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Tablatures

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:01:00 +0000

Many more guitar tab link.

GTABS

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NUTABS

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THE GUITAR LESSON.COM

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ALL4M

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Guitarpro Tabs

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Ultimate Guitar

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Ultimate-guitar.com propose more than 40.000 Guitar Pro files.
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Free Guitar Tabs and Lessons

(>20000 tablatures)

Internet Guitar Database setted up for guitarists by guitarists in an attempt to provide free detailed information for players worldwide.
[http://www.igdb.co.uk/]

MySongBook

(>5000 tablatures)

MySongBook an archive of Guitar Pro user compositions in GP3 GP4 or GP5 format. More than 5.000 tablatures are available.
[http://www.mysongbook.com]

Metal Tabs

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MetalTabs.com is a tablatures data base for guitar, bass and drum.
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Total Bass

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Thousands of tablatures for bass in txt and gp format. All styles: metal, reggae, pop, punk, ska, pop, rock...
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123 SHEET MUSIC

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Midimax

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Hundreds of high quality song files, including MIDI, Guitar Pro, and Karaoke files.
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NETSAFEHOUSE

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This website offers users to upload, download and share GP tabs... free! Good for learning purposes, showing off a song you made etc.
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911Tabs

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Guitar Directory

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GUITARIZ

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IMUSICTABS

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Tabs 4 Acoustic

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TabScout

Dedicated Guitar Pro Search Engine.
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How To Tune A Guitar Without A Tuner

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:16:00 +0000

Tuning a guitar is possible one of the most basic things a guitarist is expected to know, that being said, tuning using the conventional method isn’t easy, especially if you don’t have a good ear.

I take this opportunity to introduce you people to the idea of tuning VISUALLY.

This is something I have known since my eighth months of playing (February 2008, for those interested). It is essentially what I learnt during physics class, I love physics, and so applying it to music wasn’t difficult, almost natural.

Resonance is a term some would be familiar with, but the rest will go “WTF?” Well don’t worry; I’ll be explaining it to you. Resonance is the natural phenomenon due to which a body vibrates with larger amplitude when it is exposed to a frequency equal to its own natural frequency (The definition may not be entirely correct, I just finished school around 2 weeks back, so I haven’t really been studying). Didn’t understand? Don’t worry.

Sound is produced when a body vibrates, and when the body vibrates, a wave is formed. If the frequency of the wave is x Hz (Hz is the unit of frequency, 1 Hz is one vibration per second), and the body is moved from its position of rest, it will vibrate with a frequency of 1 Hz and if another body, with a natural frequency of 1 Hz is exposed to it, the body starts vibrating with a larger amplitude.

So what? What does this mean to the average guitarist?

Try this, tune your guitar using a tuner. Make sure it’s perfectly tuned (Or as perfectly as humanly possible at least). Now put the pick down for a minute. Fret the Low E string on the 5th fret. Now Push it down towards the sound hole (Around 0.3 – 0.7 cms should do it).

Like This :

Now suddenly let it go, not slowly, suddenly.

Oh. My. God! Yup, the A string (5th string) is vibrating.

So what? You didn’t want to CHECK if your guitar was in tune, you wanted to TUNE it.

Now de-tune the A string (One or two turns should do it). Now repeat what was done with the E string, push it down a bit and suddenly let go, the A string isn’t vibrating is it? Well tighten the A string a bit, repeat the pushing and releasing with the A – string. Keep doing this till the A string vibrates. Yup, your A string is now in tune if it’s vibrating.

Another thing to note would be that the string might vibrate even if it is a bit out of tune, you have to make sure that the string vibrates to the point where it is moved (or displaced, for the scientifically inclined) maximum from its position of rest, i.e. The more the string vibrates, the better in tune it is. Also, don’t forget to play both the notes at the same time to make sure it IS perfectly in tune.

To tune your D string, press the fifth fret of the A string and repeat the above procedure till the D string vibrates. Once your D string is in tune, press the fifth fret on the D string and repeat procedure until the G string vibrates. Once your G string is in tune, press the FOURTH fret of the G string and repeat procedure till the B string vibrates. Once your B string is in tune, press the fifth fret of the B string and repeat procedure till the high E string vibrates.

e |----------------------------0--|
B |--------------------0-------5--|
G |--------------------4----------|
D |-----------0-------------------|
A |--0--------5-------------------|
E |--5----------------------------|

The note ringing when playing the 5th fret low E string is the same as open A string.
The note ringing when playing the 5th fret A string is the same as open D string.
The note ringing when playing the 5th fret D string is the same as open G string.
The note ringing when playing the 4th fret G string is the same as open B string.
The note ringing when playing the 5th fret B string is the same as open high E string.

