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Old 07-28-2007, 02:31 AM
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About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


Hi all,

Just wanted to know about those tab books that you find in music stores, are they written by just someguy/girl, or did the band show someone how to play the song and they produced the book they way the band plays it?


Im talking about books like this:
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Old 07-28-2007, 11:21 AM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


I might be wrong but I think the companies who make the books, hire people to transcribe the songs.
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Old 07-28-2007, 11:27 AM
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I might be wrong but I think the companies who make the books, hire people to transcribe the songs.
correct. The tabs, however, at times aren't exact.
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Old 07-28-2007, 11:34 AM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


Many tabs domestic or imported are only partially right! I find you always have to make additional arrangements and corrections!
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Old 07-28-2007, 01:23 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


This begs the question then, at least in my mind, what companies produce the most accurate tab books? I get most of my tabs from online sites, but I do buy tab books occasionally as well. Is there one or two companies that outshine the others as far as accuracy?
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Old 07-28-2007, 03:59 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


Cherry lane music are the best IMHO.
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Old 07-28-2007, 07:46 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


I second Alex, Cherry Lane is the best.
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Old 07-28-2007, 07:50 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


I know Petrucci edited the tab books for Awake and Images and Words. Maybe the others, but I dont have them so I cant say for sure. Atleast the tab books now are better than the sheet music they had back in the day. I remember my teacher telling me how bad they were in the 70s.
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Old 07-29-2007, 04:15 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


yes...i agree...Cherry Lane along with the transcriptions from the old GFPM magazines

i still have all of mine from my subscriptions from all of hte 80's and all of the 90's

you want tab for a song i more than likely have it
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Old 07-29-2007, 07:42 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


Guthrie Govan transcribes some stuff for lick library
..and guitar techniques magazine
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Old 08-04-2007, 05:51 PM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


Yeah, theyre not made by the band. I have a Smashing Pumpkins book I got a while ago, and half the tabs are wrong.
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


It's mostly people hired to transcribe for the publishers. But I understand that Petrucci and Vai, if not actually transcribing, do review/edit their tab books.
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Old 08-07-2007, 11:29 AM
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


I thought bands/artists had the chance to OK transcriptions before they were released, I guess that isn't always true.
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Re: About those Tab books you find in Music Stores


I'm sure they have the choice to, but how many bands/artists do think actually review a tab book before it's released?
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Old 08-08-2007, 06:39 PM
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I'm sure they have the choice to, but how many bands/artists do think actually review a tab book before it's released?
I would bet it is very very few.
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