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09/08/2007 6:36 pm
Hello,
Sorry if this is in the wrong thread, but i'd like to learn "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones but am really confused by the diagram on the site.
I can read tab, but this is laid out really weird with strange lines at the top and basically I wondered if someone could help me out a bit...
http://www.guitaretab.com/u/undertones/20043.html
Thanks.
09/08/2007 6:56 pm
Are those lines a strumming pattern?
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09/08/2007 6:59 pm
Are those lines a strumming pattern?
Going by the persons description, I think they're supposed to be.
Don't understand them though.
09/08/2007 7:23 pm
They're meant to be the rhythm for the strumming. Like many online tabs, it's wrong. In fact, like many tabs, it's wrong in a lot of ways...
I've got to run out to teach, so I don't have time to list all the errors. But here are some biggies:
1. They don't play barre chords - the O'Neills are just doing power chords in that tune, except for a few measures after the chorus and the first measure of the outro
2. The tab is in the wrong key - it's a half step (one fret) too high
3. The chord names are a joke. That first one - D# - would be Eb if the key was right; since it's not, it's just D, played as a power chord.
4. The chord forms are wrong; don't play the power chords based on the A string; move up to the 10th fret and use the E form
5. Here's the rhythm:
1 2 3 & 4 & (1) & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & (1) & 2 & 3 & 4 & etc.
Pretty basic - quarter notes & eighths, with a little bit of syncopation to start every other measure
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Topic starter
09/08/2007 7:35 pm
They're meant to be the rhythm for the strumming. Like many online tabs, it's wrong. In fact, like many tabs, it's wrong in a lot of ways...
I've got to run out to teach, so I don't have time to list all the errors. But here are some biggies:
1. They don't play barre chords - the O'Neills are just doing power chords in that tune, except for a few measures after the chorus and the first measure of the outro
2. The tab is in the wrong key - it's a half step (one fret) too high
3. The chord names are a joke. That first one - D# - would be Eb if the key was right; since it's not, it's just D, played as a power chord.
4. The chord forms are wrong; don't play the power chords based on the A string; move up to the 10th fret and use the E form
5. Here's the rhythm:
1 2 3 & 4 & (1) & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & (1) & 2 & 3 & 4 & etc.
Pretty basic - quarter notes & eighths, with a little bit of syncopation to start every other measure
Thanks for that.
I've found a better one I think, just the chords though not the tab:
http://www.tabpower.com/s31954.html
If I can make sense of the strumming pattern I could maybe have a bash at it this weekend.
Quite new to strumming patterns so am not really sure at the moment when to strum, and what the brackets mean but hopefully I can find something on this site/forum about it.
EDIT: Is the strumming d d d u d u - u d u d u d u d d d u d - u d u d u d u
Where d=down, u=up and -=miss?