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Best and Most Accurate Guitar Tablature Websites

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Best-and-Most-Accurate-Guitar-Tablature-WebsitesMost of you know free tablature websites like Ultimate-guitar and Guitartabs.cc. Although these are great websites with lots a tablature, the downside they are not always very accurate, and not everything you want is there when you need it.

Sometimes you just want to really nail a song, and make sure you get it right. You want to save yourself the precious time searching for the right tab without mistakes or missing pieces. In that case, you can choose tablature transcribed by professionals and go to one of the websites in this post.

You can find links to get complete tablature books of your favorite artist or download or request tablature music sheets for one particular song. It’s all here. You might want to bookmark this page for when the time comes you need that great song.

Happy playing :)

Amazon Guitar tabs
Amazon is pretty much the most visited website to look for anything guitar related with an amazing amount of guitar tablature books. Just type in your favorite artist and add “guitar tab”.

Musicnotes
At Musicnotes you can find guitar tablature books as well as single downloadable digital tab sheet music if you’re searching for that one particular song. You can view each first page of the tablature notation to see how it looks.
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How to Quickly Transpose A Song Without Capo

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How-to-Quickly-Transpose-A-Song-Without-CapoThere are many ways to transpose a song in different keys. You can use a capo, play a song in bar chords and then move all the chords up or down, or write down all the chords of the song in the appropriate key.

Those are good solid ways, but sometimes it’s just nice to transpose without capo, bar chords or too much hassle of writing things down.

You want to switch between keys instantly using mainly open chords, because they sound nice and are easy to play. We’re not going for any sharp or flat keys in this post. We keep things simple.

So how do you go about that?

First, you want to know how to build chords of the major scale. If you don’t know how to do that, you can check out this post. If you don’t want to get into the theory behind it, no worries, you can also read on and just memorize the chord sequences that follow. You can always read more about it after this post.

Now we start with deriving the 7 chords from the C Major scale:
C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim
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20 Famous Practice Quotes That Will Rock Your Playing

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20-Famous-Practice-Quotes-That-Will-Rock-Your-PlayingI love gathering quotes of wise, smart, successful, creative and musical human beings. They always inspire me to get more out of myself, to think differently, grow and expand my horizon, or sometimes remind myself of the obvious.

Today I will share with you 20 beautiful quotes that will take you back to the drawing table and motivate you to practice diligently to realize your true potential. After all, practice is the vehicle that will lead you to your desired outcome.

Tip: Read all the quotes carefully. Take two or three quotes, write them down and hang them up on your wall, set it as a background on your computer or iPhone. Make sure you see these quotes everyday to remind yourself of the importance, joy and rewards of practice.

Read, ponder and act!

1 – “The only thing that’s holding you back, is the way you’re thinking.” ~ Steve Vai

2 – “You’re not born with certain skills, you have to acquire them” ~ Ry Cooder

3 – Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research.” ~ Chet Atkins

4 – The best way for a student to get out of difficulty is to go through it ~ Aristotle

5 – “If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.” ~ Louis Armstrong

6 – “The most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.” ~ William Westney

7 – “There’ll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.” ~ James TaylorContinue Reading

Top 30 Best Intermediate Guitar Fingerpicking Songs

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There’s something hypnotic and soothing about playing fingerpicking songs. Beautiful melodies and harmonies are all integrated in fingerstyle arrangements. Once you’re in the flow of fingerpicking you can play on and on and on. A perfect moment to forget about everything and just be one with your guitar.

Of course, in order to get there you first have to practice. But also practicing in itself is a joy. Overcoming the obstacles and challenges in a fingerpicking song can be really exhilarating. The hard work pays off and gives you a song to play for the rest of your life.

Guitar playing is a win-win situation. You play for yourself but you also make other people happy if you play for them. Fingerpicking is just magical.

Intermediate Guitar Fingerpicking Songs

Today we have 30 beautiful fingerpicking songs for the intermediate guitar player. From pop fingerpicking hits to classics and golden oldies.

If you’re a beginner, first start here: Top 20 Easy Guitar Fingerpicking Songs For Beginners.

Now on the intermediate fingerstyle songs. Each song title contains a guitar video lesson. The “Chords” link shows you the chords and lyrics to the song and “Tabs” will give you the tablature notation for the song.

Pick one and start your practice session now. Enjoy!

Video lessonArtistChordsTabs
1 BlackbirdPaul McCartneyChordsTabs
2 The boxerSimon and GarfunkelChordsTabs
3 Tears in heavenEric ClaptonChordsTabs
4 Every breath you takeThe PoliceChordsTabs
5 Never going back againFleetwoodmacChordsTabs
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6 Dust in the windKansasChordsTabs
7 More than wordsExtremeChordsTabs
8 Landslide FleetwoodmacChordsTabs
9 Good RiddanceGreendayChordsTabs
10 Fire and rainJames TaylorChordsTabs
Video lessonArtistChordsTabs
11 Let it goJames BayChordsTabs
12 Stop this trainJohn MayerChordsTabs
13 Leaving on a jet planeJohn DenverChordsTabs
14 Stairway to heaven Led ZeppelinChordsTabs
15 BloomThe paperkitesChordsTabs
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16 Nothing else matters MetallicaChordsTabs
17 Just BreathePearl JamChordsTabs
18 Safe and soundTaylor Swift. ftr. The Civil Wars.ChordsTabs
19 Tenerife seaEd SheeranChordsTabs
20 Street spiritRadioheadChordsTabs
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21 Road trippinRed Hot Chili PeppersChordsTabs
22 Homeward boundSimon and GarfunkelChordsTabs
23 Shape of my heartStingChordsTabs
24 YesterdayThe BeatlesChordsTabs
25 I won’t give up Jason MrazChordsTabs
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26 Let her goPassengerChordsTabs
27 Classical GasMason WilliamChordsTabs
28 Silent LucidityQueenrycheChordsTabs
29 You’ve got a friendJames TaylorChordsTabs
30 I see fireEd SheeranChordsTabs