This might not be news to you, it was to me. I like learning new tunes from tab. Lots of good tabs on the internet. Some good programs to play / display / edit them too. My favorite is tabledit. (www.tabledit.com) PC and Mac.
There are some tunes I just couldn't find tabs for. Ex: Bach's Chaconne, Gavotte en Rondeau, etc. But I could find a MIDI file for them. Yesterday I learned that you can convert MIDI files into tab using tabledit. [File > Import > MIDI > ...] There may be other programs that do this too, I don't know.
This gives me access to a whole new world of pieces I just could not find in tab form. They come out pretty good.
=brian
There are some tunes I just couldn't find tabs for. Ex: Bach's Chaconne, Gavotte en Rondeau, etc. But I could find a MIDI file for them. Yesterday I learned that you can convert MIDI files into tab using tabledit. [File > Import > MIDI > ...] There may be other programs that do this too, I don't know.
This gives me access to a whole new world of pieces I just could not find in tab form. They come out pretty good.
=brian
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Re: Interesting "discovery" to share.
Tue, July 10, 2007 - 1:15 PMAwesome, Brian! It's great to hear that you have found a way to learn some tunes previously unavailable to you. I often find myself learning a song or two through the use of Tab. I have a hard time because I can't always get the rhythm down once I know the order of notes. There are even a few out there that can notate rhythm, as well, but I don't always use them because they hurt me head trying to read numbers and all the dotted lines.
>>Ex: Bach's Chaconne, Gavotte en Rondeau, etc.<<
Those are some impressive pieces to learn on the Mandolin, what other instruments do you play???
