Swing Soloing: “Panhandle Rag,” Part 2: The Melody

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Home Sweet Home

In Part 2 of the lesson on crosspicking, you'll learn the first part of Scott's arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," which mostly uses the traditional 3-3-2 roll. Since crosspicking is usually used to play song melodies, it's a good idea to learn the melody of a song before tackling a crosspicking arrangement, so Scott starts by making sure you know the melody to "Home Sweet Home" and then takes the arrangement apart phrase by phrase (or roll by roll).

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Panhandle Rag

Swing Soloing: “Panhandle Rag,” Part 1

Swing Soloing: “Panhandle Rag,” Part 2: The Melody

Swing Soloing: “Panhandle Rag,” Part 3: Melodic Variations

“Panhandle Rag” Play-Along Track

Swing Soloing: “Panhandle Rag,” Part 2: The Melody

Scott walks you through the melody to his arrangement of “Panhandle Rag” in this video, showing you the fingering and syncopations and explaining how to think about the ends of the notes to give the lines a swing feel or provide some variation in the phrasing. He also talks about the rhythmic difference between swing eighth notes and straight eighth notes.

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