Ackerman Will - Balancing guitar tab
From yuwono@uxmail.ust.hk Thu Aug 31 07:22:31 PDT 1995
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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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