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Fret Filings - (Anne's Blog)
Monday, July 27, 2009
KANSAS - "HOLD ON"
Topic: New Chords Postings



Chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/kansas-holdon.txt



Audio/Studio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAm33zndd1o

Video/Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5TxGk7hZTI


Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:12 AM EDT
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
BAD COMPANY - "SEAGULL"
Topic: New Tab Postings



The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/vartab/badcompany-seagull.txt


Video:

Paul Rodgers & Mick Ralphs -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWSCUlplioI

Paul Rodgers -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlfTiYAOHs


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:44 AM EDT
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

The Allman Brothers Band track "Whipping Post" first appeared on their 1969 self-titled debut album (pictured). It went on to become a rock classic, with the live version of the song (from the At Fillmore East album) finding its way onto a couple of prestigious song lists: Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" and The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll".

The Intro is apparently in 11/4 time. Who knew? I certainly didn't. Even Gregg Allman, the song's composer, didn't know. When I tabbed the parts I've posted here, I viewed each staff as three bars of 3/4 time with a bar of 2/4 time at the end. It seems Allman viewed it much the same way, as he relates here:

"I didn't know the Intro was in 11/4 time. I just saw it as three sets of three, and then two to jump on the next three sets with: it was like 1,2,3--1,2,3--1,2,3--1,2. I didn't count it as 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11. It was one beat short, but it didn't feel one short, because to get back to the triad, you had two steps to go up. You'd really hit those two hard, to accent them, so that would separate the threes. ...[Duane] said, 'That's good, man, I didn't know that you understood 11/4.' Of course I said something intelligent like, 'What's 11/4?' Duane just said, 'Okay, dumbass, I'll try to draw it up on paper for you.' " (source: Wikipedia) 

So after reading that (and discovering that I'm in the dumbass club with Gregg Tongue out), I could have changed the tab to make it 11/4 by removing the bar lines, making each staff one bar of music instead of four bars. But I decided not to because I think it's actually easier to follow the way I originally tabbed it...and if even the composer was thinking of it that way, it can't be too wrong.  Tabbed here is the Intro and a dual guitar part after the first Chorus. The tab is of the studio version.

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - "Whipping Post"      (G. Allman)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/varriffs.txt

I don't have sound on my computer yet, so I couldn't be sure which version of the song to link to at YouTube. Just from looking at the page, though, this one looks like it's the studio version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KiEOxXId8


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:56 AM EDT
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
REMEMBERING...
Topic: Bands/Music

 


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:39 AM EDT
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Monday, July 13, 2009
JUNE 2009 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of June 2009 (w/ view numbers):

26 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
21 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
14 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
14 - Headpins - Just One More Time
13 - Girlschool - Hit And Run
13 - Streetheart - Hollywood
10 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
9 - 54-40 - Baby Ran
9 - FM - Phasors On Stun
9 - Max Webster - High Class In Borrowed Shoes
9 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
9 - Trooper - We're Here For A Good Time

Total Tab Views For June: 462
  
By section:  Canadian-337  Girlschool-57  Various-33  Chords-35


Most-viewed tabs overall (up to June 30/09):

277 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
223 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
209 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
171 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
158 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
153 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
145 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
127 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
123 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel
122 - Harlequin - Innocence

Tabs reaching 100 overall views mark this month: Mama Let Him Play

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.


Posted by planet/zerofret at 6:15 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:17 PM EDT
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
GETTIN' THERE
Topic: Website

 

   ...soon


Posted by planet/zerofret at 6:16 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:19 PM EDT
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ON HOLD
Topic: Website

Sorry to report that the website is officially on hold as of now. My computer has become impossible to work with, and it looks like I'll be offline for awhile. I'm not sure when I'll be able to have things back up and running. The site will still be here, but there won't be any new additions for awhile. In the meantime, I'll keep working on tabs to have some ready for when I can post them again. (Next up is a request for Max Webster's "The Party".) Hope people can enjoy some of the other tabs already available on the site until such time as I have a computer that works and can get some new material posted. Thanks for your patience, and most of all thanks for visiting the site. Smile

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:02 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:03 AM EDT
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
HEADPINS - "JUST ONE MORE TIME"
Topic: New Tab Postings

Just over a year ago I did the Intro of this song for the Riffs section of the site; now comes the full tab. "Just One More Time" was the second single, after "Celebration", from the Headpins' second album, Line Of Fire (1983). The album followed in the footsteps of its predecessor Turn It Loud (1982) in giving the band its second consecutive platinum album in Canada.

I ran into some problems in part of the guitar solo. I have no means of slowing recordings down, so the really quick note runs become a bit of a blur. Ultimately, there were four bars that I had to leave out. (And I suspect this same problem will crop up in the next tab.) But most of it I was able to hear clearly enough. Just as a side note, in the video version of the song, the guitar solo is edited down to just the first sixteen bars, instead of having the full 32.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/headpins-justonemoretime.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C0ZDAc5ga4

Also, the lack of images (i.e. album covers) on the blog right now is due to how badly my computer is working. I can't save or upload images in proper format. Hopefully, a little computer servicing will be done soon, but at the moment I have to just be glad I can get the tabs uploaded at all! Tongue out

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:37 AM EDT
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Monday, June 8, 2009
FIREFALL - "STRANGE WAY"
Topic: New Chords Postings

Formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1974, Firefall's most successful years came in the mid to late 1970's. Their flute-tinged pop rock sound gave them a Top 10 hit with their first single, "You Are the Woman". "Just Remember I Love You", from the band's follow-up album, was equally successful. During this time, they enjoyed exposure to large audiences, touring as the support band on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours tour. 1978 saw the release of Firefall's third album, Elan. This album once again exceeded the success of the previous one, giving the band its first platinum album. The single "Strange Way" reached #11 on the Billboard chart.

One more album was recorded with the original line-up, before the band started to undergo a series of personnel changes. They continued on, but never again matched the commercial success of their first few albums.

The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/firefall-strangeway.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CYYAeYHE0

Posted by planet/zerofret at 1:36 AM EDT
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Monday, June 1, 2009
MAY 2009 REVIEW
Topic: Website

Most-viewed tabs for the month of May 2009 (w/ view numbers):

20 - Streetheart - Hollywood
17 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
16 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
12 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
12 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (guitar)
11 - Coney Hatch - Devil's Deck
10 - Girlschool - Race With the Devil (guitar)
10 - Harlequin - Sweet Things In Life
10 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
10 - Trooper - Two For the Show

Total Tab Views For May: 491

(By section:  Canadian-345  Girlschool-74  Various-39  Chords-33)


Most-viewed tabs overall (stats date from Oct.3/07 to May 31/09):

263 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
199 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
197 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
163 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
153 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
146 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
141 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
118 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
117 - Harlequin - Innocence
117 - Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel

Tabs reaching 100 overall views mark this month: Say Hello

*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, June 1, 2009 6:33 PM EDT
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