My Tab of Curly Chalker's Solo On Alberta Bound

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My Tab of Curly Chalker's Solo On Alberta Bound

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I posted this tab on the forum over a year ago so no doubt many of you have already seen it however there are some folks who may not have seen it yet so I am posting it once again. This is my transcription in tablature notation of Curly Chalker's solo on the song "Alberta Bound" from his recording "Nashville Sundown". This tab is for the E9 neck with an Emmons setup although Chalker himself played using the Day setup.

In my tab of this solo there are only two knee levers used and they are:

LKL- raises 4th and eighth string E-F
LKR-lowers 4th and eighth string E-Eb



Although this is not a particularly long solo, it does contain some rather difficult passages that will require practice time. Below I have posted an MP3 of the entire song which contains the solo.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE MP3



I cannot overemphasize enough the importance of listening to the solo many times through so that you may familiarize yourself with not only the solo itself, but to also gain a good grasp on Chalker's inflection, phrasing, and articulation which is something the tablature alone cannot provide you with. I also recommend that once you have learned and memorized the solo, that you try playing the solo along with the recording so you can play it at the proper tempo. Even if you should decide not to learn the entire solo, you can still cop a few nice licks here and there, so good luck, and have fun with it.
If you have trouble reading the tab then press Ctrl+ several times and you will then be able to see my tab larger and clearer. To return to the regular view then press Ctrl 0. I hope this will be helpful to any of you who may experience difficulty in seeing the tab clearly.


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Last edited by Mike Shefrin on 8 Jan 2009 7:20 am, edited 7 times in total.
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Post by Mike Shefrin »

I noticed a couple of small errors in the tab but have now corrected them.
Last edited by Mike Shefrin on 26 Jan 2009 9:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: My Tab of Curly Chalker's Solo On Alberta Bound

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