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TAB Stephen Stills 4+20

In TABs on 11 January 2012 tagged tab with Comments Off

This is a very old handwritten TAB of mine I once wrote for a pupil. The paper is somewhat faded but readable. At his moment there is no example of the studio version of the tune to be found on the internet (YouTube). I reckon most of you wanting to play this tune still have [...]

TAB Ry Cooder Flashes

In TABs on 6 January 2012 tagged tab with 1 reactie

Here is a guy on YouTube playing Flashes by Ry Cooder. He mentions: the version I play is mainly derived from a transcription in an old Dutch magazine that was published in the early eighties. All right, that magazine should be Music Maker Magazine and the guy who tabbed the tune was me (read the [...]

TAB Old Country Rock

In TABs on 13 June 2011 tagged tab with Comments Off

Here is the classic Old Country Rock from finger picking ragtime legend William Moore, recorded in 1928. I post this one for a friend of mine and share it at the time with you. The TAB is an old one, written by me some 30 years ago. The variations you should figure out yourself. Have [...]

TAB Another Time by Pearls Before Swine

In TABs on 7 January 2011 tagged fingerpicking, tab with Comments Off

This song is a classic from the first album from the psychedelic folkgroup Pearls Before Swine and was released in 1967. All their material has been reissued on cd. See their official website. Many guitar teachers use the traditional House of the Rising Sun too soon to get their pupils practise that seemingly incredible F-chord. [...]

TAB The River Song by Donovan

In TABs on 5 January 2011 tagged fingerpicking, tab with Comments Off

A perfect song to start picking with your thumb, ring finger, middle finger and fore finger. The TAB has two parts. In the first part you move your left hand up and down the neck. In the second part you move your left hand only down the neck. The fingering of the chords remain the [...]

TAB Reasons To Love You by Meiko

In TABs on 4 January 2011 tagged fingerpicking, tab with Comments Off

This TAB of a song performed by Meiko on a brand new Martin D-45 guitar shows that fingerpicking with just your thumb and fore finger is possible. You can see that at the very beginning of Meiko’s live version of her lovesong. She rests her ring finger and pinky on the top of her guitar [...]

TAB Tangerine Puppett by Donovan

In TABs on 2 January 2011 tagged fingerpicking, tab with Comments Off

This is an old time classic folk tune written and played by Donovan Leitch. Good for practising the folk fingerpicking pattern I write about in my guitar method. Here is an old hand written TAB of mine. The opening chord misses the open e-string… Download: TAB Donovan Tangerine Puppett (43 KB opens in new window)

TAB Dreams of love by Bert Jansch

In TABs on 1 January 2011 tagged fingerpicking, tab with Comments Off

This is an old folk tune from Bert Jansch. Very good for practising the folk fingerpicking pattern I write about in my guitar method. Here is an old hand written TAB of mine. I changed a wrongly formulated chord into F/c – that is: you play an F(7) while hitting the C-bass instead of the [...]

TAB Ton van Bergeijk If I Had You

In TABs on 3 November 2010 tagged fingerpicking, tab with 1 reactie

This article I wrote a long time ago for Music Maker Magazine about Ton van Bergeijk, who once (or twice) was the best fingerpicking guitar player of the world according to the Guitar Player Magazine. The article is in Dutch but contains a TAB handwritten by me. Ton van Bergeijk made this arrangement after he [...]