And whenever the same notes are played, all other fretted strings which would play the same note would vibrate. Example, on fretting and playing the 5th fret of the low E string the above mentioned way, the open A string vibrates. This method works best when attempting to make open strings resonate (vibrate), example, on playing the 7th fret A string, some of you would notice that the low E string does not vibrate, but this method will almost definitely work for having open strings vibrate.

Remember, to tune, we need a reference note; this isn’t as hard as it seems to some. Just try and remember a song whose first note is an E (NOT chord, NOTE). Tune your E string to that note. Now do as written above. I find that “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica works well for me.

However, if you are playing alone, you would be well off in “Relative tune” which means that the guitar strings are in tune with each other, however if you wish to play with others; you will most likely need a reference note. And it is advised to always be in tune to other instruments as well so as to develop a good ear.

There are other methods of tuning which I will explain, albeit not in much detail.

1. By Ear

This is pretty much the same as our method, apart from the fact that we use our ear instead of our eyes. We pick the 5th fret of the low E, and then the open A, if the strings are in tune; we proceed the same way as we did in the previous method.

2. Through Harmonics

This is a widely favored method, as it produces brilliant results. For full knowledge of this method, you might want to check out the other lessons, however I will explain the basics of how this method works, assuming you know how to play harmonics.

Play a harmonic on the 7th fret A string, and 5th fret E string. If the strings are not in tune, you will hear wavering, a phaser type sound, and as you tune the string, the sound will disappear.

The disadvantage of this method however, is that you cannot play a harmonic on the 4th fret (G string) or 8th fret (B string). To overcome this problem, I suggest playing a harmonic on the 7th fret E string and 5th fret B string.

If you are having trouble with all the above mentioned methods, you might want to consider purchasing a tuner. It is one of the wisest investments you will make, and a perfectly tuned guitar will always sounds better than one which is not perfectly in tune.

Thank you.

How To Read Tabs

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:50:00 +0000

Tabs tell you how a song is played in guitar. Reading tabs is easy, you won't have to go through this lesson twice.

Guitars usually have six strings (there are 7 string and 12 string guitars also, we'll ignore them now). The first thing you have to know is the name of the six strings. The top string is the thickest string, and it is called the 6th string or E-string because it plays E note at open fret (when you don't hold down any frets and just pick the string), assuming standard tuning. The next string is called 5th string or A string for similar reasons. The other string in order are 4th or D string, 3rd or G string, 2nd or B string and 1st or e-string (thinnest string). As the 1st and 6th string are both E notes, we distinguish the 1st string by writing it in a smaller case 'e'.

Now we are ready to move to tabs.

The first thing you will notice about tabs is that there are six lines. They represent the six strings of the guitar. They look like this:

 e ------------------------
B ------------------------
G ------------------------
D ------------------------
A ------------------------
E ------------------------

I have written the string names (the note each string plays when you don't hold down any frets) on the left, this may not be given in all tabs. If it is not given, you have to assume that it is the same as I have written.

Note that the top string of your guitar (the 6th or E string) is written at the bottom of the tab, and the bottom string (1st of e string) is written at the top. Many beginners get confused at this, but this is the standard way to write tabs (don't ask me why).

Also note that in some cases the string names may be writter differently. These are the cases when the song is not played with standard tuning. That means the open strings don't play the notes E,A,D,G,B,e but some other notes. As this lesson is for beginners, we will stick to standard tuning guitar tabs.

The next thing you notice on a tab is the numbers. The numbers represent frets. 1 means 1st fret, 2 means second fret and so on. A 0 (zero) means open string. For example:

 e --------2-----------------
B ------3---3---------------
G ----2-------2-------------
D --0-----------------------
A --------------------------
E --------------------------

The tab is read from left to right. So, this tab means, first you play D string at open fret, then G string at 2nd Fret, then B string and 3rd fret and so on. If you know your chord, then you would notice that this tab plays the notes of D-major chord.

