Joplin Scott

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Joplin Scott - Elite Syncopations guitar tab

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ELITE SYNCOPATIONS

Scott Joplin

arr. for guitar by Richard Darsie (darsie@ece.ucdavis.edu)

Guitar is in Drop-D tuning (DADGBE)

Symbols:

x before a note = harmonic

Comments:

This is probably my favorite ragtime piece. I've wanted to be

able to play it for years but never thought it was arrangable.

There _was_ an arrangement of it that someone recorded years ago

on a Kicking Mule record (can't recall exactly which one), but

it wasn't a terribly satisfactory arrangement as I recall.

This one just fell together in the last couple of days when

I was playing around.

Intro:

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E-|---5-2-0-----2-0---|-0---------------|----------------|------------|

B-|---------3-------3-|---3-0-----------|----------------|------------|

G-|-------------------|-------2---------|----------------|-2----------|

D-|-------------------|-----------0-2-4-|---2---0----2---|------------|

A-|-------------------|-----------------|-0-------4------|----0--2--4-|

D-|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|

Section 1:

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E-||------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------0-|

B-||--------0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----------------|-------3-2--2-|

G-||*---------2-----2-|-------2-----2-|---2---2---1---0-|---2-4---2--0-|

D-||*---------4-----4-|-------5-----5-|---4---4---3---2-|-4------------|

A-||------5---5-----3-|---4---4-----4-|-----3---2---1---|-0----------0-|

D-||----0-----------1-|-2-----------3-|-4---------------|-----6---5----|

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E-|-2-1-2-5---2-0---|-0---------------|---0-------------|-------5-----|

B-|-3-------------3-|---3---3---0-----|---------0-------|-------5-----|

G-|-----------------|-----4-------2---|-----7-6-------1-|-2-----6-----|

D-|-----0-------0---|-----0---------4-|-----6-----4-----|-2-----7-----|

A-|-----------------|-------------5---|-7---7-------2---|-0--------0--|

D-|-0-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-6-------2-------|-------------|

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E-|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------------0-|

B-|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----------------|-------3-2--2-|

G-|-------2-----2-|-------2-----2-|---2---2---1---0-|---2-4---2--0-|

D-|-------4-----4-|-------5-----5-|---4---4---3---2-|-4------------|

A-|---5---5-----3-|---4---4-----4-|-----3---2---1---|-0----------0-|

D-|-0-----------1-|-2-----------3-|-4---------------|-----6---5----|

| 1st ending

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E-|-2-1-2-5---2-0---|-0---------------|---0-2--0-0-----|-------------||

B-|-3-------------3-|---3-0-----0-----|-3---3--2-2-----|-3-----------||

G-|-----------------|-------2---------|-1---1--0-0---2-|------------*||

D-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------4-2-|--------------5-|-4----------*||

A-|-----------------|-------------5---|-2---2--0---4---|-5--0--2--4--||

D-|-0-------4-------|-5-------4-------|----------------|-------------||

| 2nd ending

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E-|----5-5-5--5--||

B-|-3------------||

G-|--------------||

D-|-4------------||

A-|-5------------||

D-|--------------||

Section 2:

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E-||---9-7-5---------0-|---0-2-----2-0---|-----0-----3-2-0-|-----7-5----5-|

B-||---------8-7-8-----|-3-------------3-|-2-3-------------|---7--------3-|

G-||*------6---6-------|-------2---------|-------2-----0---|-7----------2-|

D-||*------5-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|--------------|

A-||---7-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|--------------|

D-||-------------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-0-------4----|

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E-|-9-7-5---2-3---0-|-------2---2-----|---5-4-2---4-----|-2-----5----|

B-|-------8---------|-3-2-3-------5-3-|-2-------6-------|-2-----8----|

G-|-----6---3-------|-4---------------|-----2---------6-|-2-----6----|

D-|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------6---|-4----------|

A-|-7-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-------0----|

D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|

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E-|-9-7-5---------0-|---0-2-----2-0---|-----0-----3-2-0-|-----7-5----5-|

B-|-------8-7-8-----|-3-------------3-|-2-3-------------|---7--------3-|

G-|-----6---6-------|-------2---------|-------2-----0---|-7----------5-|

D-|-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|--------------|

A-|-7-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|--------------|

D-|-----------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-0-------4----|

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E-|-----x12----------x12------|----10--------10----|-----7-5-------|

B-|-x12--------x12--------x12-|-10------10------10-|-8---------8---|

G-|-x12--------x12--------x12-|-11------11------11-|---6---------6-|

D-|---------0---------------0-|-------0----------0-|-----5-------5-|

A-|---------------------------|--0---------0-------|-0-------0-----|

D-|---5------------5----------|--------------------|---------------|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Obviously, this measure is very difficult to play. The only way I can

do it is to move the left thumb around _in front_ of the fingerboard

and finger the 6th string, 5th fret from the front using the side of

the thumb and stretching to reach the 12th-fret harmonics with the

left hand pinky. Obviously, this will take much practicing to sound

clean. I suppose an alternate way of doing this measure would

be to try to finger _and_ pluck the harmonics with the right hand

(sort of like "artificial" harmonics), but I haven't been able to

make this work. Look at it this way: if you can do the stretch,

you'll have a truly impressive item in your bag of tricks!

