Here is a short list of the site's features available to registered users only:
01. Post in forums, start new threads
02. Post comments in news, lessons, columns and tabs
03. Rate tabs, lessons, articles and reviews
04. Use avatars
05. Make all your contributions listed in your profile and credited to your name
06. Use My Favorites and Track This Artist features
07. Use My Favorite Tabs feature
08. Use private messages
09. Be a part of the best guitar community
10. Have a chance to be a Mod of ultimate-guitar.com at once ;)
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How do I change my username?
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Basically, you can't. So please think twice when chosing your username. The only way to change your name is to ask webmaster to remove your old account. Please note that all your posts and contributions will be set to 'guest' user in that case. Also please note that having multiple accounts is against our terms of use and you will be banned from the site when we find out about this.
Please contact us with your username and the reason why are you going to unregister. We will sort things out. Don't forget to include your username and email info.
By using this feature you can easly track your favorite artists' updates, including new tabs, news articles, and CD/DVD reviews. Besides, it gives you an opportunity to access artist's tabs in just 1 click. You can view your favorites on the main page (limited to 7 artists) and on this page.
To add artists to your favorites, open a page of the artist you are going to add to your favorites. Click on the "+ Add to Favorites" link.
On your next visit, all news, tabs and reviews updates of Led Zeppeling since your last visit will be available on the main page (limited to 7 artists) and your favorite artists page. You can remove any artist from your favorite list at this page by clicking [x] next to the corresponding artist.
This is your status on ultimate-guitar.com website. Your status is based solely on the amount of your contributions to the UG and their quality, also known as UG Score. The status changes automatically after you earn enough points to get to the next level. Here is how it looks:
UG Newbie - under 100 points
UG Member - 100 points
UG Senior Member - 150 points
UG Fanatic - 300 points
UG Freak - 400 points
UG Addict - 500 points
UG Resident - 1000 points
UG God - 1500 points
UG Score was implemented back in 2000 when we decided it would be cool to make a top list of all our users which is based on contributions' quality, not quantity. We are giving points for each contribution you make to the site, however this contribution's points can get lower if other users vote low for it, and vice versa.
For example, any tab with no rating earns 2 points. If average rating of this tab goes below 3, the amount of points for it changes to 1 point. If you have a good tab and other people voted with 5 stars, you get 5 points.
You can earn extra points too! Look at the chart below:
100 tabs - 20 extra points
20 reviews - 20 extra points
20 news - 30 extra points
10 lessons - 30 extra points
10 columns - 20 extra points
This feature has been added within the last update of the site due to the numerous requests from our users. There are 4 statuses of your contributions as it is shown below:
a - approved. Your contribution has been already checked by UG Editor and accepted into archive. It gives you a direct link to the contribution.
w - waiting. We recieved your contribution, however it was not checked for accuracy and quality yet.
d - denied. Contribution has been rejecteds by our Editor. You are not allowed to re-submit it.
d * - denied. Editor rejected your contribution and left a message for you, it is allowed to re-submit it. Most likely this happened because you have some accuracy flaws in your contribution. Move your cursor over the name of your contribution and you will read a message from Editor. By clicking on that link you will be redirected to the page with all fields filled with your data.
Average Tabs' Rating shows average rating which our users give to your tabs. Works this way: the sum of all ratings / number of your tabs with user votes. For instance, if you have 3 tabs with 3, 4, and 5 stars each, your average rating will be: 3 + 4 + 5 / 3 = 4.
We have 5 types of top 100 charts here on UG.
1. Top 100 Tabs sorted by hits. All the tabs listed on this page are sorted by the number of clicks each tab has recieved for the past 24 hours.
2. Top 100 Tabs sorted by rating. It's a list of the highest rated tabs. Generally it's rock classics (like Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven" or Clapton's "Layla" and "Tears in Heaven").
3. Top 100 Tabbers sorted by thier average tabs' rating. Top 100 tabbers sorted by their average tabs' rating. You can read more about average tabs' rating here.
4. Top 100 Tabbers sorted by number of tabs. The simpliest one. All members are sorted by the number of tabs that they have contributed to the site.