Another example:

 e --0--0--0--2--2--------------
B --0--0--2--3--3--------------
G --1--1--2--2--2--------------
D --2--2--2--0--0--------------
A --2--2--0--x--x--------------
E --0--0--x--x--x--------------

The difference between this tab and the first tab is that in this tab, multiple strings are hit at the same time, so this indicates strumming. At first you hold down and A and D string and 2nd fret and G string at 1st fret and play all 6 strings. If you know chords, then you would notice that this is E-major chord. According to the tab, E-major chord is strummed twice. The next chord is A-major which is strummed once and then D-major is strummed twice.

The x indicates that that string is not played. Meaning you don't hit that string with your strumming hand. It could also indicate a dead note. This means that you play that string with your strumming hand but it doesn't make a sound becuase you muted that string with your other hand. Holding a string lightly (rather than pressing it firmly down at the fret board) and hitting it creates a dead note. Wheather or not a string in not played or a dead note can be confusing as they are both represented by x. Listining to the song will often give you a clue. For a beginner, assume that the x indicates that the string is not played.

Now for the special symbols used in tabs:

      p = pull off
     h = hammer on
     \ = slide (downward)
     b = string bend
     / = slide (upward)
     ~ = string vibrato

let's explain these symbols with a tab:

e     |------------------------------------------------|
B     |------------------------------------------------|
G     |-----------------------9-11-11h12 12p11--9h11---|
D     |-9-9h11--11p9--9-11/12--------------------------|
A     |------------------------------------------------|
E     |------------------------------------------------|

first, D string at 9th fret is played. Then we notice 9h11. This means you put your finger at 9th fret, pick the string than hammer the 11th fret. Hammering means you pick a string with your finger at one fret, then without picking that string again you use your fretting hand to hit another fret (in this case 11th fret) hard enough to creat sound. Remember, you pick once but get 2 notes when hammering.

Next we see 11p9. This means pick the string at 11th fret then 'pull-off' that finger while another finger is already placed at 9th fret. It's like pincing the string at 11th fret with the fretting hand while you have a finger placed at 9th fret. The effect is like reverse hammering. 2 notes are played with one picking of the strumming hand. Hammering and pull-offs are often done in a row like 9h11p9. It's playing the 9th fret, then hammering the 11th fret and then pulling-off to 9th fret again. All with just one pick of the strumming hand. Sound difficult? You will learn it if you practice. It's not that hard.

As we move along the tab, we notice 11/12. This means you hold down 11th fret and pick the string, then without releasing the pressure, you 'slide' the finger to 12th fret. Again, you pick once but get two notes when sliding.

\ is just sliding in the other direction. So 5\3 means slide from 5th fret to 3rd fret, picking onle once (at 5th fret).

~ means just vibrating the finger when you hold down a string at a fret. It gives a nice effect.

b means bending the string at a fret to give the sound of another fret. For a beginner I would suggest, avoid string bending for now, and don't try to play the tabs that has a lot of string bending.

My final advice for the beginner who is now ready to read his first tab: start with a simple tab like 'Come as you Are' - Nirvana or 'Hurt' - Johnny Cash.

Hope this was helpful.

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:38:00 +0000

These are the most popular guitar chords that most beginners start with. Click on the name of the guitar chord to get different fingerings for it. A printer friendly sheet is available here.

A Chord

Am Chord

B Chord

Bm Chord

C Chord

D Chord

E Chord

F Chord

G Chord

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Guitar Pro

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Software to learn guitar

History

There have been three popular public major releases of the software: versions 3, 4 and 5. A few minor releases, with bug fixes and minor features added, were also made available. The license included free upgrades to all minor releases. Upon release of a major version owners of previous releases were allowed a 50% discount to upgrade their software.

Guitar Pro was initially designed as a tablature editor, but has since evolved into a full fledged score writer.

Up to version 4 the software was only available for Microsoft Windows. Guitar Pro 5, released on November 2005, undertook a year long porting effort and Guitar Pro 5 for the Mac OS X was released in July 2006.

Background

The software makes use of multiple instrument tracks which follow standard staff notation, but also shows the notes on tablature notation. It gives the musician visual access to keys (banjos, etc.) for the song to be composed, and allows live previews of the notes to be played at a specified tempo. It allows for certain tracks to be muted and provides dynamic control over the volume, phasing and other aspects of each track. Included in version 4 onwards is a keyboard that allows pianists to add their part to a composition.

Guitar Pro outputs sound by means of a library and/or, as of version 5, the "Realistic Sound Engine" which uses high quality recorded samples for a more realistic playback. By using its live preview feature musicians may play along with the song, following the tablature played in real time.

