Geetar Tab

Fellow Twangers,

I have a couple more questions for you wise gods of wood!!

When you see a chord progression in tab form is it necessary to play it exact as some tab just tells you to play maybe 2 or 3 strings of a particular chord?

Also in most tab form there are no rythym lines and I cant read music anyway so is there any way I can workout a strumming pattern and find whether I should be playing a down stroke or up stroke when this is not indicated on the tab. My ear for music is not the best so I find it difficult to work out from listening to the record (especially when the music is heavily distorted!!)

Is there any way I can improve my musical ear, i.e my mate is in a band and can just listen to a song and then play it back pretty much immediately (he has been playing for 18 yrs or so though and i've only been playing for a year!!)

Thanks Dudes/ Dudettes!!!

Usually tablature is provides a guide for you to go by to play a song (since there usually isn't any notation on how long each note is played or where rests are). The best thing to do is to start off learning the tab, for whatever song you're working on, and then add, or take away, from what you're given to play what sounds best (closest to the original) to you.

Hi there,

A lot of tab on the internet is incorrect, so the only tablature that you should/could directly follow is that from a book or scored out as sheet music ( However you don't read Music, so I wouldn't worry about the last part ). The only thing I find tablature useful for ( on the internet ) is as a guide. You must use your ear to decipher the rest of the song and can use the tab as a guideline.

Unfortunately, tablature does not give any rhythm indications at all, so the reader is left up to discern that on their own. For those people who have not developed their Aural skills ( you ), this is a hard task. However, anyone can learn how to do this and you won't have to play guitar for 18 years either :p

If you have basic theory knowledge then I would direct you towards http://www.teoria.com and tell you to use the exercises for ear training on the site. It will help you distinguish intervals, chords, and rhythm.

Hope this helps! Take care.

-Kyle Hicks ( Kole )
-http://www.myspace.com/kolemusic

Thanks guys,

I love this site, people are actually willing to help, I guess its coz we all have had the same problems at some point in our musical development

Once again cheers guys!!

Originally Posted by: mattoakesThanks guys,

I love this site, people are actually willing to help

that we are, sir. that we are.

except i got to this thread too late to give any real help. darn it.