First, you must understand that it's not at all difficult. It's a bit
like riding a bicycle. You have to do it to know how to do it. And just
like riding a bicycle -
Prerequisites:
What this tutorial teaches you:
So, here's the process of tabbing a song by ear:
- Tabbing is easier than it seems
- It just needs a bit of practice
- It takes some time to learn
- Tabbing is hard at first and gets easier as you progress
- Once you learn how to tab a song by ear, you can't forget it
- It's faster, if you have someone teach you how to
- You enjoy the result in both cases
Prerequisites:
- You must know the song well ( must have heard it a couple of times)
- You must know how to write in tab notation
- You must be patient
What this tutorial teaches you:
- How to find the scale / key of a song
- How to find the tabs of a song on a guitar
- How to find the scale of a song on a guitar
So, here's the process of tabbing a song by ear:
- Think of it as singing the song with your hands on the guitar.
- First listen to the song - this will get your mind to catch the original scale of the song.
- Try humming the song - this will make you sing the notes of the song
- Now catch a few notes of the song by trying to play it on the guitar. It's a trial and error process.
- Now, when the pitch goes up, play a higher note to match. Play a lower note when the pitch goes down. Match and play with the humming.
- Play again and again from your mind try to remember the sequence.
- As more and more of the song unfolds, the easier it will get to figure out the rest.
- Add details and things like hammer ons, pull offs, etc on subsequent passes
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