Files composed using Guitar Pro are recorded in the GP5, GP4 and GP3 format, corresponding to versions 5, 4, and 3 of the software. Such files are available for free on several websites, including songs of both underground and popular bands. However, copyright issues raised by the Music Publishers' Association (MPA) pressured some of these sites to close. Note that different versions of the file format are not backwards compatible. For example, Guitar Pro 4 cannot open GP5 files created by Guitar Pro 5, but prompts the user to upgrade their software to a newer version.

Uses

Guitar Pro is a software meant to help musicians and aspiring musicians to compose, transcribe, edit and study music. It also helps the sharing of compositions among groups of people and other musicians.

Guitar Pro 5 is also well suited for classical music study and composing. Prior to version 4, it wasn't possible to remove the tablature from the screen or printout, making it a little confusing for classically-trained musicians to edit standard notation scores; and impossible to achieve print-outs without the tablature notation. This limitation has been lifted as of version 5 and many improvements to standard notation and printout quality introduced.

External links

Guitar Pro's official website

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Pro"

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:19:00 +0000

Learning Guitar - Beginner Guitar Lesson

Part 1: Guitar Lesson One

More of this Guitar Lesson

• Part 2: guitar parts
• Part 3: guitar neck
• Part 4: holding a guitar
• Part 5: holding a pick
• Part 6: tuning
• Part 7: scales
• Part 8: basic chords
• Part 9: learning songs
• Part 10: practice schedule

Related Guitar Lesson Content

• Index of Guitar Lessons
• Buying Your First Guitar
• How to Read Guitar Tab
• How to Change Strings
• Easy to Play Songs
• Guitar Chord Library

Get Help Here!

Confused? Having trouble with any part of this guitar lesson? Log on to the guitar forum to get help with the material from guitar lesson one.
Click for guitar lesson one help

The web has a vast number of resources available for learning about guitar. You can learn how to play songs, how to repair your broken instrument, how to play fancy scales, and much more. The trouble is, there just aren't many GOOD guitar lessons available to someone looking to start playing guitar. These guitar lessons are designed for people who own (or have borrowed) a guitar, but don't yet know the first thing about playing it.

What you'll need for these Guitar Lessons

A guitar with six strings. Any type of guitar will work fine.
A guitar pick. Medium gauged picks are recommended to start with, but any will work okay in a pinch.
A chair without arms.
A reasonable amount of patience.

Guitar Lesson Overview: What you'll learn

By the end of this guitar lesson, you will have learned: the names of many parts of the guitar, the names of the open strings, the process of tuning the guitar, how to hold and use a pick, how to play a chromatic scale, and how to play a simple song using Gmajor, Cmajor, and Dmajor chords.

Next page > Parts of Guitar > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Tuning Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:07:00 +0000

About Tuning

The first thing you should whenever you pick up the guitar to play or practice is get it in tune. The sound of an out of tune guitar ranks up there with the sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. It can be very discouraging to play an out of tune guitar, because nothing you play will sound right. In fact some beginners quit playing at all because of this very reason.

Tuning your guitar is something you get better at with practice. It takes time to develop your ears to the point that you are able to fine-tune your instrument. Once you have developed your "hearing power" you may hear subtle differences in pitch that you haven't heard before.

Always tune up. This means that you increase the tension of the string until it reaches the desired tone. If you go too far loosen the string tension and tune up again. This is much more accurate than tuning down and increases the chances of the string staying in tune.

To tune your guitar you'll need a reference pitch from another guitar, a piano, a tuning fork, or an electronic tuner. You can get a decent tuner at any music store for under $20. I suggest you get one if you don't already have one.

Standard Tuning

In standard tuning your strings will be tuned to the following notes low-to-high: E A D G B E. There are other tunings, but don't bother messing with them unless you know what you are doing. Over 95% of all guitar music is in standard tuning or a dropped down version of it. Some guitar players tune all the strings down one half step.

