Noob Question

[Ricky_Himself]

This is probably a dumb question, but does the "bass clef" just pertain to the bass guitar and other bass instruments?

[Lau]

No. The piano, for instance, uses the bass cleff too.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

Nein.

[MRDuCran]

Meshuggah's music is transcribed in the bass clef on Guitar Pro. Just makes it easier to read in the bass as opposed to having a million ledger lines below the treble clef.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

Guitar music is written an octave higher than played anyway.

[MRDuCran]

Which would mean it'd be even lower if it was transcribed properly eh.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

Precisely.

They originally made it an octave higher to avoid use of a bass clef.

Then downtuning was "invented", :p.

[WindowLedge]

I heartily congratulate you on actually learning to read sheet music. Most people don't bother.

[battousai]

yeah i used to know how to read a sheet of music but then i didnt practice learning songs like that so i forgot how.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

This is why I prefer to call it the "F clef".

[pacointaco2010]

no, you can transpose it to other clefs

[Jet17]

hey i have a question but i didn't want to start a new thread - what soes it mean if a tab has something like 4^6?

[Cool Beans]

hey i have a question but i didn't want to start a new thread - what soes it mean if a tab has something like 4^6?
For example, on the e string, that would be to bend Ab to A#(a flat to a sharp) or to bend the note up a semitone.

Semitone would be fret number plus 2 (so your example is bending up a semitone)
Half a semitone = plus 1.

/sucks at explaining.

[aznrocker]

hey i have a question but i didn't want to start a new thread - what soes it mean if a tab has something like 4^6?

Some people might explain it differently

But I read it as. Bend the 4th fret so It sounds like the 6th fret.
Hope you understood. Let me know if you didn't.

[Jet17]

For example, on the e string, that would be to bend Ab to A#(a flat to a sharp) or to bend the note up a semitone.

Semitone would be fret number plus 2 (so your example is bending up a semitone)
Half a semitone = plus 1.

/sucks at explaining.

no, I understand - thank u
(thank u too aznrocker)

- so basically if something said 4^12 (hypothetically) it would be imposible, right?

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

Depends how loose your strings are, ;).

[MrMorden]

so basically if something said 4^12 (hypothetically) it would be imposible, right?

i think tabs sometimes do this for another reason.

oh well, tabs suck anyway. the only tabs worth anything are powertabs, and even then you'll be better off playing and learning by ear.

[seibel88]

When you look at a sheet of piano music, there are two sets of lines. The top set is the treble clef and has a weird looking symbol at the beginning. The bottom set is the bass clef and has another symbol that resembles a backwards C. It has nothing to do with what type of instrument you play. For example: a trumpet can play as low as an F# which lies on the bass clef.

[Diatonic Dissonance™]

When you look at a sheet of piano music, there are two sets of lines. The top set is the treble clef and has a weird looking symbol at the beginning. The bottom set is the bass clef and has another symbol that resembles a backwards C. It has nothing to do with what type of instrument you play. For example: a trumpet can play as low as an F# which lies on the bass clef.
Eh, kind of wrong but I'll let it slide.