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Jazz ClassicsFor Fingerstyle
GuitarVolume One
taught by
Pat Donohue
featuring Stormy Weather, St. Louis Blues
& You Rascal You with rare historical footage of
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith
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EXPLANATION OF THE TAB S YSTEM
These words are most suitable for introducing the tablaturesystem, for tablature is just a guide and should be used inconjunction with the recordings. Tablature is not like musicnotation, however the combination of tab and music in anarrangement forms a complete language. Used together with theoriginal recordings they give a total picture of the music.
The tab system does not attempt to show rhythms or accents. These can be found on the music or heard in the recordings. Musicnotation tackles these articulations to a degree, but the overallsensations, the feel and the soul of music cannot be wholly captured on the written page. In the words of the great Sufi HazratInayat Khan: “…The traditional ancient songs of India composedby great Masters have been handed down from father to son. The way music is taught is different from the Western way. It is notalways written, but is taught by imitation. The teacher sings andthe pupil imitates and the intricacies and subtleties are learned by imitation.”
This is the theme I’ve tried to interpolate into the tablature.
Tablature is the roadmap and you are the driver. Now to the tab:Each space indicates a string. The top space represents the first
string, second space the second string, etc. A zero means an openstring, a number in the space indicates the fretted position, forinstance a 1 in a space indicates the first fret of that string.
“…Learning from listening is unquestionably the best way, theonly way that suits this kind of music. You are setting the notesdown for a record of what happened, a record that can be studied,preserved and so on, a necessary and useful companion to therecordings of the actual sounds. I keep thinking of this as Itranscribe; if you could do it, it would be good to have a legend
across each page reading : ‘Listen to the record if you want to learnthe song.’”
Copyright © 1965 Oak PublicationsAll rights reserved. Used by permission.
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2
3
4
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1
2
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In the diagram below the zero is on the second string and
indicates the open second string is played. The 1 is placed on thethird string and signifies the first fret of the third string. Likewise,the 4 is in the fourth space and indicates the fourth fret of thefourth string.
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2
3
4
5
6
2
0
Generally for fingerpicking styles you will be playing the thumb,index and middle fingers of your picking hand. To indicate thepicking finger in tab the stems go up and line up down from thenumbers.
A. A stem down means that your thumb strikes the note.
B. If a stem is up, your index or middle finger strikes the note. The choice of finger is left up to you, as your fingers willdictate what is most comfortable, especially when playinga song up to tempo!
C. The diagram below shows an open sixth string played withthe thumb followed by the second fret of the third stringplayed with the index or middle finger:
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2
3
4
5
6
1) 2) 3) 4)
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5) 6)
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3 3
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1) The open sixth string is played with the thumb.2) The first fret of the sixth string is pinched together with the
third fret on the third string. The sixth string is played withthe thumb, the third string with the index finger.
3) The thumb strikes the third fret of the fourth string.4) The first fret/sixth string is played with the thumb; it’s
pinched with two notes in the treble. The index and middlefingers strike the first fret/first string and the third fret/ second string.
5) The next note is the index finger hitting the first fret/secondstring.
6) Lastly, the bass note is played with the thumb on the thirdfret/fourth string.
There are certain places in blues and contemporary guitar thatcall for the use of either strumming techniques or accented bassnotes. The tab illustrates these as follows:
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2
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5
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In most cases the thumb will play an alternating bass
pattern, usually on the bass strings. The index and middlefingers play melodic notes on the first, second and third strings.Please remember, this is not a rule; there are many exceptions.
In fingerpicking there are two “picking” styles: Regularpicking and “pinching” two notes together. A pinch is shownin the tab by a line connecting two notes. A variation of this canalso be two treble notes pinched with a bass note. Follow theexamples below from left to right:
Hally Wood (taken from the Publisher’s Forewordto the New Lost City Ramblers Songbook.)
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1) The thumb hits the open sixth string and the second fret onthe fifth string should also sound. For example, play an Echord. Now strike the open string and vary the force of yourattack. Try hitting it hard enough so that the fifth string vibrates as well. This technique is very important fordeveloping a full sound and the right alternating basssound.
