You just have to use your ears and make your own decisions about how you want to play the song. He's good about pointing out when he's doing something different than the recording though. He shows a viable way to play the song, often showing a way that works better if you're just playing by yourself. Does he always show you how to play the song as recorded? No. They're not making the charts, but if you mention an error to them, they are quick to fix it.īut anyway, Marty is great. The "official" chord chart was littered with A# chords! So while it was done by someone who had a decent ear, it was clearly never checked or edited by anyone who knew what they were doing (pro tip: an actual A# major chord pretty much never happens, it's safe to say that Bb is always correct). I recently had a student ask to learn Panic at the Disco's "Nine in the Afternoon". They're still just charts made by some schmo on the internet. When it comes to UG, they take the highest rated chord charts and pro tabs, license them, and mark them "official". Hal Leonard had the license to publish the tabs. It's just one person's attempt at transcribing the record.Īn old teacher of mine did the tab book for Death Magnetic. "Official" tabs aren't made by, or likely even approved by, the actual artists. That word means VERY little in this context. They're only "official" in that they're licensed. How 'official' are they? Official to Ultimate Guitar, or official to the band? I've found the papastache to be a step above Marty as far as accuracy goes and he will often have beginner and advanced versions of each song. I often swap back and forth between several tabs to find the "correct" way to play a song which in reality is just the way that sounds best to me. It is also a good exercise to take the bones of a song that he gives you and develop it from there. I've found that Marty is a good teacher but less accurate whereas some of the more accurate guys aren't good teachers and they are harder to follow unless you already have a good base in the song. Then you can develop the song further with tabs and other lessons. He'll give the chord structure and some strumming ideas. He does a good job of conveying the feel of a song even if it is not the most accurate version. From simple chord progressions to being able to fill in for the artist on tour. At this point I pretty much know which teachers are going to give me the version of the song I'm looking for. Do I want a campfire Jam or a 100% accurate rendition. When I learn a song from youtube/tabs I'll search the song and find the version that sounds best for my goal with the song. I wouldn't be lazy like this if I wasn't rushingĪs you progress you'll find that there are many ways to play a song correctly. I'd really appreciate any advice you guys can give me. If I wasn't so pressed for time, I'd do my own research, but I'm too much of a noob to be able to evaluate quickly enough I really do want to get that 50% discount, and I don't know when it expires. I really like Marty's style and however this goes, I will keep learning from him, but I might need to have the technically correct information on hand. The whole reason I'm here is because I did that with Marty in the first place. What I need to know is, should I spring for a time sensitive heavily discounted subscription to Ultimate Guitar to get official tabs? How 'official' are they? Official to Ultimate Guitar, or official to the band? This Enter Sandman one says it was submitted by Metallica, but this is the internet and I don't like to take things at face value. I just took his word for it at first because his Smoke on the Water main riff tutorial shows the hacky beginner way and the real way, so I assumed he teaches the true tabs in all his videos I would have to agree yes look around to make sure its correct, marty gets most right but of corse you are going to get the odd one here or there wrong, but for this one this is correct, its the same tab as in the metallica greatest hits guitar tab book :)Īnd some less objective but still valid defences.īut I looked up some 'official' tabs, and turns out the first guy was right, or so it seems. They sound about right but if you search other how to's on you tube or watch the original performer you can see that Marty is playing the song wrong. You have to be careful with Martys lessons. I'm still on Enter Sandman, but I am practicing other things for the sake of variety. Hi, I've been learning from Marty for some time now (months, but maybe like 8 or so hours of practice because I'm in an Asian college but excuses aren't the point of this post) and I just saw a comment that he's teaching based on how it sounds and now how to actually play the song.
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