From: jester@crash.cts.com (Ken Bibb)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: alt.guitar.tab FAQ (verion .01)
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:48:57 GMT
Reply-To: Ken Bibb <jester@crash.cts.com>
Followup-To: poster

Archive-name: tab-faq
Last-modified: $Date: 1992/08/11 17:49:31 $
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  This is the first version of the alt.guitar.tab FAQ.  As such, it's
  small and kinda sparse, but it should fill out given time.  Some of the
  below entries are only questions at this point (feel free to email
  me about them if you want to fill them in).

  Your comments, additions and fixes to this list are welcome: please
  send them to Ken Bibb <ken@bnf.com>.  Complete, accurate and
  grammatically correct answers are appreciated to reduce the time I
  have to take to test or edit your answers (I won't flame you if
  your answer doesn't meet these criteria, though ;) ).  
  
  
~Subject: Table of Contents
~From: Preface

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Introductory

+1.  What newsgroups are for guitarists?
+2.  Where can I get the faq?

Music Formats

+3.  What kinds of notation are used in alt.guitar.tab?
+4.  What is tab?
+5.  How do I learn more about tab?
+6.  Is there a standard ascii tab notation?
+7.  How do I make tab easier to enter?

Tab Sources
+8.  Where do I find the tab for this song?
+9.  What magazines use tab?
+10. What books use tab?
+11. Which of these books is recommended for a beginner?
+12. Which of these books is recommended for an advanced player?

Lyrics Sources

+13. Where do I find the lyrics for this song?

Getting Files

+14. What is ftp?
+15. How do I use ftp to get a file?
+16. What do I do if I don't have ftp?
+17. What is archie?
+18. How do I use archie?

Further Information

+19. What is a mailing list?
+20. How do I subscribe to a mailing list?
+21. What other newsgroups/mailing lists would I be interested in?
  
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~Subject: + What newsgroups are for guitarists?
~From: Intro-1

  The main newsgroups are:

	alt.guitar		general guitar topics
	alt.guitar.tab		guitar tab/lyrics/etc
	rec.music.makers	for music perform
	rec.music.compose	for music writers

  There are a number of other groups that might be of interest:  a few
  of them will be listed in Question 21.

~Subject: + Where can I get the faq?
~From: Intro-2

  The easiest place to get it is from alt.guitar.tab.  It will be posted
  erratically until the bugs are worked out of it, at which point it will
  be autoposted monthly.  Once it goes monthly, it will also be posted
  to news.answers (the usenet faq repository).

  If you want to anonymous ftp a copy, it will be kept at ftp.nevada.edu.

  As a matter of last resort, you can email the Keeper of the FAQ (tm) at:

	ken@bnf.com

~Subject: + What kinds of notation are used in alt.guitar.tab?
~From: Format-3

  The preferred format is (can you guess it?) tablature (otherwise known
  as tab).  Other formats are also found here including chord, and chord
  program format (a deviant PostScript format).

~Subject: + What is tab?
~From: Format-4

  Tab is a notation used by guitarists: each line represents a guitar
  string, and each number represents the fret.  It's easier to learn
  a song when using tab.  

~Subject: + How do I learn more about tab?
~From: Format-5

  There are a number of places to go for more info on tab.  The easiest
  (from an Internet point-of-view) source is
  ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar/WHAT.IS.TAB a file that you can
  get off of ftp.nevada.edu via anonymous ftp.  The various guitar magazines
  also usually have a page that describes tab (along with an occasional
  article).

~Subject: + Is there a standard ascii tab notation?
~From: Format-6

  There is a standard being worked on right now by robc@Newbridge.COM which
  should be posted sometime soon.  It describes what tab is, and how to
  represent those guitar thangs that make traditional notation painful.

~Subject: + How do I make tab easier to enter?
~From: Format-7

  Anyone?  Anyone?  I personally use vi, I've heard of people using emacs,
  but there might be some custom programs out there...

~Subject: + Where do I find the tab for this song?
~From: Source-8

ftp.nevada.edu

~Subject: + What magazines use tab?
~From: Source-9

Guitar for the Practicing Musician

~Subject: + What books use tab?
~From: Source-10

many, check a music store

~Subject: + Which of these books is recommended for a beginner?
~From: Source-11
~Subject: + Which of these books is recommended for an advanced player?
~From: Source-12
~Subject: + Where do I find the lyrics for this song?
~From: Lyrics-13

ftp.uwp.edu

~Subject: + What is ftp?
~From: Files-14

ftp = file transfer protocol.  it's a way of getting files across the
Internet.  Not available on all sites.

~Subject: + How do I use ftp to get a file?
~From: Files-15

*include the ftp.nevada.edu script that was sent*

~Subject: + What do I do if I don't have ftp?
~From: Files-16

Mail -s "help" ftpmail@declwrl.dec.com

~Subject: + What is archie?
~From: Files-17

a program that helps you find other programs

~Subject: + How do I use archie?
~From: Files-18

Mail -s "help" archie@unl.edu

FURTHER INFORMATION

~Subject: + What is a mailing list?
~From: Info-19
~Subject: + How do I subscribe to a mailing list?
~From: Info-20
~Subject: + What other newsgroups/mailing lists would I be interested in?
~From: Info-21

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