@shurleyclayton27 Nope, I expect you are talking about the looped strings at the headstock. Instead of cutting them off he loops the ends giving that distinctive appearance.
@katanamanatee Nah. I knew that those were strings... lol I was talking about inside the sound hole. I looked a little closer and it's the mic equipment inside. Just looked like some wood fragments or something, just concerned about that glorious guitar he has.
One of my Don Ross favs, sounds like a November leaf fall, evokes a mixture of feelings; I personally prefer this live version to original, it sounds way more intense.
Don Ross has the strongest right-hand in the business. Such awesome force does he put into his right-hand technique. I remember Don Ross saying once his acoustic guitars might end up as kindling wood - "HEAVY WOOD", as he used to call his acoustic guitar playing style. Sounds so strong and bright, the way an acoustic guitar should be played.
This is a magical song, the undulating rhythms which repeat and the exchanges added to the melodic line are sweet, reminds me of the water falls and cascading sweet rains in hawaii, Niagara falls in the summer, there is almost a zen feel to it also perfect surfer song.
Don is a great player and super guy. A couple a weeks ago he played my concert series. The profits go towards a scholarship for students entering a jazz program. Don played a song with my jazz quartet and someone recorded it. Here is a chance to hear Don playing a jazz standard with a full band. Something a bit different. Type: glen strickey in the search bar and it should be your first hit. Please check it out and enjoy!!!!
The dark secret is in the repetition. What they play isn't hard, how they play it is. That's the difference between self-percussing guitarists and the normal lot.
I think all it is in the soul of the guitarist and the heart of the instrument ! If these to comunicate perfectle nothing else matters . A i think all of this want some experience .
Is he actually morpheous though? Anything is possible if you dedicate enough time to it. I managed to crack a couple of andy mckee's tunes, so far i have got down drifting and most of rylynn.
Ross is the best. The volume of material he has on this site is incredible. You could practice all day, every day of your life and never possess the initial spark of genius which makes any of your effort worthwhile. Not to be discouraging.
just a tip from a lazy tabber to another tabber.. Try working it out on an actual music sheet. you dont have to use notes, but it helps when you can fit all the bass notes down first, then put everything in between.
God speed, man! I've been noodling around with it on guitar for the past hour or so now. I think I sort of have the beginning down - but Don's right hand is so hard to figure out! Keep it up an, and thanks in advance for your hard work.
seriously, this song touches me in some deep, indescribable way - in the pit of me. It is a sort of painful joy...if I may describe it so. It's hard to define. It's a good thing though.
I've been loving practicing this song but still need to get more bass string notes in there. I think it sounds a little off from what he plays though is that I use a Dreadnaught while he has a jumbo but the major reason is that Im NOT Don Ross "The Man!!!" LoL's
questo ti fa capire che il mondo in cui viviamo è in qualche modo sbagliato...quando trovi delle persone come questa di cui non avevi nemmeno mai sentito parlare in tutta la tua vita,ti stupisci pensando al perchè non è minimamente famosa o conosciuta o studiata o acclamata...quello che fa don ross è stupefacente,secondo me migliore dei vari jimmy page o eric clapton...
yup. I've used the acryllic nails, but they can be a pain (literally)
I went to plastic finger picks ( just slide them on and off the fingers)
Then, THEN...I started playing with metal turtle finger picks, you may look like freddy kruger playing acoustic, but they do the job. ** a little hard the strings tho **
now listen all,i dont want an argument he is suberb i subscibe but would it not be better to slow it down slightly?its getting like a speed competition.still 5 stars.
I haven't bought the album yet, but the sample of this song I've heard on Candyrat's website sounds a few beats per minute slower.
All I know is, the sample of the original recording sounds great, and so does this recording. No argument from me, I just don't think you need to worry about the speed that much. It's the harmonics that are the beauty of this song, no matter what speed it is.
Thats his Beneteau. The guitar he uses during the Rockbarra performance of this same concert is a Lowden (the one standing in the background in this clip).
Its actually a mix of tuning the strings up and down. DAEF#AE (Asus9 tuning)Really the only string you tune up is the fourth D to an E. This tuning really has a beautiful droning sound.
I do it every time i restring. Its just like the way a new package of strings is wound, just smaller. You just fold the string over into a small circle and weave it within itself...
