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A Slow Drag

Composer:Matthews  (1888-1958)   Suppliers: Ditty Box Enterprises
Editor:Geoff Grainger  Septet:Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass
Publisher:Ditty Box Enterprises  Publication:DBE 744
Audio:Listen. Sequencer: UnknownListen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble Audio file information  


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Look and ListenLength: approx. 2¾ mins.
Pastime Rag No. 4 is logically the fourth of Matthews Pastime Rags (but was printed 2 years after the fifth!) of which Rudi Blesh wrote in his Classic Piano Rags as being "virtuosic, wide ranging in concept and a five-chapter synopsis of the St. Louis ragtime scene. This particular rag is noted for and characterised by its jangling, "crazy" chords in the A-strain - perhaps so much so that its publication was delayed. Its form is a straightforward AABBCC with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AB- and C-strains are written in the major keys of F and Bb respectively. This multi-chord "black" piece demands exquisite tonguing and is definitely only for the brave.
Pastime Rag No. 4 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 74 crotchets/min. is suggested.

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CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag" 
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