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This is a basic example of how I write out tabs. There is a lot of information in this little bit, and I hope that this tutorial will help you to understand it.
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Paul, to tune your CBG, you should use a "chromatic" tuner, many guitar tuners have this feature, but not all. "Chromatic" means that it will read all 12 of the notes in the entire major scale, not just the ones used for common 6 string tuning. I prefer the type that clips onto the head, I've found the ones you plug into the git to be a bit less reliable for CBG's. A model that has gotten good reviews is the "Snark". You may also want to try to find someone near you that's into CBG's, I think you may benefit from some face-to-face guidance to get you started on the right foot and jam a bit with (making music should be social!), as well as keeping up with us here.
For GDg, use strings 5,4 3 ( the A, D, and G strings). The A will be the thickest of the three. Tune them as they are designed, ADG, and then tune the A down to a G. This creates the GDg tuning. And because the A (now tuned to a G) is thicker than the other actual g string, their relative pitch will be an octave apart.
If yor tuner wont recognize different notes, try googling for "online guitar tuner".
Scott ,thanks for the explanation, but how do you get that tuned on the guitar with a tuner?
Not F#. It's a G, an octave higher than the other. THink of it like this...there are 7 full notes, A to G...then the next A is an octave (or pitch) higher. The word "octave"refers to the number 8. So if you count from the G, for example, 8 full notes, you arrive at the next "octave" of g.
Nice site with all the songs. With a tuning of G D g the second g is an octave higher then G. What exactly is meant by this? Would that be a f# ?
Thanks
Redbelly, Nice site, I'm checking it out now! I'll be adding it to my recommendations.
I have found the lessons at www.learncigarboxguitar.com very easy and logical to follow. It is presented for the absolute beginner, but I believe more advanced lessons are in the pipe line. I have contacted the author on 3 occasions and my questions were promptly answered. In hindsight I should have worked the answers from the material presented. Many songs in CBG tab are available on the website. In a previous post it was suggested that paying for the lessons was unnecessary but from my view point it has been money well spent.
Paul, fret not (pun intended)! Set aside your Kenni Lee CD for now, but you'll eventually come back to it. Yeah, it's not for the absolute newbie. If you're brand spankin' new to playing stringed instruments and music theory, yer still in the right place, but ya need to learn to walk before ya run. Click here to read my post about learning to play fretless slide on...
The tabs that I publish are all arranged on my fretless 3 string, using both slide and fingering. I'm no musical genius, so if I can play these songs, you can, too, it just takes practice.
Shane Speal, Hollowbelly and Keni Lee all play fretless, and with practice and patience, you too can learn to play fretless well. They all started at zero, too!
I've had enough people ask about playing my tabs fretless, so soon I'll have to post some tips and tricks to fretless on my blog here. Stay tuned.
One last thing: if you have problems with Kenni's lessons, contact him here or on Facebook. He's more than willing to give personal advice and attention. That's why his lessons are such a bargain.
Thanks for the response. But I think I'll need to put Keni Lee on the back burner as his CD is not aim for the absolute beginner.
I'll need to start with more basic lessons with lot less theory. Listening to Keni makes my eyes glaze over.
I find lessons on www.learncigarboxguitar.com more my speed.
Thanks again.
Also, Paul, you're right, Keni's lessons aren't exclusively slide, you will need to learn to fret notes, even without metal frets. It can be done with practice and patience, and you will then have a well-earned superiority over the lazy louts who need metal bars on the neck to make a note sound.
My main difficulty with fretless is the blues shuffle when it's not on an open chord, so I usually substitute with walking basslines, which are covered in Keni's supplemental lessons on CD4. Once you are able to use your fingers on the neck with scales, go right to the walking basslines, a fretless player's best friend- just think rockabilly stand up bass. Don't give up- fretless gives a unique sound to your playing, and bends and micro tones are super-easy, and you always get more satisfaction when you learn to play something well enough that nobody notices you're playing fretless...
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