Sure, I'd love to have a go! I'll try and do something over the
weekend. It will be interesting to see whether we agree.



--- In robbiebasho_forum@yahoogroups.com, robin_ward@... wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > 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?
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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?
> >
> >
>