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[Help Please!] Stronghold - Sadtimes WIP

Flay

Joined: Jan 21 2010

Hello everyone! I'm new to these forums, and I look forwards to meeting everyone. :) I've been playing guitar for not quite a year now, but I'm really enjoying it.

So, to get started, I'm working on tabbing out a song from Stronghold called 'Sadtimes'. It's a medieval sounding song originally played on a mandolin (I believe).

You can listen to it here.

This is actually the first thing I've ever tabbed from ear, and I'm having quite a bit of trouble.

This is what I've figured out so far:


     E  E  E  E  E   E  Q       Q     E.   E.   E   E  E   
E||--------------------------|-------11---10---10s--8--8--|
B||-----4--6--6--6s--8--L----|--L-------------------------|
G||--------------------------|----------------------------|
D||--5-----------------------|----------------------------|
A||--------------------------|----------------------------|
E||--------------------------|----------------------------|

  Q.     Q.      Q.     Q.     Q.     Q.      Q.     Q.      Q.     Q.      Q.  
--L------8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------11------8------9------8--------------8--------------------------|
---------------------------------------------10-------------10------8------10---|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Does anyone want to help me complete this?

Are you playing a classical?

pokemaughan

Jack-of-all-Trades

Location: Indiana

Joined: Oct 15 2008

Are you playing a classical? I think this song would translate very well to a classical guitar, if it were transposed.

Edit: Scratch that, I'm going to work on it. I'll see what I can do.

Just to show that I am indeed working on it, here's a midi of the first little bit:

http://www.mediafire.com/?lwlynitlxxi

Flay if you use the prfix

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

Flay if you use the prfix "pre" and "/pre" and change the " " to < > you can make the tab look like it is up above just make sure the body of the tab is between the "pre" tab "/pre"

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Re: Flay if you use the prfix

Flay

Joined: Jan 21 2010

Thanks. As I said, I'm new. :)

One of the things that was bugging me was trying to figure out what tempo this song is in. I can't seem to get it to conform to any sort of pattern.

pokemaughan said

Are you playing a classical? I think this song would translate very well to a classical guitar, if it were transposed.

I'm playing a steel string acoustic, although I agree it would sound better on a classical guitar.

Re: Flay if you use the prfix

pokemaughan

Jack-of-all-Trades

Location: Indiana

Joined: Oct 15 2008

Ya, I'm having a heck of a time getting the timings right. The sheet music will look ridiculous when it's done, but I've got the notes right.

It's actually playable without being transposed- except for a part where you have to play the 18th fret on the high E, the 11th fret on the B, and open on the G- without a cut-away, it's really difficult to do. With practice, it won't be a problem, though. I imagine I'll have the whole tab done by the end of this weekend.

Edit: I had a rough weekend and didn't get much done on it. If this is still wanted, I'll keep plugging away at it.

Here's what I have so far:

     E  E  E  E.    Q     E.      Q     E.   E   S. E   E   S. 
E||--------3--5---/10-----L---|---L----18---17--17-15--15---L-|
B||-----3---------------------|-------------------------------|
G||--0------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||---------------------------|-------------------------------|
E||---------------------------|-------------------------------|


                       ^                    ^            
   E   E   E   E   E.  Q    S    E   E  E.  Q.     S E   
---L--11--11--10--10---8----L-|--L--10--8---6------L-8--|
-----------------------8----L-|--L----------8------L----|
-----------------------0----L-|--L----------0------L----|
------------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------|


      ^                          ^             ^             ^             
  E.  Q    E.    E.   E.      E  Q.     E  E.  E.     Q.     Q.     E  E   
--6---5--------------17---|---L--6------8--6---5---|--L------6------8--6--|
------3----3/---15--------|------8-------------3---|--L------8------------|
--------------------------|------0-----------------|---------0------------|
------0-------------------|--------------------0---|--L-------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|


     ^              ^                                      ^                   
  S. H        S. E  E.     Q    S E  E  E   E   E.      T  H.           E  S.  
--L--5--------1--L--3---|--L----L-------3--15--17---|---L-13------------------|
-----3--------------3---|--L----L----3--------------|-----10---------------3--|
--------------------0---|--L----L-0-----------------|------0------------0-----|
-----0------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|


                  ^                     
  T E   E   Q     Q     T  E.           
----3--15--17----18-----L--L---|------||
--L--------------11-----L--L---|------||
------------------0-----L--L---|------||
-------------------------------|------||
-------------------------------|------||
-------------------------------|------||

Hey i was just wondering if

testing427

Joined: Aug 12 2014

Hey i was just wondering if you ever finished this tab? Its such a nice song and you'd be doing many of us a favor if you'd post it :)