Use the audio clips to get your guitar in tune to standard tuning. Match the pitch of each string as closely as you can. It's all right if it takes you awhile. You'll get better with practice. One you have tuned all six strings, go back and check them again. Sometimes you'll have to make some minor adjustments. Remember to tune up to the correct pitch and not down

10 Guitar Tuning Tips and Secrets

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Tune your guitar every time you pick it up to play, guitars can go out of tune sooner then you think.
Avoid leaving your guitar in areas with extreme temperature changes, this will definitely mess up the tuning. Dropping or bumping the guitar will also make it go out of tune. Carry your guitar in a case as any damage to it could effect how well it tunes up.
In a noisy environment you will definitely want to use a guitar tuner. You should purchase a quality tuner. You don’t need to spend alot. An inexpensive tuner or tuning fork is definitely good enough to start out. Always bring it to gigs and jam sessions. But, remember try to develop your ear by using the traditional guitar tuning method when you can. In the long run you will be just that much better of a musician. Only use a guitar tuner to tune the Low E string and then tune the rest by ear. This will help develop your ear as a musician.
Learn to attach the strings to the machine heads properly.
ALWAYS TUNE UP! When you tune a guitar string, always start below the desired note and tune up to pitch not down to pitch. This will help prevent the string from going flat during play. Even if the note is too high you can stretch the string to give it some slack then tighten it.
Tuning heads have a certain amount of “play” in them so make a couple of deep bends and then fine tune the string.
Before tuning a suspect string, check it against both adjacent strings to determine which string is actually out of tune. The string you suspect may not even be the culprit.
Play a chord that you know well to test the tuning, if it sounds odd or out a bit it probably is, remember always trust you ear.
When tuning a guitar with a vibrato arm, tune the string, give the arm a good shake, stretch the string, give the arm another shake and fine tune.
When putting new strings on your guitar you must always make sure you stretch them as you tune them to pitch. Try holding them down on the neck around the 24th fret with your right hand while pulling them away from the guitar body with your left hand. You don’t have to use too much muscle, a few firm tugs should do the trick.

How To Read A Guitar Chord Diagram

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:02:00 +0000

Chord diagrams show you how to play new chords.

Below is a blank chord diagram. Think of it as a picture of your guitar sitting in front of you.

The 6 vertical lines represent the 6 strings on a guitar (low E on left side, high E on right). The horizontal lines represent frets except for the top line which is the nut of the guitar.

Black dots on the diagram tell you what fret and string to place your fingers. Numbers inside the dots tell you which finger to use.

White dots mean to play the string open (an open string is a string that is played without any notes being fingered on the fretboard).

Here's how the fingerings are mapped out on your hand:

=second finger

Try it

To play the chord on this chart, place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th string and strum all six strings.

You just played an E minor 7th chord!

If you see an "X" on a chord chart that simply means that you do not strum that string, otherwise all strings are played. In the example A chord below you'll see an "X" over the 6th string. This means that the string is not used in the chord, so you will not strum it when playing the chord.

To play this chord, you place your 2nd finger on the D string (4th) at the second fret, your 3rd finger on the B string (2nd string) at the second fret, and your 1st finger on the G (3rd) string second fret. The A string (5th) and High E string (1st) will be played open ("open" means that the string is not fretted, but strummed in the chord pattern).

How To Learn A Guitar?

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:44:00 +0000

About Ultimate-Guitar.Com

How is it started?

Ultimate Guitar Archive was started on October 9th, 1998 by Eugeny Naidenov (aka zappp) - a student of economic faculty of Kaliningrad State University, Russia. The first title of the site was Zappp`s Guitar Archive and it had just a handful amount of guitar tabs by 10 artists ...though it was started just as a home page!

As the site grew, interest to the site from guitar enthusiasts grew as well. In 2002 we've registered ultimate-guitar.com domain name and slowly started to build our own database of guitar and bass tabs. Till 2003 Ultimate-Guitar.Com was nothing more than a public library of over 20,000 tabs. In 2003, we've significantly improved the site with a number of unique (by that period!) features, like user profiles, quite fast and accurate tabs database search and tab favorites. By that time we've launched Ultimate Guitar Forum which has became one of the coolest things on the site with over 2 million overall messages posted and over 200,000 members registered!

Who we are now?

Currently, Ultimate-Guitar.Com is the fastest growing guitar community on the net -- it's the only guitar website that has gear and cd reviews, music news, guest columns, guitar and bass lessons and tabs in one place! And don't forget about the coolest guitar community of guitarists on the planet!

visit this site:-

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com

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noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:08:00 +0000

Why 911Tabs?

At the current moment, there are hundreds of guitar tabs / bass tabs / drum tabs websites over the Net. These days, it's not easy for a regular music enthusiast to find the most accurate tablature for a favourite artist or a favourite song. There are many causes of the problem - starting from inconceivable amount of websites, indirect links, bad navigation and ending with a slow connection and many disturbing ads on the way to the content.

