Conveying Timing through tabs

Discussion in 'Beginner's Q&A Forum' started by Morbid_Angel, Aug 15, 2006.

  1. Morbid_Angel

    Morbid_Angel Sid the sloth

    Conveying timing through tabs is not easy at all..its almost impossible.

    The experts here who have a very good sense of music and know staff notations can easily do it though. There are many ppl who say i havent heard the song before plz gimme link so i can listen and then play.

    The people who have GP5 and find it easy Should post their tabs with convenient timing using GP5. It uses only the types of notes present in stave notations. like Eight notes quartner notes etc. We cant download all the songs if we wanna play em.

    This is an example

    Song : O O Jaane Jaana

    Code:
    Song
      Q    H.              Q    Q    E  E  E  E     Q    H.            
    --------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
    --0----1------------|--3----3----0--------0--|--------------------|
    --------------------|---------------2--------|--2----0------------|
    --------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
    --------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
    --------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
    
    
      E  E  Q    E  E  E  E     H        H           Q    Q    E  E  E  E   
    -------------------------|--------------------|--0----0----------------|
    --------0----0--0-----0--|--0--------0--------|------------0--1-----1--|
    --0--0-------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
    -------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
    -------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
    -------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
    Duration Legend
    ---------------
    W - whole
    H - half
    Q - quarter
    E - 8th
    S - 16th
    T - 32nd
    X - 64th
    . - note dotted
    |-n-| - n-tuplets

    I would like ure comments on whether this is easy or not...atleast ppl cud just be close to approximation here.
     
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  2. vini

    vini Repeat Offender

    if someone hasnt heard the song then only timing is a big issue..otherwise its pretty easy to make out on ur own just by reading tabs (if u've heard the song)
    I cant say if this menthod of urs is easy..but if learned properly (as its kinda complex) then it can solve the timing hitch once and for all. :)
     
  3. Morbid_Angel

    Morbid_Angel Sid the sloth

    yea i know it aint easy at all. Ive tried it but we need a perfect idea of rhythm to compose such things. But there are thousands of tabs posted here and no1 can download so many songs...so i just thought of this idea.

    Anyway thanks for replyin bro.
     
  4. vini

    vini Repeat Offender

    very true!
    btw..make that sis :)
     
  5. Morbid_Angel

    Morbid_Angel Sid the sloth

    ah sorry sis. :eek:: i dint know :!
     
  6. twistedthoughts

    twistedthoughts New Member

    arnold
    the idea's great. I think we need to add "rests" aswell. What say ??
     
  7. Morbid_Angel

    Morbid_Angel Sid the sloth

    obvoiusly there are rests..u see were the E or Q is above the T A B and there is no note under it...its a rest. I dont know why i took off the 'R'
     

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