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Topic: arranging a song for tab s |
Russell Adkins
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Louisiana, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2016 5:13 pm |
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| When doing a song to tab I am supposing the thing to do is write or learn the melody first? when that's done I'm guessing that you would find the harmonizing notes to go along with that melody ? I am asking questions here .I am also thinking knowing what key the melody is in and what scale your using would be advantages? Therefore knowing that scale and its harmonizing notes brings it all together RIGHT? makes sense to me .That's the way I do it on a 6 string guitar and it would be the same on a pedal steel as well as piano . How do some of you tab writers do it ? Do you have a magic formula that you follow ? that was a joke there ha , even when writing notation as in traditional sheet music I'm thinking you would follow this same approach .The rythum or beat of the song might come next then you would write in what chords to play , bass can come in any time just follow the chord structure , tell me what you think. |
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2016 7:47 pm
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I would suggest listening to as many arrangements of various songs by great players as you can, on steel as well as other instruments. To me where some of the true magic comes in is in the personal variations of single notes, harmony diads, and full chords to express the melody… followed by the endless permutations of where those notes can be found. I've been working on this for years, and while it's usually easy to come up with a strait forward harmonization of a melody, making it flow through the use of all those elements is another thing entirely.
Just three of my favorite examples: "Wichita Lineman" by Buddy Emmons. "Half as Much" by John Hughey, "So Sad" by Lloyd Green.
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Russell Adkins
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2016 11:32 pm
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| I will agree with you on that Mark, finding those magical notes to play is a journey in itself and I myself want to take journey , I heard a guy playing steel once his name is Buzz , he was playing somewhere over the rainbow and it was amazing listening to him weave in and out of the melody giving that song life like it never had it before simply amazing I'm still a beginner here got a long way to go , but that's another story than just writing tabs but then again I don't think you can put emotion and feelings in tab form , thanks for your recommendation . Russ |
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