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--- In , Patrick Shiflett
<p_shiflett@y...> wrote:
> This is coming from a person who can't play guitar
> worth a damn, so please take it with a grain of salt.
> To me, the whole point of the surf guitar 101 exercise
> is to make this world of music more accessible to the
> masses. If you want to do this, you should probably
> use every tool available. This message board is one
> of those tools. I think the idea of peer reviewed
> tabs is excellent for people like me. I love surf
> music and getting the chance to hear directly from
> people like Ivan, Dave Wronski, Fenrec and a whole
> host of other guys who produce the art, is amazing.
> (Honestly, it is better than amazing, you guys are
> great.)
I just thought I would chime in here about Tabs, and to also say that
being mentioned in the company of Mssrs. Wronski and Pongracic is good
company indeed.
The last song I tabbed out was the solo in "Bells of St. Kahuna" and I
did it to try and help me understand how Dave puts his parts together,
and it was so complex that I had to learn it a phrase at a time. I
would have written it out in notation, except that I don't read music.
Tab is, in many ways, superior to notation for guitar as it shows
finger positions. On the guitar you can, of course, play one note at
many different frets, each position giving the note a different feel
and sound. It is also good to know hand positions for scales-
sometimes a lick that is impossible in one position is quite easy in
another.
That said, if you have the patience, try to learn songs by ear. Check
out the Tascam CD-GT1, it will slow yer CDs down to a crawl so you
hear all those blistering 64th notes.
But really, the most important thing to do as a new player is to play,
a lot. By ear, by tab, watch instructional DVDs, pick up songs from
friends, just play.
Fenrec
(Ferenc)
