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 Subject: Chart for converting notation to tab.
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 Dear James,
   I asked earlier this week on alt.guitar.tab if anyone had the charts for
 converting std. notation to tab. I got a copy of the charts, and several 
 requests from other people for the charts as well. Someone suggested it might
 be a good idea if I sent them to you so they could go in the archive. So here 
 they are......
 
 
 
 Below are the two charts I received from Rob Craig (aa599@freenet.carleton.ca):
 
 
 --------------------------- Chart One ------------------------------------
 Author:             Palcat, Frank (frank.palcat@synapse.org)
 Title:              Guitar Fingerboard Chart
 Journal:            rec.music.makers.guitar
 Reliability:        High
 Item Date:          1993
 Transcribed By:     
 Transcription Date: 
 Archived By:        Palcat, Frank (frank.palcat@synapse.org)
 Archived Date:      1993
 Access:             All
 
 A chart showing the note at each fret a guitar.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Guitar Fingerboard Chart
 ------------------------
 
 Here's a chart  that guitarists will  find useful for  preparing tab, tuning
 their guitars, and recognizing component notes of chords.
 
 Notes corresponding  to  24  fret  positions  on  the guitar   are provided.
 Obviously, many guitars do not have 24 frets so just  ignore those which are
 not found on  your  guitar.  To keep  the chart  small, I've only  indicated
 "non-flattened" notes in the fingerboard.  The following  table makes up for
 this deficiency.
 
 Musical note equivalencies:
  A# = Bb     B# = C
  C# = Db     Cb = B
  D# = Eb     E# = F
  F# = Gb     Fb = E
  G# = Ab
 
   0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12
 e||-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|
 B||-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|
 G||-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|
 D||-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|
 A||-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|
 E||-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|
 
  12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24
 e |-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|
 B |-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|
 G |-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|
 D |-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|
 A |-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|
 E |-F--|-F#-|-G--|-G#-|-A--|-A#-|-B--|-C--|-C#-|-D--|-D#-|-E--|
 
 
 --------------------------- End of Chart 1 ---------------------------------
 ------------------------------- Chart 2 ------------------------------------
 Author:             Palcat, Frank (frank.palcat@synapse.org)
 Title:              Guitar Tab Translating Tool
 Journal:            rec.music.makers.guitar
 Reliability:        High
 Item Date:          1993
 Transcribed By:     
 Transcription Date: 
 Archived By:        Palcat, Frank (frank.palcat@synapse.org)
 Archived Date:      1993
 Access:             All
 
 A chart useful for converting from sheet music to tab, or vice versa.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Guitar Tab Translating Tool
 ---------------------------
 
 Here's a chart that guitarists will find useful for preparing tab from sheet
 music  or  vice versa.  This  chart covers only the  first few frets on  the
 guitar.  If you  use it in  conjunction with the   guitar finger-board chart
 that I've also posted, you should be able to  determine  the correct tab for
 the higher frets as well.
 
 The note names are given on the left of the staff and the tab grid.  The O's
 represent notes on the staff.  Note that this chart has been derived for the
 key of C (no #'s and no b's).  It can be adapted to  other keys by observing
 where the b's (flats) or #'s (sharps) are located on the staff and adjusting
 the tab translation.
 
 For  example, the key of  F has a flat located  on the middle  line of the 5
 line staff (B note).  All  B notes on the staff  and leger lines are  now Bb
 notes.  Therefore, the tab would require the following changes:
 
  A-string, 2nd fret  becomes  A-string, 1st fret
  B-string, open      becomes  G-string, 3rd fret
  E-string, 7th fret  becomes  E-string, 6th fret
 
 b                                                                O  
  a      /\                                                    -O--- 
 g      |  |                                                  O      
  f|----|--|------------------------------------------------O--------|
 e |    | /'                                              O          |
  d|----`/'------------------------------------------O---------------|
 c |  ,/'`\                                        O                 |
  b|-/----|--------------------------------------O-------------------|
 a ||  ,/'|`\.                              O                        |
  g|-\-|--|--|----------------------------O--------------------------|
 f |  \   | /'                       O                               |
  e|---`--|'-----------------------O---------------------------------|
 d |      |                      O                                   |
  c|   \-/    -------  -----O-                                       |
 b |                      O                                          |
  a|          -------  -O-                                           |
 g |               O                                                 |
  f|          ---O-                                                  |
 e |           O                                                     |
   |                                                                 |
 e |------------------------------------------------------0-1-3-5-7--|
 B |---------------------------------------------0-1-3---------------|
 G |--------------------------------------0-2------------------------|
 D |-----------------------------0-2-3-------------------------------|
 A |--------------------0-2-3----------------------------------------|
 E |-----------0-1-3-------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 --------------------------- End of Chart 2 ---------------------------------
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