| I really like "Guitar for the Practicing Musician" magazine.
Each month has a nice mix of transcriptions of contemporary and classic
tunes. The transcriptions are always helpful. In the past some of
them weren't very accurate, but of the ones I've read through recently,
they tend to be pretty accurate or at least always very helpful.
And of course, lots of music stores have transcription books.
You definitely want to make sure that whatever you buy is at least
"advertised" as being "off-the-record" or "accurate" or whatever.
And of course, you want to make sure they use a tablature system
that is at least reasonable (there's a particular publisher who
produces hard-to-read and terribly inaccurate tabs but I don't
remember the name).
Fortunately, more and more artists are coming out with accurate tab
for their latest records. It's a pretty big thing these days.
It's funny, I buy a fair amount of tab, and yet I seldom use it.
It's more like I'm a compulsive collector - I see tab of a tune I
like and I go "well, I've got get that".
db
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| I also like "Guitar for the Practicing Musician". They have a good mix
of styles in there. I have never heard the majority of new players they
have transcriptions in there, but they put in older stuff too.
There is also a publication called "guitar school" which is available
at most bigger magazine racks. it tends to lean towards the
instuctional side. Last months Clapton was excellent, cause they
actually get into the theory behind someones style and they have tab
pieces that highlight their style.
Jay
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