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Bb-----0--------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----1--------------------------------------------------------
Db-----2--------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----2--------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----0--------------------------------------------------------
 
it makes things a lot easier to understand if the you call the chord
'E' rather than Eb.
 
That way, if you decide to play in standard tuning, you don't get 
confused.
 
 
-- 6 --  Timing information
 
You may want to get really serious and include details 
giving the precise rhythm of the piece. This will involve
a lot more typing, but it means all the information
necessary to play the piece is given explicitly.
 
One way to approach this is to write a line of dashes 
interspersed with numbers which count the beats.
So in 4-4 time, you would have :
 
1---2---3---4---1---2---3---4--- etc
 
Under this you can write a line of d's and u's to represent
down and upstrokes.  
Here is a simple example where the rhythm is 2 crotchets 
(quarter notes) followed by 4 quavers (8th notes)
 
 
1---2---3---4---1---2---3---4--- etc
d---d---d-u-d-u-d---d---d-u-d-u-
 
 
You could expand on this to use upper and lower case letters
to indicate accents and so on.
If you use this method make sure that you clearly separate the
2 lines of rhythm information from the 6 lines of TAB !!!
 
 
 
One other way of including timing information is to use one
letter/symbol for each note type.
 
For example use e for 8th note (quaver), s for 16th note (semi-
quaver) and so on. The letters you use may well differ depending
on whether you're used to the american system of quarter notes, 
8th notes etc or the english system of crotchets and quavers , 
but the method is the same.
 
 
(If you're not sure of the 'translations' here they are :
 
whole note     -  semibreve
half note      -  minim
quarter note   -  crotchet
8th note       -  quaver
16th note      -  semiquaver
32nd note      -  demisemiquaver
64th note      -  hemidemisemiquaver      )
 
 
Simply write the letters above the corresponding note in the
TAB. (Make sure you define which letters/symbols you use)
 
Here's an example of what this looks like :
 
This is the opening riff from the Beatles' Ticket To Ride
 
 
    q    e  e  t  t  t    q   e  e  t  t  t     
  
E--------0-----------0--------0-----------0----------------------
B-----------2-----0--------------2-----0-------------------------
G---2----------2----------2---------2----------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
Here I've used q for quarter note, e for 8th note
and t for triplet quarter note.
 
 
 

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