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Topic: How do YOU learn new TAB? |
Dan Kelly
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 8:44 am |
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This is the process I use to learn complete new songs in TAB:
Step One - Listen to the song until it has really penetrated the heart and the rock hard noggin.
Step Two - Bring the song into Song Surgeon and cut it up into short loops based on each phrase.
Step Three - Highlight the TAB to match the loops.
Step Four - Begin memorizing the first loop by playing along at say, 50% speed until smooth at that speed.
Step Five - Move on to the next loop and repeat Step Four.
Step Six - Play through all loops up to the "Other Instrument" break or middle of the song and bring it up to 90% speed.
Step Seven - Bring in the BakTrak and play over that for the first half of the song.
Step Eight - Repeat Steps Four through Seven for the last half of the song.
Step Eight - Polish up all rough spots and play the heck out of it against the BakTrak for the next month.
Step Nine - Re-learn all the other songs I memorized before, but forgot how to play, while I was learning this song! 
How do YOU do it?
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Tom Campbell
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 11:33 am
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Been playing regular guitar for 60 yrs (I'm 78 now).
Listen to the version of the song I want to learn.
Learn to hum the melody.
Match the tab to the melody while humming it.
Repeat a few "thousand" times for a year!!!  |
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Dan Kelly
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 12:51 pm
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Hey Tom! - I thought this was supposed to become EASIER after a while! HA HA!
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Larry Carlson
From:
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 2:04 pm
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I do it basically just like you do it except I use Riffstation to make short loops and slow it down.
And........AND....step 9 is basically a killer for me.
I swear I can see notes from an old song fall out of my left ear as I learn the new song.
Evidently I have limited room in there...... 
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