Following this trend, we've made 911Tabs search engine, that is capable to get most tabs for any artist fast and easy. 911Tabs search engine crawls the web 24/7/364 seeking for new tabs & tab updates.

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Activision and Gibson Settle Guitar Hero Patent Lawsuit

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:48:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Activision and Gibson Guitar Corporation (the guitar manufacturer) settled the year-old litigation over a patent dispute, according to court documents obtained by Gamastura. With all the lawsuits we've been writing about recently, you'd think we'd see more posts like this every once in a while, right?

The terms of the settlement haven't been released as of yet and we've requested comment from both companies. Confusing the situation even more is Gibson's recent loss in ... umm ... another case with the publisher, we suppose? Perhaps the two companies will explain.

Activision remains engaged on another music/rhythm game front with Genius Products ... via 7 Studios, its development studio, over Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. Like us, you'll just have to wait patiently until the tantalizing results of that lawsuit come to light.

Electric Guitars

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Electric guitars can have solid, semi-hollow, or hollow bodies, and produce little sound without amplification. Electromagnetic pickups convert the vibration of the steel strings into electrical signals, which are fed to an amplifier through a cable or radio transmitter. The sound is frequently modified by other electronic devices or the natural distortion of valves (vacuum tubes) in the amplifier. There are two main types of pickup, single and double coil (or humbucker), each of which can be passive or active. The electric guitar is used extensively in jazz, blues, and rock and roll, and was commercialized by Gibson in collaboration with Les Paul, and independently by Leo Fender of Fender Music. The lower fretboard action (the height of the strings from the fingerboard), lighter (thinner) strings, and its electrical amplification lend the electric guitar to some techniques which are less frequently used on acoustic guitars. These include tapping, extensive use of legato through pull-offs and hammer-ons (also known as slurs), pinch harmonics, volume swells, and use of a tremolo arm or effects pedals.

Seven-strings were popularized in the 1980s and 1990s in part due to the release of the Ibanez Universe guitar, endorsed by Steve Vai. Other artists go a step further, by using an 8 string guitar with two extra low strings. Although the most common 7-string has a low B string, Roger McGuinn (of The Byrds and Rickenbacker) uses an octave G string paired with the regular G string as on a 12 string guitar, allowing him to incorporate chiming 12 string elements in standard 6 string playing. in 1982 Uli Jon Roth developed the "Sky Guitar", with a vastly extended amount of frets, which was the first guitar to venture into the upper registers of the violin. Roth's 7-string "Mighty Wing" guitar features an altogether 6-octave range.

The electric bass guitar is similar in tuning to the traditional double bass viol. Hybrids of acoustic and electric guitars are also common. There are also more exotic varieties, such as guitars with two, three,^[16] or rarely four necks, all manner of alternate string arrangements, fretless fingerboards (used almost exclusively on bass guitars, meant to emulate the sound of a stand-up bass), 5.1 surround guitar, and such.

Some electric guitar and electric bass guitar models feature Piezoelectric pickups, which function as transducers to provide a sound closer to that of an acoustic guitar with the flip of a switch or knob, rather than switching guitars.

Meaning Of Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:10:00 +0000

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen string guitars also exist.

Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in flamenco, jazz, blues, country, mariachi, rock music, and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 1930s and continue to have a profound influence on popular culture.

Traditionally guitars have usually been constructed of combinations of various woods and strung with animal gut, or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are many brands of guitars, but some commonly known brands are PRS, Gibson, Dean, Gretsch, Ibanez, Martin, Jackson, Schecter, and Fender.

American Standard Stratocaster® HSS

noreply@blogger.com (eboq) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:46:00 +0000

Among the new American Standard Stratocaster guitars, the HSS model is definitely the hot rod of the bunch, with more output and warmth from its Tex Mex™ single-coil pickups and Diamondback™ humbucking pickup. The S-1 switch is removed to keep it simple, but don’t worry—we kept key features such as the hand-rolled fingerboard edges and staggered tuning machines, and we added several new features, including:

A new bridge with improved bent-steel saddles and a copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain.
A new neck treatment—tinted for a richer presentation, with the maple or rosewood fingerboard buffed to a high gloss. The back of the neck still has that silky satin finish.
A thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance.
A new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case.
Two beautiful new finish options, Sienna Sunburst and Blizzard Pearl.