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Discussion Topic: Guitar tab sites now a target
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Posted By
Rob
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01/09/2006
20:24 13
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Here we go again - With the fight against illegal downloading of songs starting to pay off, the music business has set its sights on a new enemy on the internet - websites which transcribe pop songs into musical notation.
The guitar may be enjoying a comeback among schoolboys and dad rockers alike, but beginners hoping to strum along with their favourite bands are finding dissonance online.
Having seen off some of the biggest networks that enabled free downloading of songs over the net, the music business is now calling the tune for websites aimed at guitarists.
Music publishers in the US say the guitar "tab" sites illegally infringe songwriters' copyright, and have issued "take down" orders to some of the biggest.
Tab, or guitar tablature, is a simple form of musical notation for the guitar - far easier to learn than traditional musical notation. Notes are depicted on a staff that represents six strings across a fret board.
Some of the sites targeted have all but closed down. All comments welcome !
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Posted By
doug
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02/09/2006
06:47 17
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Here's an interesting question - given that half the tab on the internet is inaccurate, why should the record companies either ban it or seek to profit from it? What damage is a load of inaccurate tab actually doing them? Also - I'd have a tiny bit of sympathy for their position if they'd actually done the transcribing!!!
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Posted By
Dave
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02/09/2006
09:59 09
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So where do they draw the line? If a mate shows me how play a song? What about if he writes it down for me? How about if he emails it to me? These arseholes just don't have a clue. Punishing your customers hardly seems like a sustainable business model to me.
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Posted By
Andy
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21/10/2006
14:54 00
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I have been playing guitar for 30 years and in that time have probably bought over 300 music books, instruction DVD and Tutor books. I busked in the 80's round most of Britain and have played for fun in every party I ever went to and many bars late at night.
Since the mid 90's my playing has improved through online access to other guitarists interpretations of songs from John Martyn and James Taylor to REM and Neil Young.
This has not stopped me buying DVD's and CD's of these artists; in fact it has increased my wish to buy original material. (Lucky old Music industry). And has encouraged me to buy midi software and guitar tab software to the bucket load.
I will never stop accessing Tabs online, nor sharing with my friends because that’s how we keep our music and our culture live and vibrant with new people
Perhaps we should start emailing more to other guitar friends, get a good web ring going, maybe even set up a good old forum to help the sharing of ideas and information. The music industry does not own the internet nor can it ever control the online community. Guitarists will go on doing what we've done for years.... Sharing ideas, songs and tabs and helping each other learn.
Any self respecting guitarist professional on the music scene should have no problem with this. And if they do have a problem, shame on them because they’ve lost the plot.
Guitarists will always make a stand. That’s what we do every time we pick up and play.
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Posted By
andy
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15/09/2008
00:13 12
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Why don't you learn to play by ear?
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