![]() Next, try out the "Memory Train" tool, which will hide more and more notes each time the song or measure loops. The "Hide Notes" tool will hide a number of the notes in the tab so you can use your ears to learn parts of the melody of the Groundspeed. These special features are found in the "Tools" menu at the bottom right of your screen. There are a number of fantastic learning tools in Tunefox to help you memorize, learn by ear, and improve your speed. ![]() You can also click on "Shuffle Licks" at the bottom of the page to see a fully new version of the tablature. Then select the lick you'd like to insert into the song. To use the Lick Switcher, click on the text "Original Measure" above certain measures in the song. The Lick Switcher features different style licks such as Scruggs, Melodic, or Bluesy and you can swap out measures in Groundspeed to learn about improvisation and creating arrangements. The third variation of this song is a forward roll based-backup arrangement.Įach Tunefox arrangement teaches you how to create your own solos by using a feature called the Lick Switcher. In the melodic arrangement of Groundspeed, you’ll learn some fancy up-the-neck melodic work. ![]() The Scruggs style tablature will teach you how to play slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Note that within the staff lines are the letters indicating some special left hand movements:”Sl” refers to a “slide”, “Po” refers to a “Push-off” and “H” refers to a “Hammer-on”.Here on Tunefox you’ll find 3 versions of Groundspeed for banjo. Special left hand movements: Look at the next two measures(fig 4.). “T” refers to the thumb,”I” refers to the index finger, and “M” refers to the middle finger. The blue letters below the staff refer to the fingers of picking hand-the right hand. “1” refers to the first finger, “2” refers to the left hand second finger,”3″ refers to the left ring finger, and “4” refers to the pinky. The red numbers above the staff refer to the fingers of the “fretting” hand-the left hand. Obviously you will have to reverse everything if you are a lefty). ![]() The numbers on the staff line tells you which fret to place your left hand finger at(this assumes you are playing the banjo as a “RIGHTY”. (The top line represents the first (“D”) string, and the bottom line of the staff represents the short fifth(“G”) string.) Now, what do the lines and little numbers and letters mean? Shown below (figure 3) is the tab of the third measure of the song “Cripple Creek”.Įach staff line represents a string. What do all the little numbers on the tab mean? In the regular tablature for Cripple Creek, you will notice numbers above the staff and letters below the staff. The last two beats of that measure each get a single quarter note beat. In the second of the two measures, the first four notes are eighth notes, and each gets one-half a beat. Each gets an equal amount of time: one beat. Notice (figure 2) that in the first of the following two measures, there are four quarter notes. The timing of the notes: In order to get started learning how to read tablature, we first need to look at the timing of the notes. It’s a little like standard music notation but not exactly…įigure 1….tablature for the first part of the song “Cripple Creek” Tablature(fig.1) is a series of written instructions indicating how and where to place your right and left hand fingers when playing a song on a stringed instrument.
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