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Having started playing in the pre tab days I'm kind of split on the subject.
When I was a kid the music books were pretty much a bad joke. Maybe the chords
were right but they didn't include any of Ace Frehley's bitchen solos. Then
came note for note transcriptions in books and mags. I had long since out grown
Kiss but now I could play Stevie Ray's bitchen solos. The problem with tabs
is now everybody with time and inclination can play Stevie Ray's bitchen solos.
I lost interest in the Blues over the past few years because it seems like
every player is trying to play Stevie Ray's bitchen solos. Some even do it quite
well but they've learned their lessons so well they can't do the most
important thing a guitar player should do: Play their OWN bitchen solos. It's
strange
that music is one of the only arts where letter perfect imitation is extolled
as a virtue by some people.
Tab is a great tool though if used in moderation. It's great for figuring out
the tricky bits like the part of "Baja" I still haven't figured out. Anybody
have a good tab of that? The funny thing about picking songs out is that I was
trying to figure out how to play "Diamondhead" and realized I was play
"Baja."
I didn't realize I had a method regarding tab but I guess I do. Let's call it
the lazyman's guide to tab. I work on the song from tab until I think I've
got it down OK then play along with the record and fake the bits I haven't
learned from the tab.
Has anybody used those song trainers that playback at half speed?
GT
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