Archive:Help:Tablature

The Tablature page lists musical transcriptions of songs by and related to Weezer. This page is dedicated to helping you format and share a piece of work of your own.
==Make something!==
Pick a song, and create a written version of the musical parts. Weezerpedia currently only holds chords, guitar tabs, and bass guitar tabs, but transcriptions of other instruments are encouraged! This guide will not teach you how to make tablature, only how to format it to be uploaded to Weezerpedia.
==Formatting for Weezerpedia==
===Tab content formatting===
If you are familiar with the popular tablature website , Weezerpedia is formatted very similarly.
*All sections should have headers in brackets (i.e. "[Verse 1]", "[Chorus 1]", etc.) that are capitalized and numbered. Timestamps next to the section headers are encouraged (i.e. "[Verse 1] (0:34)", "[Chorus 1] (1:23)", etc.), but not required.
*There should be two line breaks in between the end of one section and the beginning of another, and the section's content should have one line break between it and the header.
*All sections should be fully included, even if they are repeats of previous sections. Adding a marker to denote repetition of a single section (such as "(x2)" or "(x4)") is still encouraged. Examples:
Good
[Verse 1]
G C D C (x6)
[Verse 2]
G C
I'm me, me be
D C
Goddamn, I am
G C
I can, sing and
D C
Here me, know me
[Chorus 1]
G C D C
If you want to destroy my sweater
G C D C
Hold this thread as I walk away
[Verse 3]
G C D C (x2)
[Verse 4]
G C
Oh no, it go
D C
It gone, bye-bye
G C
Who I, I think
D C
I sink, and I die
[Chorus 2]
G C D C
If you want to destroy my sweater
G C D C
Hold this thread as I walk away
Bad
verse
G C D C
I'm me, me be
Goddamn, I am
I can, sing and
Here me, know me
chorus
G C D C
If you want to destroy my sweater
G C D C
Hold this thread as I walk away
verse
Oh no, it go
It gone, bye-bye
Who I, I think
I sink, and I die
chorus
If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away
*If a section is in need of explaining, you can leave a note regarding it either under the section or beside it.
Most formatting rules are just common sense, and your tab may be adjusted by another user if needed. If another user makes a change to your tab that you disagree with, it is recommended you contact that member directly through the tab's talk page. If you are still confused, it is good practice to look at other existing tablature pages and base yours off of those.
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===Page formatting===
Weezerpedia utilizes a style guide to make sure all tabs hosted are consistent and easy to understand. This is the format all Tablature pages follow, from the top to the bottom the of the page:
====Tab navigation bar====
The template {{Tab nav bar}} returns a small box with a link to return to the main Tablature page. This navigation box should be placed at the top and bottom of the page.
====Tablature template====
The template {{Tablature}} returns a large box that denotes that the page is a Tablature page.
====Instrument title====
Use two equal signs on each side of your tab type (==Chords==, ==Tab==, ==Bass==, etc.) to create a title header.
====Tablature info box====
The template {{Tab info|song title|artist|type|tuning|creator}} returns a small box containing information regarding the tab. For example, {{Tab info|Hero|Weezer|Chords|Standard|[[User:Stgrunu]]}} yields the following:
====Tab====
This is where the tab you created in the previous section itself is contained. The entire tab should be contained within a <pre> and </pre> tag. Weezerpedia automatically removes extra spaces in code, so a <pre> tag is used to ignore this and display the tab as intended. If a tablature page already exists for a song and you are adding a different instrument, simply add a new header and your tab/legend under it.
This is an example of some text in a <pre> tag. In this tag, Weezerpedia displays the text exactly as it was input, so you can a d d a s m a n y s p a c e s as needed! This is most useful for placing chords in time with the lyrics of a song.
====Legend (if applicable)====
If your work contains certain characters to denote a special technique or type of chord, use a Legend (===Legend===) to display them. The contents of this section should also be inside of a <pre> tag. Examples:
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
h = Hammer-on
p = Pull-off
~ = Let ring
or
C6 = xxx555
Fmaj7 = xx3210
====Tab navigation bar====
Place another tab navigation bar here for additional ease of access. See above for more details.
====Category link====
Add [[Category:Tablature]] to the very bottom of the page to categorize it with other tabs on the site.
==Page creation==
===Page naming===
Once you have fully completed your page, it needs to be named. Look up the song title as it exists on Weezerpedia, copy it, and add "Tablature:" to the front. This way the naming conventions stay consistent with the rest of the site, and songs with the same title by different bands aren't confused for one another.
===Adding your tab to the Tablature page===
The Tablature page contains a table of links to the Tablature pages hosted on Weezerpedia. This table is sorted alphabetically by artist, and inside of that, is sorted alphabetically by song title. Find the proper location of your song alphabetically and add it using this table cell template:
| |[[Artist]]
| |"[[Song title]]"
| |-- (Chords)
| |-- (Tab)
| |-- (Bass)
| |[[Tablature:Song title]]
|-
Fill out the respective sections with their proper information, and leave an upper-case "X" in place of the two dashes inside of the cell of your instrument. These checkmarks are used to display what instruments are and aren't available for the song. If your song has a table cell on the page already, just change the respective two dashes to indicate that it has multiple tabs. For example, here's the code for a hypothetical tablature page for "Hash Pipe" by Weezer that contains chords and a bass tab:
| |[[Weezer]]
| |"[[Hash Pipe]]"
| |X
| |--
| |X
| |[[Tablature:Hash Pipe]]
|-
Artist	Song 	Chords	Tab	Bass	Tablature
Weezer	"Hash Pipe"	X 	-- 	X 	Tablature:Hash Pipe
If you are creating a song by an artist sorted by a letter that has yet to be added to the page, copy another block of code from one of the other letters, add your table cell, and add a "|}" to close the table. Again, if you don't understand, the best practice is to study the other existing tables to see how they work.
==Final touches==
Once you have fully completed your tab and added it to the Tablature page, navigate to your song's normal Weezerpedia page and add the {{Tab box}} template to the page, directly under the "==See also==" text, but above the links actually contained in the section. This template returns a small box that advertises that a tab is available for the song, and helps users of the site discover your work. The template automatically fills out the text with the name of the page it is currently on, so there's no need to add anything to it.
In cases where your song's title is not the title of the song's page, use the template {{Tab box 2|[[Tablature:Song title|Song title]]}}. See the tab box on "You're the One" for an example of usage.
==Complete!==
You're done! We highly encourage you to continue submitting tabs, and spread the word regarding Tablature on Weezerpedia. Thank you for your contribution!
==See also==
*Tablature
Category:Tablature
Category:How to
Category:Help
Category:Weezerpedia