1@ | hes On the CD ‘The Entertainer as it appears ‘on the 1975 album Chet Atkins ‘oes o Te Movies andthe ‘recent compilation The acoustic or aleetric, Chet himself uses a ‘thumbptck and two, or sometimes three, fingers. However, it's ‘also possible to play ‘the piece using ‘Angers only, or (as in ‘our version) pick- and.fingers. Where possible, allow for ‘one finger covering ‘each string, so you're ot worrying about 12-14-10. 12 ‘Hoorah!’ we ory, for it's Chet Atkins time again! This month TG transoriber KIT MORGAN takes the Sting out of this classic ragtime piano piece with our hero's cunning arrangement. corr Joplin, one of the great ragtim players of this decade, composed many a but perhaps none as universally popular as The Entertainer. The tune was used as the theme for the movie The Sting, which brought st yet further public acclaim. The j fs to have an even accompaniment and a rhythmic int of ragtin syncopated lead line I can only guess that nobody actualy told Chet ‘you ean’ do that on a guitar’, so he went ahead and eame up with this darrangement, Before we stat, it has to be sai that its not really suitable for beginners, but nor is it as nightmarish as the arrangement of Duel svhich we transcribed last month, ng Banjos “The first thing to do is detune your Gth string down a tone to D. Nest, youll need to throw away your metronome, atleast until the second time Ucough the theme, Feel free to experiment with pauses and dynamies throughout the first and third runs through, but stick to steady rhythm the second time or you'll lose that foot-tapping’ feel which is such an important element of the sty ‘Watch out for unexpected bass notes to; there ‘one just after beat two of the very first bar of the ‘main theme, and several more along the way The middle section will take concentration (so try it slowly at first), as some of the syncopition is pretty tricky. The second half ofthis section brings ‘momentary relief by falling into a more failia alternating bass style pattern, Once more thr the main theme ‘freely, then isa big rallentando into the Coda... there, that wustt so bad, was it? And your nearest and dearest willl it encngh to go and hny yon that hard-disk recording set-up you always wanted. Probably 5X2 0 720 OCTORER 1998 186UF 48(ete mane OTST Theme CIE lence life r eed t 3 = = = 7 — ee ae ; 2 Sa j 5 i 5 J} 1 NS = - a a P A = = 5 3 3 = : 5 ms ; ° 2 i ISSUE 48 OCTORER 1998eminent ACL PE ; —— — 3 z + % 3 8—3—$ $ 2 4-2-2. 4 — % 3 4 6—o—6. ° 5 . ° 0. . ¢ a4 OCTOBER 1998 ISSUE 45