Don Ross is probably my favorite composer today, and this is one of my favorite songs by him (there are many others). Whenever I listen to a song by him I really feel the mood he is trying to project which makes his songs all the better and more personal to me.
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wat an absolute load of bollox as usual. can some1 plz tell me how u learn ANY tabs like this without listening to the music at the same time?? caz u can't when its this complex. anyone that sticks their nose up to tabs is a complete idiot..sheet music is obviously better..but no tabs or anything is RETARDED. i learn tab while listening slowed down.. then learn from vid how finger patterns go..any mistakes..then perfect. morons
cesar huesca has learnt all his music by ear and he is one of youtubes top unsigned guitarists, so havin no tabs is obviously not stupid if u can become as good as him!
OMFG! YOU AGAIN! Can you please just leave people alone! Last time I saw you was on antoine dufours catching the light. You were bitching at me because i was learing it without tabs. I mean like, what is your problem?!?! Stop insulting people because it doesnt matter how people learn to play somthing! AS LONG AS THEY ENJOY DOING IT!
OK...Tabs are ok for learners, but if you've been playing for more than 2 years, sheet music, by ear, or watching it should be used to learn a song and not tabs. Tabs....don't help you in the long run. Playing by ear will enhance your ear into hearing the detailed parts of the song, reading music will even let you play songs you've never heard of by a sight reading of the music. Tabs...get you nowhere except knowing that on that one line its 032010 instead of the exact strum technique or timing.
I don't think there's any reason not to utilise tabs for what they are - guides. I agree one shouldn't use tab alone to learn a song, I imagine most tab-learneres, (who don't like to/can't read sheet music,) would also base their playing on listening to or watching the song. I know I do.
I somewhat agree with you. I learn most of Don's songs just by listening and seeing, not using tabs. However, tabs are quite helpful if you use them only for some parts. LIke, if you cant QUITE figure out what he's doing, but your ear is sharp enough to know you're off by a bit, tabs come in handy here. I would not use tabs for a whole song though, definitely.
Or just face the facts that you can't play like Don Ross. Regardless of tab or notation, everyone will play a song differently. And some people find playing by ear far easier than most so to say that everyone should play by ear is not helpful to some.
sometimes you need a really trained ear, especially if odd chords and scales are used. not everyone can learn by ear, and some people do not want to dedicate all their time and energy to become uber-pro musicians. that's why tabs are useful.
i live by tabs. admittedly im just a hobbyist, but tabs make life easier. tabs are sppropriate for advanced music, just watch my videos. they are 100% tab-read.
i wish everyone would just read music and throw tabs. with all the notes there you won't drop any, and you can figure out for yourself which positions you like (generally there exists more than one option). what we really need is a website that provides sheet music, not tablature. i've always looked at tabs as kind of cheating anyway, plus because nobody ever gets it right you're usually going nowhere fast. i'll admit, tabs can help beginners, but jesus, you're musicians and can't read a note?
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lol wat aload of bullshit..if u wanna learn a song..a complex 1... u either need the man that composed it to show u bit by bit...or tab..its that simple. u guys doing it by 'ear' are lol. u wander why it doesn't sound as good its caz u only play HALF the notes he is rofl.. playing by ear is fine for..oasis...don ross?? u just aint gonna get there..learn the positions..get your head around the song..then master by ear..guitar pro is the only way forward
And I don't know how people even ask for tabs on stuff like this... this sort of music you only pick up by listening for hours and hours... tabs.. psht..
It's also rhythm and voice all in one go.. It's like being able to sing and play an instrument at the same time.. if your mind doesn't work like that, you probably won't ever be able to play things 'mentally' challenging so I call... I know I can't. :P
I don't know about other people but i can get a tab i learn the pattern then i get into the rythem and all that. for me I need tabs to play. Cause i play alot of primus bass and i learn the tab first then i go and play with the song until i get the picking down.
...Yeah but if you have ryhythm and musical talent, INSTEAD of watching for hours on end and trying to see where he puts his fingers, you can use TABS to LEARN...
If you have musical talent, you shouldn't need to watch the video... you listen to the music. It doesn't take a guitar wizard to listen to a note and get a general idea where it is on the fretboard and figure out what position to start in.
