Hello Robbie,

Re. requests for future transcriptions: would you fancy having a go at "Scottish
Rites" some time? I can play something like half of it but get a bit lost around
the middle when the sections including (as far as I can decipher) barre chords
on the 6th and 9th frets come up. (The whole tune seems in fact to be based on
various series of ascending and descending barre chords.)

I don't own a 12-string either, but it is possible - as I seem to have
discovered - to work it out on a 6-string!

Bye,
Robin


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> Von: "dropsonde2" <dropsonde2@...>
> Gesendet: 02.10.08 05:53:11
> An: robbiebasho_forum@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [robbiebasho_forum] Re: The Golden Shamrock Tab & Babs & any requests
for future transcriptions?


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> --- 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?
>
>