Acorn stomp

[Bill Bradshaw]

Heard a nice mando version in Buffalo (WY) last weekend. Just wondering if anyone has tab or standard notation for it?
Thanks a lot,
Bill

[Rob Ross]

The book "Ragtime For Fiddle and Mandolin" transcribed, arranged and illustrated by Stephen C. Parker, edited by Alan Davis has a nice version of "Acorn Stomp", plus lots of the other tunes played by the East Texas Serenaders, and gobs of other ragtime tunes. Nice background on the tunes, players, and groups. Book is in standard notation, with a CD of all the tunes played in MIDI format. It's a great book to wander through playing rags you've never heard of and tightening up those you have.

[Bill Bradshaw]

Thanks very much. I will track that down.
Cheers,
Bill

[Jim Garber]

The book "Ragtime For Fiddle and Mandolin" transcribed, arranged and illustrated by Stephen C. Parker, edited by Alan Davis has a nice version of "Acorn Stomp", plus lots of the other tunes played by the East Texas Serenaders, and gobs of other ragtime tunes. Nice background on the tunes, players, and groups. Book is in standard notation, with a CD of all the tunes played in MIDI format. It's a great book to wander through playing rags you've never heard of and tightening up those you have.

Elderly has it.

[Bill Bradshaw]

Yep, just ordered it.
BB

[Jim Garber]

Thanks for all this. It reminds me how much I love ragtime tunes on mandolin. I have to dig out my copy. East Texas Serenaders were excellent. IIRC they had a left-handed fiddler who loved to play in Eb. I learned Mineola Rag in D off the record and figured that it was just sped up a bit to sound in Eb but it actually was played in that key.

[MarkELynch]

Yes, rags played on mandolin are a lot of fun and will expand your abilities to play other musical genres and work in the "flat keys" of F, Bb and Eb. The Slippery Hill website is a great resource for all sorts of tunes. They have many by the East Texas Serenaders including "Acorn Stomp" and one of my favorites, "Babe" we move Babe from Eb to D sometimes to make it easier in a jam situation but some the low notes are lost. It's a cool tune.

https://www.slippery-hill.com/search...ext=East+Texas

On a side note, Steven Parker takes some liberties with his transcriptions so listen to the original recordings and compare for yourself. The MIDI files included with the book are playing the transcribed notes so will be an exact match.

Mark

[Rob Ross]

I noticed there were differences from the East Texas Serenader CD I had and the written music, but it was so nice to have some of the more difficult passages written out to see just what was going on, even if they weren't an exact transcription. First, I play them like they're printed, then tweak them to how I think they were played, and have a ball doing that. I can just flip pages in this book, start picking, and have a great time. Now, if I can only get my bowing down and start doing these rags on fiddle.

If you like the Acorn Rag, may I suggest the Three-In-One 2-Step, the Mineola Rag, Deacon Jones, East Texas Drag, and the Combination Rag to cover some more great East Texas Serenader hits. They're all in the book.