Ackerman Will - Balancing guitar tab

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Subject: TAB: Balancing (William Ackerman)- thumb practice?

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It's been quite a while since I stopped playing guitars back in

my high school years. This Summer I discovered Michael Hedges'

music that changed the way I look at (acoustic) guitars.

It tells me that it's OK to make sounds that don't make sense

to people around me (lots of extended chords and harmonics:)

Now, I find my self listening to a different kind of music and

learning new stuff I never knew existed (thanks for making RMMGA

an enjoyable and informative newsgroup.)

I always love modal tunes. Here is my attempt to transcribe an

easy-listening modal tune by William Ackerman. This TAB is my first

time ever. I'm not sure if it follows any `standard' tabbing

conventions.

BTW, I have a playing-skill related problem with part C (see below.)

I'd like to hear from finger-picking experts out there on how to

practice picking a constant tempo arpeggio with the right-hand

thumb while the rest of the fingers play a separate melodic

pattern (some times in a different tempo.)

-Budi.

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"Balancing" by William Ackerman

Album: "It Takes A Year" (WD-1003)

Tuning: DGDGAD (a cross tuning between open-G and D-modal.)

Note: Not drawn to tempo.

The phrasing may not be accurate (kind of oversimplified.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part A: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

D||------------9-12-9h12p9--+----------0--------||

A||-------9h10--------------+-12----12-----0----||

G||-----9-------------------+-----0----------0--|| 4x

D||---9---------------------+---0--------0------||

G||-9-----------------------+-0--------0--------||

D||-------------------------+-------------------||

D|-----------4-7-4h7p4---+-2-----2-2/4-----0---|

A|-------4h5-------------+-------------------0-|

G|-4---4---------------0-+-----0---------0-----|

D|---4-------------------+---0---------0-------|

G|-4---------------------+-0-------0-----------|

D|-----------------------+---------------------|

D|-----------4-7-4h7p4-+-7-----12-12p9-----0-|

A|-4-----4h5-----------+---------------------|

G|-----4-------------0-+-----0-----------0---|

D|---4-----------------+---0-----------0-----|

G|-4-------------------+-0-----------0-------|

D|---------------------+---------------------|

D|-----------4-7-4h7p4---+-2-----2-2/4-----0---|

A|-4-----4h5-------------+-------------------0-|

G|-----4---------------0-+-----0---------0-----|

D|---4-------------------+---0---------0-------|

G|-4---------------------+-0-------0-----------|

D|-----------------------+---------------------|

D|---------4-------+---------5-----|---------2-+-------2-|-------2-+-p0..|

A|-4-----4-----4---+-------5-------|-------2---+-----2---|-----2-2-+-p0..|

G|-----4---------4-+-5---5-------5-|-2---2-----+---2-----|---2---2-+-p0..|

D|---4-------4-----+---5-------5---|---2-------+-2-------|-2-----2-+-p0..|

G|-4---------------+-5-------------|-2---------+---------|-------2-+-p0..|

D|-----------------+---------------|-----------+---------|-------2-+-p0..|

slowing down .........................

pause ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part B: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here comes those georgeous (tendon buster:) strumming sounds ...

I don't know how to tab these harp-like strumming (slightly slower

than regular strumming) patterns.

The tempo is beyond my musical vocabulary, listen to the record.

D||-6-2-4-------4-4p2-0-|-6-2-4-------4-4p2-0-|

A||-2---------0---------|-2---------0---------|

G||-2-------0-----------|-2-------0-----------|

D||-2-----0-------------|-2-----0-------------|

G||-2---0---------------|-2---0---------------|

D||-2-------------------|-2-------------------|

D|-6-2-4-0--9-5-7-0-|-11-7-9-------|-----------0-----||

A|-2--------5-------|-7----------0-|-------0-------0-||

G|-2--------5-------|-7--------0---|-----0-------0---||

D|-2--------5-------|-7------0-----|---0-------0-----||

G|-2---0----5---0---|-7----0-------|-0-------0-------||

D|-2--------5-------|-7------------|-----------------||

D|-9-5-7-0-11-7-9-|---------------|---0-----9-5-7-0-|-11-7-12-|

A|-5-------7------|-----0-------0-|-------0-5-------|-7-------|

G|-5-------7------|---0-------0---|-----0---5-------|-7-------|

D|-5-------7------|-0-------0-----|---0-----5-------|-7-------|

G|-5---0---7----0-|-------0-------|-0-------5---0---|-7-------|

D|-5-------7------|---------------|---------5-------|-7-------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part C: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tempo change (slightly faster)

D||-------------|-12-11----11---12-+-9-----------|

A||-------------|-------12---------+-------------|

G||-----0-----0-|-------0-------0--+-----0-----0-|

D||---0-----0---|----0--------0----+---0-----0---|

G||-0-----0-----|-0--------0-------+-0-----0-----|

D||-------------|------------------+-------------|

D|-12-11----11---12-+-9-----------|-12-11----------+-------------||

A|-------12---------+-------------|-------12-9-----+-------------||

G|-------0-------0--+-----0-----0-|-------0------0-+-----0-----0-||

D|----0--------0----+---0-----0---|----0-------0---+---0-----0---||

G|-0--------0-------+-0-----0-----|-0--------0-----+-0-----0-----||

D|------------------+-------------|----------------+-------------||

D|-7-4--------7p4+--------------|-7-4------7p4+--------------|

A|-----5-4-------+-0h2----------|-----5-4-----+-0h2----------|

G|-----0-------0-+------0-----0-|-----0-----0-+------0-----0-|

D|---0-----0-----+----0-----0---|---0-----0---+----0-----0---|

G|-0-----0-------+-0------0-----|-0-----0-----+-0------0-----|

D|---------------+--------------|-------------+--------------|

D|-7-4-0-4-----+-4-----4-----|-4-----------+

A|-------------+-------------|-------------+

G|-----0-----0-+-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-+

D|---0-----0---+---0-----0---|---0-----0---+

G|-0-----0-----+-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----+

D|-------------+-------------|-------------+

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Repeat part C (slowing down at the last `bar'.)

Pause.

Repeat part B.

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