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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:09:30 +0000
 From: Wayne Ellis 
 Subject: TAB:'The Big Lad In The Windmill' by It Bites [Instrumental]
                      'The Big Lad In The Windmill' by It Bites
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 >From the album 'The Big Lad In The Windmill'
 Transcribed by Wayne Ellis and Mandy Vivian.	
 email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk and mandy@mandy.co.uk
 
 The guitar is tuned as follows: C G C F C D (from low to high)
 		
 	       rake~~~~		        	    ~~~ harm   rake
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 C---------------0-|---------------0-|0----------------|---------0-------|
 
 F-----------0---0-|-----------0---0-|0----------------|-7-------0-------|
 
 C---------2-----2-|--------0------0-|-----------------|-7-------2-------|
 
 G-0-h2--3---------|---3-2-----------|-----------------|-7-------0-------|
 
 C-----------------|-----------------|----2mb-p0--0----|-----------------|
 
 
 		   rake~~~		 	     ~~~~  harm~~~~
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 C-----------------|-0---------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|
 
 F-------------0---|-0------------0--|-0-0-------------|-----7-----------|
 
 C-----------2-----|-2---------0-----|-0---------------|-----7-----------|
 
 G---0--2--3-------|------3-2--------|-----------------|-----7-----------|
 
 C-----------------|-----------------|------2mb-p0--0--|-----------------|
 
 
  rake~~~~	      rake~~~~	      	      	     ^ ~~~~harm
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 C-0---------------|----0------------|-----0-0---------|-----------------|
 
 F-0---------------|-0--0------------|--0--0-0---------|-----------------|
 
 C-2-------------2-|----2------------|0----0-----------|------7----------|
 
 G--------0-h2-3---|-------------3-2-|-----------------|------7----------|
 
 C-----------------|-----------------|--------2mb-p0--0|-----------------|
 
 							      muted
  rake~~~~	      rake~~~~~	                     X  X all harms~~~~~
 E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 C-0---------------|----0------------|------0-0--------|---7-------7-----|
 
 F-0---------------|-0--0------------|--0---0-0--------|-----7----7------|
 
 C-2-------------2-|----2------------|-0----0----------|---------7-------|
 
 G--------0-h2-3---|-------------3-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 C-----------------|-----------------|---------2mb-p0-0|-7---------------|
 
 
 TAB Key
 --------
 
 	p  - pulloff
 	mb - microtone bend (see record for further details)
 	X  - mute with palm of picking hand
 	~  - hold note
 	^  - emphasise note
 	harm - harmonic
         rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
 	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)
 
 Tuning Notes
 -------------
 The tuning used for this short instrumental piece is:
 		    C G C F C E (low to high)
 
 Overall the guitar sounds 'slack', giving a clue that a dropped
 tuning is being used. Also you can hear string rattles in a few
 places. 
 
 When tuning up, if you wish to play to the record, use the open
 'C' which occurs in bar 3 as your reference. As, according to my
 tuner, the actual note is close to C - but is actually somewhere
 between C and C#. The difference isn't great - but when playing
 along to the record it is noticeable.
 
 Getting the exact tuning is just a matter of listening for open
 strings - if you scan the TAB you can see that there are plenty
 of open strings being sounded. Heres how I went about figuring
 out the tuning.
 
 The first note of the piece is 'G', so a good guess is that the
 whole piece might be in standard tuning but with reference to D
 (instead of E). The guitar would be tuned, to begin with, as:
 		    D G C F A D (low to high)
 
 This tuning gets you the initial notes, but the raked chord at
 the end of bar 1, sounds as if the highest note is 'open'. The
 actual note played is a 'C'. To cure this problem the open-A
 string is raised a tone and a half to 'C'. 
 The tuning becomes:
 		    D G C F C D (low to high)
 
 Everything now sounds OK, until bar 3 - the open note sounded
 from the pulloff is lower than the 'D' note which the lowest
 string tuned to. Tuning this string down a full tone to 'C',
 gives the desired note. So the tuning becomes:
 		    C G C F C D (low to high)
 
 The high D-string isn't used, and is left tuned to D.
 
 This tuning looks a little bit strange, but if you transpose it
 up a full tone, it gives:
 		    D A D G D E
 This appears a little more familiar as it is almost 'Dropped D'
 tuning (DADGBE), but with the B-string raised to a D.
 
 Notes
 ------
 
 Once you've got the tuning, this is quite an easy piece to play.
 It is roughly in 4/4 time - but is played 'freely' so things do
 wonder a little through the bars.
 
 Because of the slack tuning, the notes resonate longer, filling
 the sound out. Try not to kill the notes too quickly after they
 have been played. Use a plectrum throughout to get a full sound.
 Let the raked chords and harmonics ring, dig into the strings
 with the plectrum when playing the rakes.
 
 This Transcription (c) Copyright DarkMusic 1997.
 
 This Transcription (and others) is also available at:
 	http://www.mandy.co.uk/music/tabs/
 
 The 'It Bites' Web Pages:
 		http://www.mandy.co.uk/it-bites/
 
 Comments and corrections welcome.
 
                Wayne Ellis email ellis_w_wayne@bt-sys.bt.co.uk
 
 
 
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