Bottom line, tabs are never right. Everyone has their own technique and there are only 5000 ways to play stuff.... take the real man's road and figure out what works for you through trial and error.
And to all these guys saying musical talent = no tabs required, there's different kinds of talent you know. You can instantly hear a note and then be able to make it on your instrument of choice (which comes from PRACTICE and EXPERIENCE, not born talent). There's the ability to be take in the music you are shown and be able to play it well, as well as the ability to be able to practice properly through those tough songs diligently. These comments are very vague, and don't make sense.
I can't sing + play at all, but I can play Drifting through the use of tabs. Tabs are a guitarist's dreams to good music when you don't have the ability to play chords you've never heard of before. I've been listening to music like this for years, and picking something like this up is far more impossible then BUYING tabs and working bar after bar, slowly and steadily.
The only thing tabs are good for is learning chord shapes and things of that nature.. for playing music.. train your ear, learn your notes, and practice.. But tabs are no good for stuff like this, bottom line. They don't work.
i dont think peope are understanding what guitarherogod321 meant with that comment. it was a complement, one i personally agree with because in my mind a song being technical for don ross is somewhat of an oxymoron. he's just too good for me to believe that he would consider very many songs to be "technical"
This is the regular guitar (although I believe it has a longer scale neck than normal). It can be confusing because his baritone is by the same maker and looks similar. Tuning for this tune is DAEF#AE.
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Please, give me thumbs up for no reason! -Your sunny Days with this Music in the Background
roosterm16 3 months ago
( not needed - > ) thumbs up, if Faust sent you.
deogrou 1 year ago
@deogrou dr faust the man who sold his soul?
redwingduck 10 months ago
@redwingduck nah, I mean another Faust
deogrou 10 months ago
great
vutrashin 1 year ago
god, this man is fucking brilliant
MrBrownstone1475 1 year ago 4
hes the happiest ewok ive ever seen
rangerjames1756 1 year ago 8
Is his guitar broken or is that just me..?
shurleyclayton27 1 year ago
@shurleyclayton27 Nope, I expect you are talking about the looped strings at the headstock. Instead of cutting them off he loops the ends giving that distinctive appearance.
katanamanatee 11 months ago
@katanamanatee Nah. I knew that those were strings... lol I was talking about inside the sound hole. I looked a little closer and it's the mic equipment inside. Just looked like some wood fragments or something, just concerned about that glorious guitar he has.
shurleyclayton27 9 months ago
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sounds like its working fine to me :P
mrchucknorris 9 months ago
Chuck Norris is afraid to learn to play the guitar because of Don Ross.
veggiesoup 1 year ago 10
One of my Don Ross favs, sounds like a November leaf fall, evokes a mixture of feelings; I personally prefer this live version to original, it sounds way more intense.
glebbezgin 1 year ago 2
BOBBLE HEAD XD
i bow 2 ur awesomeness!
deathbforgot 1 year ago 2
he looks like mikey teutel from OCC.
Ichiban941987 1 year ago
Don Ross has the strongest right-hand in the business. Such awesome force does he put into his right-hand technique. I remember Don Ross saying once his acoustic guitars might end up as kindling wood - "HEAVY WOOD", as he used to call his acoustic guitar playing style. Sounds so strong and bright, the way an acoustic guitar should be played.
nanaimom2008 1 year ago 2
There's no better terapy in the whole world!
aLLex229 1 year ago 2
Don does not tune his strings, the strings tune to him.
hastinbe 1 year ago 4
@hastinbe And this isn't in Soviet Russia either ;)
HandiAce 1 year ago
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This guy is almost as good as Ace Frehleyl.. Not bad!
romma1 1 year ago
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LikeSomeDickFuck1337 1 year ago
This is a magical song, the undulating rhythms which repeat and the exchanges added to the melodic line are sweet, reminds me of the water falls and cascading sweet rains in hawaii, Niagara falls in the summer, there is almost a zen feel to it also perfect surfer song.