2) Next the arrow notation indicates a brush and the arrow
head indicates the direction of the brush.
A. If the arrowhead is pointed down, the hand brushes uptowards the sixth string.
B. If pointed up, the hand brushes down towards the firststring.
C. The number of strings to be played by the brush isshown by the length of the arrows. For example, thisarrow shows a brush up toward the sixth string, butindicates to strike only the first, second and third strings.
D. The brush can be done with your whole hand,index finger or middle and ring finger. Let comfort plusa full and “right” sound guide your choice.
3) The third set of notes again shows the sixth string/openbass note played with the thumb and being struck hardenough to make the fifth string/second fretted positionsound.
4) Once more an arrow pointed downward indicates a brushup. This example forms an E chord and the brush upincludes the first, second, third and fourth strings.
5) The last set of notes has an arrow pointed upward, indicat-ing a brush downward striking the first, second, and thirdstrings.
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2
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5
6
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7
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Here are several special effects that are also symbolized intablature:
3) HARMONICS: Symbolized by a dot (•). To play a harmonic:gently lay your finger directly above the indicated fret (don’tpress down!) The two notes in the example are bothharmonics. The first on the twelfth fret/third string isplayed with the index/middle finger, while the secondnote—twelfth fret/fourth string—is played with the thumb.
4) SLIDE: Shown with a dash (–). Play the second fret/sixthstring and then slide up to the fourth fret of the sixth string.
This is a continuous movement: the string is struck once with your thumb.
5) PULL-OFF: “P” designates a “pull-off.” Fret both the sev-enth and ninth frets on the second string. Play the ninth fret with your index/middle finger and then quickly remove itin the same stroke, leaving the seventh fret/second string.Pull-offs are generally in a downward direction.
6) In certain cases other specific symbols are added to the tab,for instance:A. For ARTIFICIAL HARMONICS an “X” is placed after the
fretted position.B. For SNAPPING a note an indication may be given with
a symbol or the written word.
Many times these special techniques are combined, for in-stance putting a pull-off and a hammer-on together. Coordinationof your fretting and picking hands will be complex initially, but theend results are exciting and fun to play.
PICKING HAND POSITION FOR FINGERPICKING STYLES: The Classical and Flamenco schools have strict right-hand rules,however for this style of acoustic fingerpicking there are NORULES, only suggestions. Your right hand position should be
dictated by comfort, however in observation of many well-knownfingerpickers I found one hand position similarity—they all tend torest their little finger and/or ring finger on the face of the guitar. This seems to help their balance for accenting notes and controlof the guitar. Experiment with this position: it may feel uncomfort-able at first. I ask my students to perfect this position and thencompare the sound to when their finger(s) were not placed on theface of the guitar. They usually find the sound is greatly improved when some contact is kept with the guitar face.
MUSIC NOTATION: We have somewhat adapted the musicnotation in that this also shows whether the note is picked with
your thumb or index/middle fingers. The stems of the music notescorrespond to the direction of the tab stems. I hope this will makethe music notation clearer to fingerpicking guitarists.
I hope you will feel at home and comfortable with the tablatureand musical notations. Remember, these are only road mapsindicating where and how you should place your fingers. Theplaying and musical interpretation is up to you.
1) HAMMER-ON: Designated by an “H” which is placed afterthe stem on the fret to be hammered. In the exampleabove, fret the second fret/fifth string and pick it with your
thumb. Then “hammer-on” (hit hard) the third fret/fifthstring, i.e. fret the third fret/fifth string. This is an all-in-one,continuous motion which will produce two notes rapidly with one picking finger strike.
2) WHAM: Designated by a “W.” In the example the eighthfret/second string is “whammed” and played with theseventh fret/first string. Both notes are played together with your index and middle fingers respectively. The whammed note is “stretched.” We do this by literally bending the note up. We can “wham” the note up a half tone, full tone, etc.
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