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Hello,

 

apologies for my inane question.

 

But I don't understand how to play the following.

 

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----11(9)--------

--------(9)11-----

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Thanks in advance for any help or advice offered. Cheers!

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99% of unpublished tab off a website is inaccurate. listen to the song over and over again and play what you hear. this is a good way to train your ears and find out what people are actually playing.

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Sometimes bracketed notes are used to indicate notes that are either very faint or just implied. I don't know what the second two parts suggest exactly, but the 11/(9) to me suggests sliding down from 11 and releasing your finger from the string at the 9th fret or therabouts. Therefore, you sort of hear that 9, but it's not really stated.

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I would guess that 2 strings are barred at the time the 11th fret is picked then the bar is slid down to the 9th fret. niether 9 in brackets is picked but both can be heard sounding. I really wish that publishing companies would get together and make one standard set of tablature. For now our best help is our ear.

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For now our best help is our ear.

 

Actually, forever.

You'll never be able to notate, much less tab, the nuances of anyone's performances. And that's a good thing. What do you do when you want to indicate that there's a subtle shift of tempo over one note? There are notational devices, but what if it's really subtle? You've just got to hear it. And that's just one example.

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While parenthasis are typicaly used to denote ringing notes played a little earlier, they are also used to show optional notes.

Not knowing the song the tab was pulled from doesnt help. Often, there is more than one guitar track, and the tabber tries to include all notes played without having the ability to seperate the different guitars.

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Hello!

Thanks for all the replies. It seems that the tab is indeed questionable.

This is a Guitar Pro tab. It's the intro of All Along the Watchtower by Jimi.

Thanks for advice anyway, I'll use my ears to judge what to play. Just wanted to clarify what's up with that notation.

:thu:

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--11--11--11----11/9---9--11--|--11b-11--11b-----11r-9------|
--------------------9/11--------|-------------------------11--|
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