FOCUS - "sylvia" Tablature
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:15:44 +0000
From: Julian Evans <j.b.evans@ntlworld.com>
Subject: f/focus/sylvia.crd
Sylvia - Focus
>From the Album 'Focus 3'
Jan Akkerman, Thijs Van Leer, Bert Ruiter, Pierre Van Der Linden
Tab/chords interpretation by Julian Evans (j.b.evans@ntlworld.com)
This tab is my interpretation of the music. I have watched Jan play this
from four feet away and am convinced that the intro chords are correct.
I have no intention of breaching copyright regulations. I offer this tab to
people who, like me, have spent a lot of time trying to obtain the sheet
music only to find it impossible. To me Jan Akkerman is THE guitar player.
Jan, forgive me, I know not what I do!
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Intro chords - it's important that they're played in these positions...
The '$' represents the (dududu) chopping riff over strings muted with the
palm of the strumming hand (you'll get it).
F F C C G G Ab Ab Ab Ab Eb Eb Bb Bb Bb Bb
|--13--13--$--12--12--10--10--$--11--11--8--8--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
|--13--13--$--13--13--12--12--$--13--13--9--9--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
|--14--14--$--12--12--12--12--$--13--13--8--8--$--12--12--7--7--7--7--|
|--15--15--$--X---X---12--12--$--13--13--X--X--$--13--13--8--8--8--8--|
|--15--15--$--X---X---10--10--$--11--11--X--X--$--13--13--8--8--8--8--|
|--X---X---$--X---X---X---X---$--X---X---X--X--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
Then slide this last chord up to the F position to repeat, and on into...
... the tune (Jan starts at C on the 1st string)
|--8-6\5-5-5-6-5-----------------------------6-5---------8
|----------------8-6-6\5/6-6\5---5/6-----6-6-----8-6-8----
|------------------------------7-----7-5---------------5-- etc etc...
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Work this out from the record, it's not hard to suss and you'll find your
own way of fingering it anyway.
A '\' means slur down
A '/' means slur up
Must be played on a black Les Paul.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official FOCUS tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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