QuiChiYang2 1 year ago 6
play guitar very well ... it's amazing....
gastonco 1 year ago
I don't know how I would go on with life, if music like this wasn't available for us.
penguinkid77 2 years ago 8
@penguinkid77
I couldn't agree more!!
fngrstyl 1 year ago
i bet you he is from the future
lucasjacobclark 2 years ago 68
No I bet he is from the far past :D
fegzzzor 1 year ago
Hey Guys,
Don is a great player and super guy. A couple a weeks ago he played my concert series. The profits go towards a scholarship for students entering a jazz program. Don played a song with my jazz quartet and someone recorded it. Here is a chance to hear Don playing a jazz standard with a full band. Something a bit different. Type: glen strickey in the search bar and it should be your first hit. Please check it out and enjoy!!!!
cleocat007 2 years ago 3
simplement excellent surtout le moment à partir de 1:52 à 3:03
MrSargath 2 years ago 3
Don is really talented, but i noticed while listening to this song that this guitar is kind of magic too, listen to its sustain at the end, woaaaaw !
JoeLaFigue 2 years ago 3
pants optional day!!!!
ericb45696 2 years ago
Good music doesn't need vocals. Good music can speak for it's self.
Orangeflow17 2 years ago 92
Where can I buy the tab?
ed677 2 years ago
Look to the right.
MrFroster 2 years ago
The tab for this song isn't available on candyrat.
ed677 2 years ago
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It's to bad!!!! I would like to get it on CD!!!
TheGoldenWildcat 2 years ago
No tabs available for this song, Don hasn't made any.
Rael0505 2 years ago 2
check out the files section on the gobyfish yahoo group
mark1800 2 years ago
This song gives me a feeling I can't describe. Very Uplifting positive!
BrandonCaryMusic 2 years ago 4
si ce mec est pas l'incarnation de dieu sur terre je sais pas ce que c'est .... WAAAAAHHH
JoeLaFigue 2 years ago
c'est vrai qu'il très est bon
MrSargath 2 years ago
J'aime cette musique
MrSargath 2 years ago
Moi aussi. C'est tellement bon!
ltcornflakes 2 years ago 3
The dark secret is in the repetition. What they play isn't hard, how they play it is. That's the difference between self-percussing guitarists and the normal lot.
D0g63rt 2 years ago
I think all it is in the soul of the guitarist and the heart of the instrument ! If these to comunicate perfectle nothing else matters . A i think all of this want some experience .
TheTsine 2 years ago
don't underestimate the power of tight underpants. Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix and Antoine Dufour all wear underpants two sizes too small for them.
stargate669 2 years ago 3
It's true i've seen the tablature for this song. It's surprisingly simple and repetitive.
It's really hard on your thumb :x
sejadtahan 2 years ago
Good point. I concentrate so much on the technique, that I forgot about the beauty of simplicity.
Tezman82 2 years ago
@D0g63rt true true on thw how! subtle n the bass rythym....like
morse Code at times!
and how the Treble arpegios ring out...like rain drops....to sound overly fluffy....rain drops??? haha
great piece
i have not heard this one before
gtrrobster 1 year ago
Have my children, don.
mushroomz88 2 years ago
DON I LOVE YOU
EfraimSmoky 2 years ago
I'd choose the red pill anyways. ;)
DDJJJEEE 2 years ago
Is he actually morpheous though? Anything is possible if you dedicate enough time to it. I managed to crack a couple of andy mckee's tunes, so far i have got down drifting and most of rylynn.
steve2able 2 years ago
Ross is the best. The volume of material he has on this site is incredible. You could practice all day, every day of your life and never possess the initial spark of genius which makes any of your effort worthwhile. Not to be discouraging.
DDJJJEEE 2 years ago 2
I imagine the tablature for this song would look a little bit like the matrix.
DDJJJEEE 2 years ago 9
1 and 0's everywhere x D
charleseladas 2 years ago
just a tip from a lazy tabber to another tabber.. Try working it out on an actual music sheet. you dont have to use notes, but it helps when you can fit all the bass notes down first, then put everything in between.
bigmasterman 2 years ago
There's no tab available for this!! I think I might cry. Has anyone found a tab for this song? Will anyone write a tab for this song?!
Grambo4 2 years ago
I'm actually trying to...
Scalpweb 2 years ago
God speed, man! I've been noodling around with it on guitar for the past hour or so now. I think I sort of have the beginning down - but Don's right hand is so hard to figure out! Keep it up an, and thanks in advance for your hard work.
