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Topic: What do I need to be able to tab out a song? |
Terry Sneed
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Posted 23 Mar 2006 5:39 pm |
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I'd like to be able to do it all by computer. Which would be best, table edit
or word pad? Do, I download one or the other, or is it software that I already have on my computer? Ain't I smart?
Terry
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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
pickin for Jesus
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 23 Mar 2006 6:40 pm
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| I'm on a Mac, and I use TextEdit, which is a basic word processor. Works just fine. |
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Ben Slaughter
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Posted 23 Mar 2006 9:12 pm
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A program called "Notepad" comes standard with Windows. Usually found by clicking Start>Programs>Accessories.
You can also use Word or another word processing program IF you change the font to something like Courier, which spaces all characters the same (like the way this section of the forum is formatted).
I believe there are some specialized programs for creating TAB, but I haven't tried any. |
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Skip Edwards
From:
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Posted 23 Mar 2006 9:21 pm
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| Courier is the font that I use, for that very reason. |
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BobG
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Holmdel, NJ
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Posted 24 Mar 2006 5:03 am
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Simply follow the link "Directions for Posting Tab" at the top of the page
I cut his sample to notepad..make my changes .. and repost.
http://steelguitarforum.com/tab.html
1 __________________________________________
2 __________________________________________
3 __________________________________________
4 _______________________________12_________
5 _______________12_____12--12A__12A---_____
6 _12B_______12B____12B______________12B____
7 ________12________________________________
8 _____12___________________________________
9 __________________________________________
10__________________________________________
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Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000,
Profex ll, POD XT
[This message was edited by BobG on 24 March 2006 at 12:12 PM.] |
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Peter
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Posted 25 Mar 2006 11:32 am
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| What do I need to be able to tab out a song? |
If you want to use a computer you need to be computer literate and you need to invest a considerable amount of time and effort to learn the software.
Otherwise you can use a pencil and the Free Blank Tab Sheets available right here in this section. |
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 25 Mar 2006 12:56 pm
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| If you want to use a computer you need to be computer literate |
Well, that knocks that little idea out of the picture!
Guess I better stick with a pencil. 
Terry
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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
pickin for Jesus
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 1:01 pm
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I have notepad on my computer. What do I need to do besides opening up notepad and
typing the UBB code before and after my tab?
Will this let me post my tab on the forum, or is there a lot more to it?
Terry
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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112/ American Strat Highway 1 model
pickin for Jesus
[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 02 April 2006 at 02:03 PM.] |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 5 Apr 2006 4:26 am
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| follow b0b's instructions and you will be fine. [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 05 April 2006 at 05:27 AM.] |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 23 May 2006 11:12 am
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| That's the way I do it |
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richard burton
From:
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Posted 23 May 2006 11:16 am
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I hope there are no graphologists amongst us.... my character will have been laid bare...
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 23 May 2006 11:30 am
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Hadn't thought of that. That should work. If I can just talk my wife into buying that $45.00 cable that goes from my scanner to my printer.
Terry |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Gary Shepherd
From:
Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 25 May 2006 7:56 am
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Last year, I created a font to use in tablature in some pedal steel books I'm writing. I use the font in a spreadsheet.
I wanted my tab to have the Newman look. I think his were all hand-written. So I have a font that looks hand-written. But as a font, it's scalable. And on the computer, I can make any changes that the tab requires rather than having the rewrite an entire page by hand.
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Gary Shepherd
Carter D-10
www.16tracks.com
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 26 May 2006 2:37 pm
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Crow bear, I can't even figure out how to get that little hand off the screen. 
Terry
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