5. Top 100 Contributors sorted by UG score. That is the most complex top list. We gather contributions info on all users and sort them by the score. You can read more about UG Score at this location. You can get top reviewers, news reporters, columns and lessons contributors on that page as well.
This is a small guide for our fellow guitarists when they choose tabs based on their playing skills. By selecting this option you can help them a lot! For example, if a beginner guitarist is searching for "Stairway to Heaven" tab and find several tabs, most likely he will choose the one which indicates "novice". On the other hand, experienced player will open "advanced" level tab which he expects will be more detailed and hard to play.
When submitting a tab, you can choose between 3 options. Please note that it's not song difficulty, but it's your tab difficulty! Please be objective on your guitar skills -- if you play 3 months, most likely all your tabs should be marked as "novice".
1. Novice - this difficulty level applies for all tabs that was made by beginner guitarists. Also applies to all generic tabs with just basic info (like main riff, simple solo, etc). Please note: if song is easy by itself, the tab's difficulty level should be set to "novice" as well! All songs by Blink 182 must be put into this category.
2. Intermediate - this level applies for majority of good tabs. The tab should be detailed and include all parts (intro, main riff, chorus, verse, solo, outro, etc). Guitar player should know all basic techniques such as hammer ons, pull offs, arpeggio, palm muting, pinch harmonics, etc to be able to play this tab. Led Zeppelin's "Starway to Heaven" is a good example.
3. Advanced - this level applies to extremely difficult tabs. The tab should be very detailed and include the whole song note-by-note. The size of such tabs is usually not less than 50Kb. Involves such guitar techniques as tapping, two-hands tapping, slapping, very fast solo licks, etc. Metallica's "One" is a good example.
Please note that this field is optional. You don't need to select it if unsure what to choose.
As you know, some bands do not use standard (EBGDAE) tuning due to vocalist's preferences or music genre. If a song your've tabbed out use alternative tuning, please note what it is -- drop C, drop D, etc.
On the other hand, almost any tab can be altered to alternative tuning even if the song itself uses standard one. If that's your case -- please let us know what tuning you have altered the song to.
Please note that this field is optional. You don't need to select it if unsure what to choose.
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What is Guitar Pro tablature?
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In short, Guitar Pro is far more advanced tablature than any text tab. The difference between tablature in guitar pro format and simple text tab is that you can actually listen to the tab (and decide whether it's close to the original song or your should stick to something else)! To create guitar pro tab you should download Guitar Pro software (download).
Guitar Pro software offers such options as listening, printing, importing and exporting MIDI and ASCII formats (thus exploiting thousands of scores on the internet), transposing, transcribing a score in standard notation, etc. Many useful functions are also available: chord diagrams, metronome, tuner and assistants.
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I didn't get my activation email?
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You should receive an activation email after registration process on the site. This email contains a link you should click to complete your registration.If you didn't get it, please follow this simple guide:
1. Login, so our website can recognize you.
2. In case you entered a wrong email address during the registration proccess you will not get activation email ever. Click here and enter working email address. You will get an activation email stright after this step. You don't need to continue with the following steps.
3. In case you removed activation email by accident please click on the button below. If you changed your account's email address recently and didn't activate your account yet, click on that button too. Make sure you entered a working email address first. If you are unsure, please do step #1.
4. If you still didn't get your activation email, please contact us.
Public email service users please note (hotmail, msn, yahoo, etc) : sometimes these websites put our activation emails into a spam folder in your account, so check it out.
This problem is also known as "Everytime I log-in, the message says "Thanks for loggin in", but I am still unlogged!" and "I can't access my account."
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We update ultimate-guitar.com everyday, except of the weekends (sometimes we update on weekends too!). If you were registered while sending your tab, you should receive an email notification whether it was accepted or not. In case you were not logged in or your email is wrong you will never get this notification. Please make sure you have proper email listed under your UG Profile!
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My tab listed under "unregistered" user?
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This could happen because your browser doesn't accept cookies, so the system can't recognize what username you are registered under. Please change your browser settings to accept cookies from ultimate-guitar.com website. Also, make sure you're logged in when sending a tab.
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