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Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on September 05, 2007, 09:46:38 PM
O_O the title says it all.
|0----------------|0----------------|3----------------|0----------------|
|0----------------|1----------------|0----------------|1----------------|
|0----------------|0----------------|0----------------|2----------------|
|2----------------|2----------------|0----------------|2----------------|
|2----------------|3----------------|2----------------|0----------------|
|0----------------|-----------------|3----------------|0----------------|

|0----------------|0----------------|0----------------|3----3---333-----|0--0--0--0-------|
|0----------------|1----------------|1----------------|2----2---222-----|1--1--2--0-------|
|0----------------|0----------------|2----------------|3----3---333-----|2--2--0--0-------|
|2----------------|2----------------|2----------------|0----0---000-----|2--2--2--2-------|
|2----------------|3----------------|0----------------|---------------------|0--0-----2-------|
|0----------------|------------------|0----------------|---------------------|0--0-----0-------|
(Moderate timing, the three D's are a triplet, and each cord until the measure with D's is 4 beats, the first D is 2, the second is one, and the triplet is one. The next measure they are all eighths, with the final one tied to a three beat note.)
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on September 05, 2007, 09:52:37 PM
also, I'm trying to figure out which minor key I should use for the rest of the song.
Title: Song
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on September 05, 2007, 10:01:12 PM
What key is it in right now?  (sorry, I don't read guitar tablature)
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on September 05, 2007, 10:04:17 PM
C. Also, (for the tab illiterate people) Here are the chords:
E    C     G    Am   E   C   Am   D  D  DDD  Am  Am  A7  E.
Title: Song
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on September 05, 2007, 10:10:21 PM
Well, if it's in C, you can always modulate to Em or Am pretty easily.  Or you could do something wacky and go to Gm, either by using a flat 7th from C, or even as using the D major chord as a five-of-five chord.  Go music!
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on September 05, 2007, 11:56:08 PM
Also, from my metronome, timing is 120. I'll have lyrics for the intro by the end of the weekend.
Title: Song
Post by: Hibou on September 06, 2007, 12:17:38 PM
You sound like you're in E minor to me. Those are E minor chords, not E's. I'll need to see more before I can really give a fair amount of input, but right now it sounds like it'd be fit to go into a long progression of these chords with variations on them from time to time, using string-to-string and string-skipping patterns while picking instead of just strumming the chords.
Title: Song
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on September 06, 2007, 12:30:52 PM
Yeah, I was curious if those E chords were supposed to be E-minors; just looking over the progression (without actually hearing it), that made more sense to me, but then again, I don't write other peoples' music for them ;)
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on October 03, 2007, 12:42:26 AM

|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|3---3---3---3---|0---0---0---0---|
|0---0---0---0---|1---1---1---1---|0---0---0---0---|1---1---1---1---|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|
|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|
|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---|
|0---0---0---0---|----------------|3---3---3---3---|0---0---0---0---|
 ^ intro
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|3---3-3-3-3-----|
|0---0---0---0---|1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---|2---2-2-2-2-----|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|3---3-3-3-3-----|
|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|0---0-0-0-0-----|
|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
|0---0---0---0---|----------------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
                                   Riff 1            
|0---0---0---0---|----------------O-------------3--|---5-----7-----3|
|1---1---2---0---|----------------|-----------3---3|-5---5-7---7-3--|
|2---2---0---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|2---2---2---2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0-------2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0-------0---|----------------O----------------|----------------|
                                               Verse 1(Sweep Picking)
|-----1-----3----|-5-----1-----2-3|h2-2------------O-----0----------|
|-3-1---1-3---3-5|---5-1---1-2----|---2------------|----0-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---0------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--2-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------O0---------------|

