Guitar Tabs - WTF?

[smithcorp]

My son wants me to send him the liyrics and "guitar tabs" to The Jam's That's Entertainment. A search on Google and I'm stumped. Every site I find seems to click you off to who knows where and dodgy scam sites.

Is it a file, or sheet music looking thing I need to download; and can anyone tell me where I can find a legit one - a music store?

thanks

smiss

[petey]

...Use to be really popular year or two ago however music labels did their best to stop people 'tabbing' their music. Best I can suggest would be something like http://www.ultimate-guitar.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Search the tabs ?

[w00dsy]

i always use ultimate guitar for tabs. It's there but it seems it's mostly just a chord guide rather than actual tabs. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/search.p ... type=title" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[smithcorp]

Ta guys - I'm still confused as to what to send him. Do I copy and paste the sort of text file that displays on the screen? In one of the versions, there's these little blue-coloured letters like Em7, which if I click, open this little image file - is that needed?

cheers

smiss

[petey]

Well that would depend on whether he has memorised chord charts

The thing you need to know about guitar tabs is that it is very limited in expressing time. So if you send someone just a guitar tab without them hearing the music first it can be impossible to tell how long to hold each note etc.

However if you have the music, it is as simple as just listening and reading the tab. Each line represents a string same as in the chord fingering pattern you have there. The numbers on guitar tabs though refer to which fret you should play.

So, if he has heard the melody before and would like to know the phrasing and notes to play just save the tab page in html and email/print. If it is just a chord chart which only gives you the chord progression without melody then it might not be what your after?

[smithcorp]

Thanks Petey.

[Dr. Pain]

I use http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Finding tabs for it can be a bugger but they are accurate. This is a good program