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Tab question

Unread post by bmattox79 » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:02 pm

im new to playing the guitar (2months) and am a huge DMB fan.. just wondering what it means when the tab has something played above (or on the tab below) the 6th string.... i see this alot on these tabs...
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Unread post by Coldchillin » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:09 pm

Example? If you are referring to numbers then it is just fingers used to play that note.

1=index
2=middle
3=ring
4=pinky
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Unread post by nate » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:09 pm

I think what you are taliking about are just the suggested fingers you should use. Like 1=index, 2=middle, 3=ring, 4=pinky. So it just gives a suggestion of what finger you should use to fret the note. Hope that helps
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Unread post by nate » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:10 pm

Just beat me to it ... hahaha
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look at this!!

Unread post by bmattox79 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:48 am

Verse
E:-2--------x--------------------------
B:-3--------x--------------------------
G:-2--------x-----------2--------4--4--
D:-0--------x--0--2--4-----4-----2--2--
A:----4--2--x--------------------------
E:----------x-----------------3--------
4 1 1 4 1 4 2

u have all 6 strings showing where to play the frets.. first one is a D.. but the 4 thats below the E then the 1,,, 1,,,,4,,1,,,4,,,2 what are they??

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Unread post by nate » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:53 am

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Verse

E:-2--------x--------------------------
B:-3--------x--------------------------
G:-2--------x-----------2--------4--4--
D:-0--------x--0--2--4-----4-----2--2--
A:----4--2--x--------------------------
E:----------x-----------------3--------
      4  1        1  4  1  4  2 
Those our the suggested fingers you use. So the 4 2 run on the A string after the D chord should be played with pinky finger (the 4 above) and then the index finger (the 1 above). Does that help clear this up a little bit more?
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Unread post by bmattox79 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:46 pm

yeah im sorry it took me another minute after posting that and looking at it to realize what you guys were saying and what the tab meant.... thanks alot guys!!!

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Unread post by Double_J » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:07 pm

Is there any notation for the strumming? Up, down, or picking with fingers? or is this just something you pick up over time and experiment with?

Thanks

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Unread post by Blake » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:10 pm

Pretty much everything is downstroke for the Lie In Our Graves intro.

welcome to the boards btw :)

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Unread post by SRVDMB » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:14 am

btbesong wrote:Pretty much everything is downstroke for the Lie In Our Graves intro.

welcome to the boards btw :)

Dude i started playing like 2 years ago and the tabs looked like chinese back then....Or like some weird code....lol.....Now all i see is dave chords....lol

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Unread post by Smbabs886 » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:51 pm

SRVDMB wrote:
btbesong wrote:Pretty much everything is downstroke for the Lie In Our Graves intro.

welcome to the boards btw :)

Dude i started playing like 2 years ago and the tabs looked like chinese back then....Or like some weird code....lol.....Now all i see is dave chords....lol
Lol same here brotha.. I used to ask the same questions about strumming.. and you know what its one of those things where if you get to technical it ends up not workin out.. you just have to get a feel for the song and you'll eventually get it. It sounds crazy, but you'll know what im talkin about when you get there
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