corrda00

The strings are in order like they are on your guitar. The frett is the number.
Its pretty simple. The only thing is you need to listen to the song first to know the rythm cause tab only gives you the notes.

Sometimes though if you use tab programs like Guitar Pro or Powertab you get rythms written in along with the tab, in which case you just stick to the rythms written. Some guitar books do this too.

Overall thats pretty much it. I would suggest learning standard notation and chord charts before tabs though. Its hard to go back once you start tab, and standard notation is more useful in the long run.

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can someone please do something about this tab? i'm not really good in composing nor have any ideas bout music theories, and i think i will like it more if someone do it rather than me , thank you.

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Rossielle

i begun to write a song,but i need some help to continue it.can someone give some help?

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So I've been struggling with this one for a while.Could someone please help with the drum and bass part.Perhaps give some ideas on how to lead verse B into chorus B(Bar 68 - 69).Any help will be appreciated...really,anything.

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Alright.. I'll start off by telling you guys that my music theory knowledge is really low. Okay.. so I did this song for my band so we have some stuff to practise and because of that, this song is supposed to be easy(Our band skill level is quite low).

After listening for few times, some parts sounds kinda dull. I need some help to spice things up without making it too difficult. Especially the rhytm guitar need some fiddling

Thanks

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Mathedes

You need more of a vision of what you expect the song to be. What is it meant to be about?

I listened to it before realizing it wasn't much of a song but a repetitive and simple chord progression. Build on that chord progression with a melody playing over top. Give it rhythm. Or change the next section to come.


I listened to the song a few times and even played along. Let me tell you my impression first: I think it sounds fine the way it is. At first, I thought it the sections changed up a bit much going from nice happy melodic to metal back to happy melodic. I was like "Ooookay what's going on here, it doesn't make sense." But when I gave it a few more listens I realize it actually flowed nicely back to the beginning.

Now, to help, if the song is to remain easy/not too difficult, it should remain the way it is. You have a solo section, even a call/response section, you have arpeggiations, and you have (yes, simple) rhythmic progression. Truthfully, I don't see any way to spice it up.

Hope that helps.

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Hey guys and gals. I'm new at songwriting (been playing for 3-4 years, though) and I'm having trouble with an instrumental I'm creating. Put two random riffs together that I made up in the past year or so and an idea to make a song popped into my head. I want it to be a 3-part instrumental.

Part 1 = impending/approaching storm/thunderstorm/ominous clouds/etc that will lead up to the storm. Starts off with the acoustic section and I'm having difficulty building it up (I'm looking at Metallica's "Call Of Ktulu" for a little help).

That's all I'm working on for now, but just so you guys know where I'm headed:

Part 2 = "The Eye (of the storm)," indicative of a lull in the song/tempo
Part 3 = the end/death/drowning/sinking of a ship (the distorted section of the GP file)

Any other ideas for the intro? Thanks in advance!

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phantom_lord586

Well the reason it might sound off could be because it doesn't really shift keys from D to F# it kind of just goes there. I know you might not want to hear this but the main melody sounds a tiny bit like the 2nd solo in Fade to Black.

Maybe if you changed the main melody to the key of D it would flow more, or have a fingerpicking passage that leads it into the key of F#.

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