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Beaumont Rag

Tune Title
Beaumont Rag
Artist
Unknown
Key
F
Tuning
GDAE
Style
Rag
Media Source
Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory University of Missouri LP (1976)
Played By
Unknown
Notes

The fiddlers who played for me did not use the "Georgia lick," a bowing technique of fairly recent origin, which generates a syncopated accent. It is often used in "Beaumont Rag" and other tunes but can be quickly overdone, since it obscures the beat and throws accompanists off stride. It is one of the modern divertissements in present-day fiddling known as "hokum." Recorded by Bill Driver and Red Williams.

Collections Reference
The Old Time Fiddler's Repertory
Old Time Fiddling From The State Of Missouri

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