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Need Bad Finger "No Matter What" tab
- Thread starter ScottGrahamMpls
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We play that tune. Here's what I play:
NoMatterWhat.pdf
I have it in a Logic Pro project too if you can use it.
NoMatterWhat.pdf
I have it in a Logic Pro project too if you can use it.
In these tabs I see no 2nd Octave 'E' SLIDE down on the 4th beat in the 3rd measure of the Intro. The E is there but no indication you slide down to the A on the first beat of the 4th measure. Manuscript should show it (this one doesn't) but I don't know if Tabs indicate things like ties, accents, stacattos, etc. cuz I never learned or played by tab. So do some? I know I'm gonna open a can of worms, but I think this simple song would be a good start for you to learn by ear.
Yes, that "E slide down" isn't shown only because I never took
the time to figure out how to show it.
Start on the high E, slide down, and jump to the low A.
the time to figure out how to show it.
Start on the high E, slide down, and jump to the low A.
FWIW - I do the slide from the 12th fret on E string down to the A on the 5th of that same string. No string jump needed.
- Oct 7, 2000
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I say do yourself a favor, forget about the tab, and learn it by ear. It's an easy song, the bass is SUPER clear in the video below, and you can also see an awful lot of what he's doing. To need tab for a song like this tells that you haven't much ear training and if ya want grow as a musician I'd suggest you start training right now with this song. It's an excellent place to begin.
‪No Matter What - Badfinger‬‏ - YouTube
‪No Matter What - Badfinger‬‏ - YouTube
Thanks, warnergt. That's a great, clean copy, I actally prefer the real notation over tab, so it's a bonus!
Joe, I hope you didn't mean that to sound as condescending as it came off in writing...
It's one thing to figure out a song's basic chord structure (A, Bm7, D, E, etc.) by ear and improvise off of that. It's another to pick out every little lick and run from under layers of overdriven guitar on a 40 year-old recording.
And while there are some good shots of Tom Evans in the video, he's miming to a prerecorded track, and his left hand technique doesn't always allow you to easily make out some of his fretwork. That's not a criticism of Tom's brilliant playing, it just makes it a little harder to see exactly what he's doing sometimes.
It would be equally difficult to figure out the subtleties of the drum part from watching the drummer mime, as he definitely misses a few things throughout the song.
Most tabs aren't that accurate anyway. I usually learn the basics off the tabs (cuts out a lot of time) and then sit down with headphones and find a good YouTube version. Then I fine tune the lines. Works for me.
While I admit that I initially looked at this thread because my curiosity was piqued at the seeming needlessness (TO ME) in the subject, the point of this sub-forum is to allow people to make requests and provide access to tabs, not to debate the need for them or to evangelize on the benefits of ear training.
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Agreed. And my apologies.
Regarding my seeming condescending, that wasn't my intent. In the video that I posted the bass is completely in your face (sonically, and visually enough to have some reference points), and I really feel it would helpful to learn this one by ear. If someone is having trouble doing that, and needs tabs, it says something about where they're at as a player. Not that it's a bad thing, but that they obviously have trouble learning tunes by ear. To develop that skill is an important thing to do if you want to be successful as a musician. Being dependant on tab is not a good thing if someone wants to move forward. This song is an excellent opportunity to start moving past that. And if someone wants to simply learn with tab for everything they play, that's totally fine too. It's a choice, I respect it, and I have no problem with. For real.
Condescending? You got to be kidding. He was as polite as possible and just trying to help a fellow musician progress in his abilities. In fact I said exactly the same thing earlier. It's a super simple song and a good place to start training your ear. It's inconceivable that you could even think that was, 'CONDESCENDING?' ‪You keep using that word.‬‏ - YouTube
I think there were four posters here who thought like I did about tabs for that song. Probably like them and Joe Nerve, many times while scanning threads for interesting ones I don't realize what, 'SubForum' the thread actual is in. I guess this thread should've been obvious, but I clicked on the thread because the song is so simple I was curious that someone was asking for tabs for it. I realize it's not our place to give advice in this Sub-Forum that we think is helpful unless it's related to pointing to where to find a tab. To make sure I will be careful and this will be the last time I ever click on a thread in the TAB sub Menu. Sorry.
+1 That is, more or less, what I do.
But I start with a MIDI file instead of tabs (it provides an
actual score and other instruments including drum tracks).
Then, I drop it in Logic Pro with the actual music.
Then, I tweak it until I'm satisfied.
That's what I did to create that PDF file.
