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Topic: Question Re Writing Up Tabs |
George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 10:15 am |
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Ever since I took lessons in 1948, I've been writing TABS by hand (See Tennessee Waltz below. Is there any computerized program that I could use to get the exact same or suitable format? For example, I cannot have a line across the top row of numbers.
Thanks.
Geo
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Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 10:57 am
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There are a number of tab writing programs that I'm not familiar with but I think you could use a word processor to make a grid of how ever many lines you wanted and use that.
I'm not sure how to do that either but its worth a try.
Not much help am I, of course I'm old as the hills as well. |
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 1:02 pm
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Thanks Charlie. I've heard several terms over the years such as "Tabledit" and others that I cannot remember at this point. At my age, I probably won't be writing out too many anyway. Thanks again.
Geo
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 1:15 pm
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Hey George,
Here's the TablEdit site. You can download a free copy of the program and try it out.
http://tabledit.com/
Maybe John Russell will chime in with what he's using. He's putting out some really professional looking tab these days.
As for me...I'm still a pencil and paper guy 
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Jim Reynolds
From:
Franklin, Pa 16323
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 2:56 pm
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This is not a slam. I wish the tab was bigger, as was Jeff Newmans. It is hard us old folks to see, when it is a normal size, and is 3 feet from your eyes on a music stand. I appreciate everyone that is done. Erv has a nice size on his too. Don't know what it would cause, but just wondering.
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 3:52 pm
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Thanks guys, I'll have to look into that. I'm actually legally blind, so all of this can be problematic for me. I use Zoomtext on my computer. Anyway, I'll look into Tabledit.
Geo
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Jim Reynolds
From:
Franklin, Pa 16323
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 4:31 pm
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Well, I'm legally blind in my left eye (20/200 vision) and 20/19 in my right. I have what they call a lazy eye, never learnt to see. Now I'm lazy, must have rub off hahaha Have seen this way all my life, even 21 years in the military.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2017 9:15 am
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Jim,
Thanks for the nice comment on my tab.
I occasionally get some complaints because of the size of my tabs. A lot of my tabs are written on legal sized paper but I hate to shrink them down because of the problem mentioned; they would be harder to read.  |
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Bruce Bjork
From:
Southern Coast of Maine
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Posted 1 Mar 2017 1:15 pm
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I think John Russell uses an Excel Spreadsheet for his tab, Excel cost a bunch but you could probably get by with Google Sheets. I use Powertab for Guitar and Dobro, free program but only has 6 strings.
Bruce
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Alan Judson
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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