--- In robbiebasho_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Robbie Dawson"
<robbie.dawson@...> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I've just uploaded a recently finished transcription of Babs to the
> files section. The format is pretty much the same as the Golden
> Shamrock effort that went up in January (and which is still to be
> completed). It's in pencil, with fairly strict spacing to indicate the
> beat and offbeat. I have also added bar lines which are useful at
> times, maybe not so at others. There is also the odd symbol that may
> need explanation:
>
> a forward slash for a slide up, and a backward slash for a slide down.
> A slash on the beat (i.e. on the beat line) to indicate a slide
> executed on the beat, and a slash before the beat line to indicate a
> less emphasised or off-beat slide. A 'T' here and there is used to
> suggest the use of the thumb where it may not be obvious. And perhaps
> the most ambiguous/frustrating/important of all- the brackets. These
> variously indicate a quiet, secondary, or accidentally struck note,
> or, most crucially, a note that follows a slide (for example) and
> which is not struck. Normal slides/slashes don't indicate a struck
> note either of course, but when a slide is delayed or otherwise I have
> found it useful to emphasise the fact that the the newly arrived at
> note is definitely not struck. Lastly, bracketed notes may even be
> included if the note is very faint, but nevertheless shed important
> light on the wider chord shape.
>
> The piece is constructed largely out of different barre chords- using
> from just the two top strings (i.e. 1 and 2) to a whole barre. The
> extent of the barre should be apparent from the notes (or numbers)
> present in the tab itself- I have not indicated it elsewhere.
>
> I welcome any and all comments and criticisms on the transcription,
> and invite everyone to have a go at playing, if so inclined. I'm going
> to keep on practicing Babs and hope to get some kind of rough
> recording up here at some point, just for fun of course!
>
> All of my pencil transcriptions are drafts of varying roughness. I
> ultimately hope to find a decent computer programme to make them look
> a bit smarter (any suggestions?), but for the time being I find the
> pencil/jpeg approach the easiest.
>
> After finishing The Golden Shamrock I'll hopefully be starting on
> another, but can't quite decide which one- any suggestions or
> requests? Bearing in mind that I don't yet own a 12-string and I'm
> still having trouble with his wild tremolo technique- which kind of
> narrows down the choice!
>
>
> Best wishes to all,
>
> Robbie
>
I have been trying to decipher Lost Lagoon Suite but it's a tough one.
It is pretty hard to get the same sitar-esque sound with a 6 string.
Any tips for a new Basho lover?

ps. does the title of the piece have anything to do with the Lost
Lagoon here in Vancouver?