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05.02.08, 11:07 PM
Is there such a thing as GOOD TAB? I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist on line. What about in books? Are there any kind of SIGNS I can look for that would tell me I've PROBABLY got a decent product in my hands? A certain publishing company or author / transcriber with a good reputation for doing QUALITY work?
Now, the long part of the story. Skip this part, if you want. I just stumbled across a newly published (I think) book of early Van Halen (DLR) guitar transcriptions. Not sure if there's "tab" in there or not. But it got me thinking that maybe I should start looking into tab books again. I bought a few when I first started playing. They didn't work for me, and I wrote it off as my own incompetence.
So I just pulled out a book for the first time in over 15 years called "Led Zeppelin Complete [sic]". It is HORRENDOUS! First of all, it was originally published in 1973. So there's NOTHING from "Physical Graffiti" or later in this so-called "COMPLETE" book. Then I opened to a couple of random pages and found OBVIOUS, INEXCUSABLE mistakes AT FIRST GLANCE!! (Example: a chord marked as "F" with the tab clearly showing an "F minor" chord!) I got this thing in the early '90s. You would THINK they would have corrected simple **** like that in the um-teen years since its original printing! Now it's 35 years later. This book is STILL in print! And -- based on the reviews at Amazon -- I'm thinking it STILL hasn't been corrected!!
Anyway, I guess I've said enough. Advice? (I don't have the patience or attention span for learning to read real sheet music!)
Now, the long part of the story. Skip this part, if you want. I just stumbled across a newly published (I think) book of early Van Halen (DLR) guitar transcriptions. Not sure if there's "tab" in there or not. But it got me thinking that maybe I should start looking into tab books again. I bought a few when I first started playing. They didn't work for me, and I wrote it off as my own incompetence.
So I just pulled out a book for the first time in over 15 years called "Led Zeppelin Complete [sic]". It is HORRENDOUS! First of all, it was originally published in 1973. So there's NOTHING from "Physical Graffiti" or later in this so-called "COMPLETE" book. Then I opened to a couple of random pages and found OBVIOUS, INEXCUSABLE mistakes AT FIRST GLANCE!! (Example: a chord marked as "F" with the tab clearly showing an "F minor" chord!) I got this thing in the early '90s. You would THINK they would have corrected simple **** like that in the um-teen years since its original printing! Now it's 35 years later. This book is STILL in print! And -- based on the reviews at Amazon -- I'm thinking it STILL hasn't been corrected!!
Anyway, I guess I've said enough. Advice? (I don't have the patience or attention span for learning to read real sheet music!)