSON NINE 10- Introduction 11- LESSON EIGHT 12- Open G Tuning 13- B Chord Licks 14- F Chord Licks 15- D Chord Licks 16- C Chord Licks 17- G Chord Licks 18- A Chord Licks 19- E Chord Licks 20- Open C Tuning 21- Open E Tuning 22- INTRODUCTION 23- Siberia 24- Progressive Fingerpicking Guitar Solos 25- Jewels 26- Supplement 5 The Entertainer 27- Backyard Boogie 28- The Longest Mile 29- Extended E Chord Licks 30- Monotonic Bass Solo 2 31- Monotonic Bass Solo 1 32- Supplement 1 Betty’s Blues 33- Supplement 6 Geoffrey’s Rag 34- Gee Wizz 35- Supplement 2 The Old Man 36- Notation 37- Country Stomp 38- Supplement 7 Chordal Chaos 39- Supplement 3 C For Yourself 40- Tablature Symbols 41- Supplement 8 Pineapple Rag 42- Supplement 4 Constant Velocity 43- Chord Diagrams 44- Scales

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Supplement 5 The Entertainer