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Best site for tabs ?

Alicia Willis

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  • Nov 11, 2019
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    Hey guys !
    I was curious if anyone has any preferred sites for accurate guitar tabs ? I’m a newbie and have found a few that I like the layout of but I’m unsure of their accuracy. I’ve ran into a couple songs that have completely different tablature depending on the site I’m using. What are y’all’s favorites ?!
     

    Billie M

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    Nov 11, 2019
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    I really like this Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwuouiHa8DH3cUottrI9pWw
    Personally I prefer video with tabs cause I get to see what the person’s doing. Like PG said in one of the videos, tabs don’t tell you how to play the notes, only where to put your fingers.
     
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    Jake Young

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    Nov 11, 2019
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    I use ultimate-guitar.com they all may not be 100% accurate but they’re good starting places. A lot of times if you go to YouTube type in the name of the song followed by the word lesson there’s someone teaching you how to play it
     

    Chris Robertson

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    Nov 11, 2019
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    I use a combination of ultimate-guitar.com and YouTube, too. And I’ve also found many of the contributed tabs at ultimate-guitar.com to be sometimes less than accurate (or, the song I’m searching isn’t there). If it’s a particular album I really like, I’ll splurge for the price of a songbook (especially if it was transcribed by Wolf Marshall – he did a lot of really accurate tabs for 80s rock/metal back in my younger days for guitar magazines).
    I will also say that transcribing songs on your own is a great way to develop your ear. Software available for free these days that can slow the tempo of a song while keeping the correct pitch is pretty amazing. I can’t tell you how many tapes I wore out in the 80s playing a small section, rewinding, playing, rewinding just to try and figure out a song!