Watson Doc - Black Mountain Rag

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Band name Watson Doc
Song name Black Mountain Rag
Tab type Guitar tab
Added 07/12/2008
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Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:43:07 -0500
From: Steven Sladkowski 
Subject: w/watson_doc/black_mountain_rag.tab

Song: Black Mountain Rag
Artist: Doc Watson
Album: Foundation: The Doc Watson Instrumental Guitar Collection
1964-1998
Tabbed By: Steven Sladkowski ( stevensladkowski@gmail.com )
 
Here's my attempt at this incredible piece of traditional music as
arranged by the master: Doc Watson
The tab is the melody, but it follows a I-IV-V progression in D (in C
shape, capoed on II)
 
To those of you who are new to Doc Watson, this song is one of his
better-known pieces, and is his staple "Look what I can do" piece. He
often plays it with Jack Lawrence and T. Michael Coleman, and usually
plays the melody at a steady 4/4 tempo a few times, then plays it in
cut-time and makes his fingers work in a dizzying fashion. Practice
this slowly, if you take your time and learn it, it will sound close
to the way it's played on the album. Once you've got it up to a
steady pace, try and speed it up a little, it's a GREAT
finger workout. I'll break it into sections, each section is played
twice before moving into the next one. The entire song is played in
an up-down-up-down strumming motion that works well if you try it
with your entire arm just like Doc Watson does. This is a flatpicking
classic, and one that every guitarist should hear. Enjoy it.
 
CAPO ON II
 
Symbols:
/: slide up
\: slide down
h: hammer-on
p: pull-off
333: triplet
 
Intro (only played once)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-2s3-333-333-333------------|
E|----------------------------|
 
  Section 1
e|-----0h5-3h5p3-----0h5-3h5p3----0h5-3h5p3-------------|
B|-3s5-----------4h5-----------4h5---------4h5-3---1-1--|
G|------------------------------------------------2-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
 
Section 2
e|---0-0-0-0-0---0--0s0-0-0---0--------------|
B|-3s5-5-5-3-1---1--3s5-3-1---1--------------|
G|-------------2------------2---2p0----------|
D|----------------------------------0h2p0----|
A|----------------------------------------3--|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
Section 3
e|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
B|-----1---1---1---1---1---1---------------|
G|-----0---0---0---0---0---0--0h2p0--------|
D|-----2---2---2---2---2---2--------2p0----|
A|---3-------3-------3------------------3--|
E|-------3-------3-------3-----------------|
 
Section 4 (only played once)
e|---------------0-0-0-0----1------------------------------------------|
B|---------------1-1-1-1----1----1-4-3-1h3-----------------------------|
G|---------------3-3-3-3----2-0h2--------------------------------------|
D|---0h2-222-0---2-2-2-2--3-3---------------0h2-2p0---0-2-0------------|
A|-------------3-3-3-3-3----------------------------3-------0h2---0h2--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------3------|
 
Section 5 (played once, directly after the 0h2 in S.4)
(This is the one part that I don't have perfect, but it still sounds
good)
 
e|---------------------------------1-1---------------------|
B|---------------------------------1-1-----1-4-3-1-4-3-1-1-|
G|---------------------------------2-2-0h2-----------------|
D|----------0-2-0-2-3-2-0---0-2-2--3-3---------------------|
A|--3-2-3-2---------------3--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--3-1-0-3-1-0-------------------0-----0--|
B|--------------1-3-1-0-----------1-----1--|
G|----------------------0-2-0-----0-----0--|
D|----------------------------2-0-2-----2--|
A|--------------------------------3-----3--|
E|----------------------------------0h3----|
 
Ending:
 
e|------0------------------------------------0---|
B|--1-3---3-1-0------------------------------1---|
G|--------------0-2--------------------------0---|
D|------------------2-0----------------------2---|
A|----------------------3--3-----0-----0-0-2-3---|
E|---------------------------3-3---3-3-----------|
 
Send any Doc Watson requests to stevensladkowski@gmail.com, I'll do
my best
 
---
Steve Sladkowski

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