Grambo4 2 years ago 3
There actually is a tab for this song. Search for a cover of this song on youtube, and one guy has it tabbed out.
gr.
BartNijland02 2 years ago 2
sweet! thanks so much man. I really appreciate that!
Grambo4 2 years ago
Check the Saffronboots cover of this. He's giving a link to the tab.
fransgreg 2 years ago
seriously, this song touches me in some deep, indescribable way - in the pit of me. It is a sort of painful joy...if I may describe it so. It's hard to define. It's a good thing though.
Grambo4 2 years ago
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Good stuff...but can he play Stairway to Heaven?
UklaTheMokk 2 years ago
off curse he can -.-!!!
caggado 2 years ago
its so beautiful
TUTtutD 2 years ago 3
nice dude.
danesopeezy93 2 years ago
this song flows so well...Don is such a great composer
whouston33wh 2 years ago
Que gran sonido y que bien toca la guitarra un gran genio!
espectaculardavidrcq 2 years ago
I love this song... it really flows the density inside itself
slug182 2 years ago 2
You must have been drinking jack when you wrote that sentence bud....
mikeedude09 2 years ago
I love this song...
mikeedude09 2 years ago 2
this song is overflowing with dense vibrant sound. ...and go lay out in your yard and blast this song
sgentlemanjack 2 years ago
I've been loving practicing this song but still need to get more bass string notes in there. I think it sounds a little off from what he plays though is that I use a Dreadnaught while he has a jumbo but the major reason is that Im NOT Don Ross "The Man!!!" LoL's
eternalshining 2 years ago 6
How long have yu practise
macke88888888 2 years ago
questo ti fa capire che il mondo in cui viviamo è in qualche modo sbagliato...quando trovi delle persone come questa di cui non avevi nemmeno mai sentito parlare in tutta la tua vita,ti stupisci pensando al perchè non è minimamente famosa o conosciuta o studiata o acclamata...quello che fa don ross è stupefacente,secondo me migliore dei vari jimmy page o eric clapton...
matteodivito 2 years ago
Apolgies, no idea what i was thinking!
maugbj 2 years ago
pause on 1:19 it's gross but you kinda have to have that to pick like that.
WorldComesToAnEnd 3 years ago
those are acryllic nails man. fakes. but you're right, a lot of classical guitarists (including myself) grow their nails out for fingerpicking.
L0wps 3 years ago 10
yup. I've used the acryllic nails, but they can be a pain (literally)
I went to plastic finger picks ( just slide them on and off the fingers)
Then, THEN...I started playing with metal turtle finger picks, you may look like freddy kruger playing acoustic, but they do the job. ** a little hard the strings tho **
johnplayerspecial88 2 years ago 3
Have you tried ping pong balls? I totally want to do that, mostly cos Michael Hedges used to use them :P
ehsanul 2 years ago
they get wonderful tone. . . but it's not exactly the most healthy thing in the world. .
crunkykong 2 years ago
I may be mistaken, but I believe that Don once called his style Heavy Wood. That's just about the best way to describe it.
shadowreaver87 3 years ago 2
not mistaken at all, i defiantly agree with you.
chadography 3 years ago
I think a better description would be "Fucking Amazing."
liermam 2 years ago 8
now listen all,i dont want an argument he is suberb i subscibe but would it not be better to slow it down slightly?its getting like a speed competition.still 5 stars.
dangerousprimate 3 years ago
I personally like it this speed, really driving yet drifty. Haven't heard it slowed down though - might sound even better!
maugbj 3 years ago
im going to slow it down.
dangerousprimate 3 years ago
I haven't bought the album yet, but the sample of this song I've heard on Candyrat's website sounds a few beats per minute slower.
All I know is, the sample of the original recording sounds great, and so does this recording. No argument from me, I just don't think you need to worry about the speed that much. It's the harmonics that are the beauty of this song, no matter what speed it is.
Stay cool, dangerousprimate :)
biloxigator 3 years ago
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English mother fucker.
slink11 3 years ago
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Sa musique manque d'inventivité, à mon avis...
