Sheet Music to Tab

John Bumbarger · Post by **John Bumbarger** » 3 Mar 2005 6:15 am

I wondered how to go from sheet music to tab. I have the sheet music with the melody line and want to write out the tab. Can I just go from the music notes to tab or is there a trick to this.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 3 Mar 2005 6:51 am

Unfortunately, there's no trick. It's all hard work.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 3 Mar 2005 7:43 am

It's easy enough to do if you know your keys, chords, notes, strings, pedals, knee levers, etc. After about 10-20 years, you should get the hang of it!

Erv

Chuck S. Lettes · Post by **Chuck S. Lettes** » 3 Mar 2005 9:24 am

Hi John,
Nice to see you on the forum. As mentioned, there's no trick-just a lot of trial and error finding the most effective way to play the melody.
Chuck

John Bumbarger · Post by **John Bumbarger** » 3 Mar 2005 9:52 am

By looking at the same songs tabbed by different steel players, I can see that their are many ways to go about this. Some tab follows scale positions and some use many single notes with some harmony notes added.Is this a clear picture of what I'm trying to accomplish ?

Fred Murphy · Post by **Fred Murphy** » 4 Mar 2005 6:46 pm

Couldn't you use Finale (computer program) to make the midi and then use clic tab to convert the midi to tab? Although this way (if it works) would cost some money.