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Oh yeah, Brian, I'm also with you and Ferenc on the idea of tab'ing out what ya
learned off the record so you don't have to re-invent the wheel two years later
when the song comes up again.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Neal
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] tabs
Ferenc is right we have beat this to death before, one more time won't hurt.
In my case, I felt like Richard, like I was getting nowhere. And that
was when I was relying on tabs exclusively. I didn't start getting
better until I stopped reading other peoples tabs and started creating
my own. I didn't have anyone else to play with, so I sat down with my
guitar and a pen, and slowed songs down on the computer. I wrote out all
those Man or Astro-Man? tabs that way. Forcing myself to repeatedly go
over those parts and then writing it down on paper forged some neural
pathways in my brain, I am sure of it. Now I rarely resort to the
computer and can pick a lot of stuff out by ear just by going over it .
And you guys are right, there is a tremendous rush when you figure
something out on your own. So again, my position is that tab should be a
very brief "training wheels period". Get off of them as soon as you can.
If you are lucky like Marty you can play with other people. If not, try
creating your own tabs for a while. If that isn't your style just dive
in with your ear and try to pick licks out yourself.
Tonight I just figured out a bizarre chord that the Treble Spankers were
using all on my own. I never would have been able to do that a year or
two ago. There is something spiritual about "you versus your guitar",
trying to improve yourself constantly. It's a battle but it is very
rewarding. Of course it can be frustrating too. Now if I can only get my
fingers to do what my ears want them too...! That's another subject
entirely.
BN
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