Critter145 3 years ago
that guitar has an unbelievable tone. i think its especially noticeable in rockbarra
colinmacknight 3 years ago
Thats his Beneteau. The guitar he uses during the Rockbarra performance of this same concert is a Lowden (the one standing in the background in this clip).
frederickbauer1 3 years ago
i feel smart now. i want em both
colinmacknight 3 years ago
you'd better be ready to sell your car or take out another mortgage on your house
mackjhonson 3 years ago 2
agreed i think this song and the tuning he is playing really bring out a lot of dynamic tone
jp0pz 3 years ago
Yeah, most guitars sound pretty nice in open tunings.
crunkykong 3 years ago
Its actually a mix of tuning the strings up and down. DAEF#AE (Asus9 tuning)Really the only string you tune up is the fourth D to an E. This tuning really has a beautiful droning sound.
eternalshining 3 years ago
thats a D9 chord.
colinmacknight 3 years ago
Dadd9**
colinmacknight 3 years ago
It's a D9 because it has the 7th note in (E)
maugbj 2 years ago
the seventh would be a C. not an E
colinmacknight 2 years ago
A D9 would have an E though since the E is the 9th degree or also the 2nd
darkshinobi29 2 years ago
are you familiar with any chord shapes in this tuning?
jp0pz 3 years ago
how does he wind his guitar strings up like that?
Volv093t 3 years ago
its probably just the excess that he rounded up and twists. i doubt its that hard to do
ubidubi04 3 years ago
I do it every time i restring. Its just like the way a new package of strings is wound, just smaller. You just fold the string over into a small circle and weave it within itself...
liermam 3 years ago
Don Ross is probably my favorite composer today, and this is one of my favorite songs by him (there are many others). Whenever I listen to a song by him I really feel the mood he is trying to project which makes his songs all the better and more personal to me.
evilduckee1 3 years ago 7
he is good. Talking to the bottom responces.Its true, most tabs are wrong atleast a little. But i think u can buy these on their website.
koko2012koko 3 years ago
Hahah tabs ftw. The sheet music for this stuff would be hilarious!
Edoss1 3 years ago
WTF you know about Nihon no katas Don Ross? Precision.
xmtone 3 years ago
i heard DR's son died :O is this true??
tgerule 3 years ago 4
It is.
crunkykong 3 years ago 4
yes his son died from addiction he told me awhile back ago when i commented on No goodbyes...a song he wrote for his son
lilmark816 3 years ago 4
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wat an absolute load of bollox as usual. can some1 plz tell me how u learn ANY tabs like this without listening to the music at the same time?? caz u can't when its this complex. anyone that sticks their nose up to tabs is a complete idiot..sheet music is obviously better..but no tabs or anything is RETARDED. i learn tab while listening slowed down.. then learn from vid how finger patterns go..any mistakes..then perfect. morons
Neegtab 3 years ago
lol
Travishallharmonics 3 years ago
Oi! It's Don Ross music for a reason. Perhaps it should stay that way until you are worthy to learn it without tabs, yeah?
Don't be a bitch.
sonjalovesavian 3 years ago
cesar huesca has learnt all his music by ear and he is one of youtubes top unsigned guitarists, so havin no tabs is obviously not stupid if u can become as good as him!
tgerule 3 years ago
OMFG! YOU AGAIN! Can you please just leave people alone! Last time I saw you was on antoine dufours catching the light. You were bitching at me because i was learing it without tabs. I mean like, what is your problem?!?! Stop insulting people because it doesnt matter how people learn to play somthing! AS LONG AS THEY ENJOY DOING IT!
FunkyMonkMan 3 years ago 4
you saw him on the internet??? impossible!
creamgravy 3 years ago 2
it doesn't matter how you learn to play a song.. tabs, sheet music,, whatever. The only thing that matters is the final result.
Ccbroo 3 years ago 14
OK...Tabs are ok for learners, but if you've been playing for more than 2 years, sheet music, by ear, or watching it should be used to learn a song and not tabs. Tabs....don't help you in the long run. Playing by ear will enhance your ear into hearing the detailed parts of the song, reading music will even let you play songs you've never heard of by a sight reading of the music. Tabs...get you nowhere except knowing that on that one line its 032010 instead of the exact strum technique or timing.
