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Barks
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Posted: 2006-03-03 04:17 CEST | |
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I'm a guitar/bass player who some time ago bought a digital 12 track recorder. I dabble in keyboards and have recently just bought a sax to add to the mix. Now, I can't play. But some 10 odd years ago i could work out a riff/lick on the guitar and transfer that to the sax, which is all I'm looking to do for recording purposes. I am going to learn how to read music for the sax correctly, but wonder if anyone can advise the intricates of tabbing for the sax. Obviuosly I understand what the letters mean (the note), but what are the 2's, + and other stuff you guys add in. A quick lesson in written tabs will be appreciated. 
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Faulk
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Posted: 2006-03-04 08:38 CEST | |
Simple. The number refers to the octave. For example if I told you to play a D on the bass, you could play it in what, 4? 5? different places. So 1 is the lowest octave and it goes up from there. And the pluses and minuses are just sharps and flats (+ is for sharp and - is for flat). If that didn't help then there should be something about reading tabs in the 'Articles' section. 
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Barks
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Posted: 2006-03-07 02:11 CEST | |
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Cheers Faulk, thanks for clearing that up for me. Don't go away though, there may be more easy (silly) questions to come! |
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Pyrgusfinn
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Posted: 2006-11-18 19:49 CEST | |
| Okay I'm prolly gonna make myself sound stupid here, but what does ~ mean in a tab? I've been trying to figure it out. Im thinking it means to hold the note for longer but im not sure... | ||
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Faulk
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Posted: 2006-11-19 06:54 CEST | |
| Hmmmm...which tab are you looking at? | ||
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Pyrgusfinn
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Posted: 2006-11-20 23:35 CEST | |
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Its pretty much any tenor sax tab that i have looked at. for example, if you look at frosty the snowman, (its just the first thing that i clicked on) it has several of them in it. thanks for helping. |
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Faulk
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Posted: 2006-11-21 10:20 CEST | |
| Well from looking at the Frosty the Snowman tab, it looks like they're just used to show that the note is a bit longer. I don't think I've seen them in any trumpet tabs so I'm just guessing. Does anyone else know? | ||