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  A7      Am7     Dadd4/A    G        D        G/A
 
 
 
To TAB out these chords will take a lot longer to type in, and
will probably take people a lot longer to read and understand.
Where a song is based around chords like this, it makes things
much easier if you just give chord shapes and names, then show
where the chords go in relation to the words.
 
 
 
 
 
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***  3.2   THINGS TO DO WHEN WRITING TABS  ***
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One of the most important considerations when typing in TAB is to make
it clear and easily readable.
 
There are a few simple things you can do to make things work.
 
 
-- 1 -- Use spaces !
 
It's amazing the difference it can make if you insert a few blank lines
in the right place.  If you are used to writing the words above or below
the lines of TAB make sure you leave a few lines free so that it's clear
whether the words belong to the line of TAB above or below.
Space out the individual lines of TAB and the whole thing will be a lot
easier for others to understand.
 
 
-- 2 -- Define the symbols you use.  
 
It would make everybody's life a lot easier if everyone used the same 
symbols for hammer ons, bends etc.
 
BUT - if you are convinced that your particular way of writing bends
and slides makes much more sense than anyone else's, that's OK as long
as you tell everybody what system you use. It makes very good sense to
start your TAB file with a list of symbols used.
 
The list of most commonly used symbols is below :
 
 
      h - hammer on 
      p - pull off 
      b - bend string up
      r - release bend
      / - slide up
      \ - slide down
      v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
      t - tap (with strumming hand)
      x - muted, struck string
 
When you get on to harmonics , you might see a variety of symbols 
used.  Even in standard music notation, an accepted way of writing 
natural and artificial harmonics has neverbeen agreed ! 
However, using brackets is the standard way of writing harmonics, 
so a natural harmonic at the 12th fret would be :
 
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Normal brackets () are sometimes used for grace notes or optional
notes so 'pointy' brackets  are the usual choice for harmonics.
Because there are no standards (in written music or tablature) to
distinguish between natural and artificial harmonics, some confusion
sometimes arises. If you are writing out some tab with harmonics, it's
best to add a note to say whether they are natural harmonics (most
commonly at the 5th, 7th and 12th frets) or artificial (pinched)
harmonics. With artificial harmonics, you have to fret a note with
the left hand (say at the 2nd fret) and pinch the harmonic an octave
above (at the 14th fret) so you should make it clear whether the number
you write in the tab is the fretted or pinched note. It is more common
to tab out the pinched notes, so if you see tab like this :

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