At any rate, good luck with it.

| 1st ending | 2nd ending | 3rd ending

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E-|----5-5-5--5--||------------| |------------||

B-|-3------------||-3----------| Repeat section 1, |-3-----3----||

G-|-------------*||------------| with the following |-------5----||

D-|-4-----------*||-4----------| third ending: |-4-----4----||

A-|-5------------||-5--0--2--4-| |-5----------||

D-|--------------||------------| |-------0----||

Section 3:

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E-||-----0-------------|-----------3---0-|---0-------------|------------|

B-||---0---3---0-----0-|-----------------|-3---3-------0---|------------|

G-||*--0-----5---2-0---|-2-0---------0---|-------4-0-----2-|------------|

D-||*------0-------0---|-----2-0---------|-----0-----7---4-|------------|

A-||-----------2-------|-3-------2-------|-------------4---|-5----------|

D-||---5---------------|-----------------|-5-------7-------|----0--2--4-|

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E-|----0-------------|-----------------|-------2-0-------|------------|

B-|--0---3---0-1-0---|-----------0-----|-----3-----3---2-|-------3----|

G-|--0-----5-2-----2-|-0-----0-----2-0-|---4-----3-------|-4-----5----|

D-|------0-------1---|---4-2-------2---|-4---4-------4---|-4-----4----|

A-|----------2-------|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-2----------|

D-|--5---------------|-2-------2-------|-4-------4-------|-------0----|

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E-|----0-------------|-----------3---0-|---0-------------|------------|

B-|--0---3---0-----0-|-----------------|-3---3-------0---|------------|

G-|--0-----5---2-0---|-2-0---------0---|-------4-0-----2-|------------|

D-|------0-------0---|-----2-0---------|-----0-----7---4-|------------|

A-|----------2-------|-3-------2-------|-------------4---|-5----------|

D-|--5---------------|-----------------|-5-------7-------|----0--2--4-|

| 1st ending

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E-|-----------------|-0---0-3---3-2-0-|---7-3---0-------|-----------------||

B-|-0---0---3-2-3-4-|---4-------------|-3-----3---3-----|-----------------||

G-|---3---5-----0---|-----0-------3---|-4---0-------2---|-0----------0-2-*||

D-|-----0-------0---|-------------5---|-0-------------4-|-0----0-2-4-----*||

A-|---------2-------|-3-------4-------|-------------3---|----4------------||

D-|-5---------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-5---------------||

| 2nd ending

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E-|------------3-||

B-|--------------||

G-|-0------------||

D-|-0------------||

A-|-------0--2---||

D-|-5--5---------||

Section 4: It's important to work up to playing this fairly fast,

otherwise it will sound really lame. This section should cook.

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E-||-------5-----3-----|-5---0-3---5---3-|-----0-----------|-0---------0-----|

B-||-----------5-------|-----------------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---------|

G-||*----5---5-------5-|---5-------------|---0---0-------0-|---0-----------0-|

D-||*------5-------5---|-----0---2---4---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---|

A-||---3---------------|-5---------------|-------------1---|-2---------------|

D-||-----------5-------|-----------------|-5-------0-------|---------0-------|

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E-|-----0-----------|-0---------0-----|-----0-----------|-0-------------3-|

B-|-3---------3-----|-------3---------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---3-----|

G-|---------2-----2-|-----2-----------|---0---0-------0-|---0-------------|

D-|---4---4---------|---4-0---------4-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|

A-|-0---3-------3---|-0-------0---1---|-2---------------|-----------------|

D-|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|-5-------0-------|

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E-|-----5-----3-----|-5---0-3---5---3-|-----0-----------|-0---------------|

B-|---------5-------|-----------------|-3-------0-3-----|-----0-3---3-----|

G-|---5---5-------5-|---5-------------|---0---0-------0-|---0-----------3-|

D-|-----5-------5---|-----0---2---4---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|

A-|-3---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D-|---------5-------|-----------------|-5-------0-------|-5-------0-------|

| 1st ending

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E-|------------------|-----------------|-----0-----2---3-|------------3--||

B-|------------------|-0-----0---0---3-|---------1-------|---------------||

G-|------3---2-3---0-|---0-2-----------|---2---2---------|-0------------*||

D-|----5---5---------|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-0------------*||

A-|------1-----------|-----2-----------|-0---------------|-------0--2----||

D-|--1-------5---1---|-0-------5---0---|---------0-------|-5--5----------||

| 2nd ending

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E-|-------3-----||

B-|-------3-----||

G-|-------4-----|| ENJOY!!

D-|----0--5-----||

A-|-------------||

D-|-5-----------||

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Joplin Scott - Elite Syncopations guitar tab

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