On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:46:42 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2013-12-22 at 16:27 +0100, Philipp Überbacher wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:47:26 +0100 > > Edgar Aichinger <edogawa@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/bates/ohne_dich_crd_844996id_06072009date.htm > > > I have no idea how to read those strange guitar thingies. Not sure > > what's easier, trying to translate this or trying to play the song > > by ear. Anyway, time to dust off the piano. > > Assumed the author didn't confuse the tuning, something that often > happens for generation x music, when they miss to care about dropped D > tunings, a tablature is read like this: > > For example, if at the beginning there is an A, the 3 does mean A + 3 > semi steps, IOW it's a C. d + 2 IOW is a E etc.. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user Thanks, I never played the guitar, so tabs are just gibberish to me. It turns out the English Wikipedia page is detailed enough to let me translate this thing to something I understand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar#Standard I guess there's not much timing information in there. The distance (or number of dashes) may mean something, but hard to say what exactly. Regards, Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