|----0-----------|-----3----------|-----0----------|-----0----------|
|---1------------|----0-----------|----1-----------|----0-----------|
|--0-------------|---0------------|---2------------|---0------------|
|-2--------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
|3---------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|3---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
                                 (End Sweep Picking)Chorus
|----0-----------|-----0----------|---3------------|1---1---7---3---|
|---1------------|----1-----------|--2-------------|1---1---7---3---|
|--0-------------|---2------------|-3--------------|2---2---8---4---|
|-2--------------|--2-------------|0---------------|3---3---9---5---|
|3---------------|-0--------------|----------------|3---3---9---5---|
|----------------|0---------------|----------------|1---1---7---3---|

|5---------------|1---1---7---3---|5-------5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-1/2/3---|
|5---------------|1---1---7---3---|5-------5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-1/2/3---|
|6---------------|2---2---8---4---|6-------6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-2/3/4---|
|7---------------|3---3---9---5---|7-------7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-3/4/5---|
|7---------------|3---3---9---5---|7-------7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-3/4/5---|
|5---------------|1---1---7---3---|5-------5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-1/3/3---|


And there is an updated version. No idea about vocals. Working on a solo and more stuff.
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on October 03, 2007, 10:05:51 PM

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------/9~~/5~~/|7~~-------------|-------/7~~/3--2|
|----------------|/7~-------------|----------------|/5~~------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|-----------0----|----------------|-----0----------|
|-3-0-5p3--------|-----------0----|----------------|----0-----------|
|--------5P3-----|-----------0----|----------------|---0------------|
|-----------5p3--|-----------2----|----------------|--2-------------|
|--------------5p|3----------2----|----------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|-5p3p0~~---0----|----------------|0---------------|

|----0-----------|-----3----------|-----0----------|-----0----------|
|---1------------|----0-----------|----1-----------|----0-----------|
|--0-------------|---0------------|---2------------|---0------------|
|-2--------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
|3---------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
                           
|----0-----------|-----0----------|----3-----------|----------------|
|---1------------|----1-----------|---2------------|----------------|
|--0-------------|---2------------|--3-------------|----9-5-7-------|
|-2--------------|--2-------------|00--------------|7-7-x-x-x-------|
|3---------------|-0--------------|----------------|x-x-7-3-5-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|5-5-------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----9-5-7-----7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-x-x-x-----x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|7/8/9-----------|----------------|
|x-x-7-3-5-----5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|x/x/x-----------|----------------|
|5-5-------------|----------------|5/6/7-----------|----------------|


and there's the last bit for a while.
Title: Song
Post by: SDragon on March 22, 2008, 07:35:58 PM
I tried the intro, and the chord changes seem too rapid for me. Maybe if you tried squeezing in an extra bar for each chord, that might help it a bit. Keep in mind, though, I'm playing it on my acoustic, because my electric is out in the other room.
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on March 22, 2008, 09:36:54 PM
Hmmm...haven't messed around with this in a while, I'll check it out, though. Thanks!
Title: Song
Post by: Higgs Boson on March 22, 2008, 10:01:40 PM
Alright, some changes to be made, not enough time right now: intro chords are triplets (eighth or sixteenth notes); extra measure after each triplet.
Title: Song
Post by: SDragon on May 06, 2008, 11:12:47 PM
Okay, now that I've gone over your first riff and first verse, it seems a little..... I dunno, unfocused. I think it might be because you're using the same exact fret patterns on both of the strings, almost immediately followed arpeggios on every single string in the chord, in order. Personally, I think arpeggios sound best when they aren't just each guitar string plucked from a chord. Examples of this would be Don't Speak, by No Doubt, or Nothing Else Matters, by Metallica. As for the bit where you go from one string to the next on the same frets (then change the fret and repeat), may i suggest you try the second fret instead of the first? (edit- oh, and maybe adding a fourth note in those, so that it goes from strings 2-1-2-1, 2-1-2-1, instead of just 2-1-2, 2-1-2, 2-1-2? Just a thought)

I'll try to get to that last bit later, but no promises on when "later" might be. Hope this much helps :)