PyroinHell 3 years ago
I don't think there's any reason not to utilise tabs for what they are - guides. I agree one shouldn't use tab alone to learn a song, I imagine most tab-learneres, (who don't like to/can't read sheet music,) would also base their playing on listening to or watching the song. I know I do.
Tyferra 3 years ago
I somewhat agree with you. I learn most of Don's songs just by listening and seeing, not using tabs. However, tabs are quite helpful if you use them only for some parts. LIke, if you cant QUITE figure out what he's doing, but your ear is sharp enough to know you're off by a bit, tabs come in handy here. I would not use tabs for a whole song though, definitely.
Memorandumi 3 years ago
Or just face the facts that you can't play like Don Ross. Regardless of tab or notation, everyone will play a song differently. And some people find playing by ear far easier than most so to say that everyone should play by ear is not helpful to some.
gake 3 years ago 3
Thank you gake, you are the only person here not talking a load of shit.
Terminiser 3 years ago
sometimes you need a really trained ear, especially if odd chords and scales are used. not everyone can learn by ear, and some people do not want to dedicate all their time and energy to become uber-pro musicians. that's why tabs are useful.
LfunkeyA 3 years ago
i live by tabs. admittedly im just a hobbyist, but tabs make life easier. tabs are sppropriate for advanced music, just watch my videos. they are 100% tab-read.
TabsReader 3 years ago
All six of you, as a whole, just wrote a pointless essay.
DeepfriedStix 3 years ago 2
Seven of us, thanks to you. Cheers!
gake 3 years ago
except the 7th was a mere trite remark. thank you, cheers! ;)
TabsReader 3 years ago
both are useful, but still open your ears!
oliolb63 3 years ago
i wish everyone would just read music and throw tabs. with all the notes there you won't drop any, and you can figure out for yourself which positions you like (generally there exists more than one option). what we really need is a website that provides sheet music, not tablature. i've always looked at tabs as kind of cheating anyway, plus because nobody ever gets it right you're usually going nowhere fast. i'll admit, tabs can help beginners, but jesus, you're musicians and can't read a note?
crashraynor 3 years ago
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lol wat aload of bullshit..if u wanna learn a song..a complex 1... u either need the man that composed it to show u bit by bit...or tab..its that simple. u guys doing it by 'ear' are lol. u wander why it doesn't sound as good its caz u only play HALF the notes he is rofl.. playing by ear is fine for..oasis...don ross?? u just aint gonna get there..learn the positions..get your head around the song..then master by ear..guitar pro is the only way forward
Neegtab 3 years ago
Don Ross is a God..
And I don't know how people even ask for tabs on stuff like this... this sort of music you only pick up by listening for hours and hours... tabs.. psht..
It's also rhythm and voice all in one go.. It's like being able to sing and play an instrument at the same time.. if your mind doesn't work like that, you probably won't ever be able to play things 'mentally' challenging so I call... I know I can't. :P
Therion202 3 years ago
Agreed. But tab's help you get there. haha
Glimfellow 3 years ago
tabs keep you away from there.
IAmSofaKingAwesome 3 years ago
I don't know about other people but i can get a tab i learn the pattern then i get into the rythem and all that. for me I need tabs to play. Cause i play alot of primus bass and i learn the tab first then i go and play with the song until i get the picking down.
Glimfellow 3 years ago
im not saying they make you bad, but they don't help you train your ear
IAmSofaKingAwesome 3 years ago
...Yeah but if you have ryhythm and musical talent, INSTEAD of watching for hours on end and trying to see where he puts his fingers, you can use TABS to LEARN...
Memorandumi 3 years ago
If you have musical talent, you shouldn't need to watch the video... you listen to the music. It doesn't take a guitar wizard to listen to a note and get a general idea where it is on the fretboard and figure out what position to start in.
Bottom line, tabs are never right. Everyone has their own technique and there are only 5000 ways to play stuff.... take the real man's road and figure out what works for you through trial and error.
Therion202 3 years ago 3
And to all these guys saying musical talent = no tabs required, there's different kinds of talent you know. You can instantly hear a note and then be able to make it on your instrument of choice (which comes from PRACTICE and EXPERIENCE, not born talent). There's the ability to be take in the music you are shown and be able to play it well, as well as the ability to be able to practice properly through those tough songs diligently. These comments are very vague, and don't make sense.
just6822 3 years ago 4
I can't sing + play at all, but I can play Drifting through the use of tabs. Tabs are a guitarist's dreams to good music when you don't have the ability to play chords you've never heard of before. I've been listening to music like this for years, and picking something like this up is far more impossible then BUYING tabs and working bar after bar, slowly and steadily.
just6822 3 years ago
The only thing tabs are good for is learning chord shapes and things of that nature.. for playing music.. train your ear, learn your notes, and practice.. But tabs are no good for stuff like this, bottom line. They don't work.
Therion202 3 years ago 2
Is this playable by a beginner? I got tabs but... I've got one year of guitar playing behind me
UnlovedMonster 3 years ago
Hahaha.... Your Funny
CubedCircle 3 years ago
i think you need some more practice ;-)
been playing intensively for two years now, and i don't even bother trying now...
start with things you can play and work your way up from there
yurith182 3 years ago
we set our own boundaries, ive been playing for 2 years and and play this, confidence and practice is all you need, always try! and dont give up!
logician008 3 years ago
You might find the right hand difficult.
evilpied 3 years ago
i dont think peope are understanding what guitarherogod321 meant with that comment. it was a complement, one i personally agree with because in my mind a song being technical for don ross is somewhat of an oxymoron. he's just too good for me to believe that he would consider very many songs to be "technical"
thegartrell 3 years ago
Technical skill is required to more fully let out the creative genius inside ^_^;;
okletsbeoriginalnow 3 years ago
u must see Salinas
Kubylklamett 4 years ago
technical? for don ross? lmao yea right.
guitarherogod321 4 years ago
I still haven't figured out how he plays this yet... Scientists are working on it.
satanicaa 4 years ago 9
I personally think he eats only extraconcentrated spinach.
UnlovedMonster 3 years ago
probably
satanicaa 3 years ago
hahaha.. wow, so true. i laughed at that comment for like 10 minutes!! (satanicaa)
voltakid 3 years ago
haha =)
satanicaa 3 years ago
i want to slam my head off somthing this is way to ridiculous to watch lmao, its so tecnichal this song and how well these guys play
123bogger123 4 years ago 3
I wish I was at this show T.T
just6822 4 years ago 5
Great vibes as You can hear ... :D I Really Like this harmonies ... Se ya Bene
benedikt11 4 years ago 3
holy crap ive been watching candyrat videos for months and months i didnt no they had "tochigi" its like my favourite don ross song.
luke23waltz 4 years ago 4
omfg!!! is really awesome!!
co23ghttoe 4 years ago 4
There are so many nuances to this piece, it's amazing that every one is spot on.
evilpied 4 years ago 7
i think self-taught players like to repeat in their compositions he is really great composer and player
canguder 4 years ago 3
Tochigi is fucking brilliant!
FBM098 4 years ago 6
bravisimo
juan921215 4 years ago 4
SHIIIIIIIIIITTTT AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!:D guys learn learn from this guy:D
awadhi686 4 years ago 5
123thisisme, i agree with you that it does repeat, but that is his style. But i see your point. this guy is brilliant.
admydragon 4 years ago 5
Wonderful sound in that guitar ! Love it, Don Ross and Andy Mckee the two guitar Gods !
ollozbollozmcfeast 4 years ago 3
I got the tab, will trade if ANYONE has got loaded leather moonroof.....i fucking want it!
conancito 4 years ago 4
when i listen to his songs i think of final fantasy in-game music
GabJero 4 years ago 13
Absolutely GanJero.
BluesBrother93 3 years ago
Don Ross - BRILLIANT as usual !!
(but maybe the main tune is repeated too much ..?)
123ThisIsMe 4 years ago 9
Good thing the main tune motherfucking rocks!
(Note: the automatic spell check accepts "motherfucking" as a word and doesn't correct it.)
gake 4 years ago 9
Does he play all the songs we can se here on his baritone guitar, of is it just a standard?
MesaBoogieF30 4 years ago
This is the regular guitar (although I believe it has a longer scale neck than normal). It can be confusing because his baritone is by the same maker and looks similar. Tuning for this tune is DAEF#AE.
Legertymusic 4 years ago 4