Wednesday, November 14, 2012

There Is Nothing Like (Hillsong) Guitar Tab

Today's tab will feature the main guitar riff from the Hillsong version of "There Is Nothing Like." This is not the Hillsong United version which came out months earlier and is significantly different. This is the later version and, in my opinion, the superior version and features the excellent playing of Nigel Hendroff on lead guitar.

Here is my YouTube video of me playing along with the recording:



I threw some extra notes there. I realize that I am not playing exactly note-for-note what Nigel played. I just added some notes to fill in the empty spaces which are especially noticeable if you are not using any kind of delay.

Here is the tab of what I played:


E  :----------------|---------9-----------|------------------|
B  :----------------|-------------9----12-|--12------9-----0-|
G  :----------------|----9----------------|-----9------------|
D  :--------------9-|h11---11-------11----|-------11---------|
A  :----------------|---------------------|------------------|
E  :----------------|---------------------|------------------|

E  :------0---------|----------------|---------9-----9-11-|
B  :----7-----7-----|--7-------------|--------------------|
G  :--8---------8---|----8---8-------|----9---------------|
D  :9-------------9-|------9-------9-|h11---11------------|
A  :----------------|----------------|--------------------|
E  :----------------|----------------|--------------------|

E  :-------------------|------------------|
B  :--9-12--------9-12-|9-----------------|
G  :---------9-11------|--11-9-11---------|
D  :-------------------|------------------|
A  :-------------------|------------------|
E  :-------------------|------------------|


The last 2 and-a-half measures is the little run I did at the end of the segment. The first 5 measures is what you play over and over during the verses--I only tabbed it out one time for the sake of space but it is to be played repeatedly throughout the duration of the verses. 

Sorry the posts are coming a little less frequently. I have nearly run out of available tabs for my videos. I will have to find the time to make more tabs and/or videos but lately I'm trying to focus more on my own music. 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

My Lord, My God (by Darren Clarke) Solo Guitar Tab

One of my most difficult tabs is for a Darren Clarke song titled "My Lord, My God." I combined the chords of the song along with the main melody and turned it into a solo guitar piece. So it's fingerstyle-type play and sounds great on either steel string or nylon string acoustic.

We'll start with my video in order to hear how it actually sounds:



And now the tab of what I played. Note that this is played with a capo on the 3rd fret.



E  :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0-------- 1|---------------2-2-h3|
B  :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2----- ||----3-3-/5-----3-3---|
G  :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---*||--2-2-2-/4-----2-2---|
D  :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-*||0------------0-------|
A  :-------------------|0------------------------- ||---------------------|
E  :-----------3-------|-------------------------- ||-----------0---------|

                                                              
E  :----2-0--------------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-|------2---0-----|
B  :----3-3-------3-p2---|----3----------3-3-|------2---2-2---|
G  :----0-0-----2------2-|--2------------0-0-|----2---------2-|
D  :--0-------2----------|0------------0-----|--2-------------|
A  :--------0------------|-------------------|0---------------|
E  :3--------------------|-----------3-------|----------------|

                                                                       
E  :----3---3---2-0-|----2-3---5-----|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-|
B  :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---|
G  :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2---2-|--2-------------|2-------4---4---|
D  :--0-------------|--2-------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------|
A  :----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
E  :3-----3---3-----|----------------|--------3-------|----------------|

                                                                       
E  :--0-2-0---------|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-|--0-2-0---------|
B  :3---------3-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---|3---------3-2---|
G  :0---------2-2---|--2-------------|2-------4---4---|0---------2-2---|
D  :----------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------|----------------|
A  :--------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------|--------0-------|
E  :3---------------|--------3-------|----------------|3---------------|

                                                                      
E  :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0--------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-|
B  :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|----3----------3-3-|
G  :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---|--2------------0-0-|
D  :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-|0------------0-----|
A  :-------------------|0-------------------------|-------------------|
E  :-----------3-------|--------------------------|-----------3-------|

                                               
E  :-----------------0--------|0---------------|
B  :----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|3---------------|
G  :----2---2-------------2---|2---------------|
D  :--2---2--------2--------2-|0---------------|
A  :0-------------------------|----------------|
E  :--------------------------|----------------|


It's a rather long tab and I know that reading tab for finger picking can be quite difficult. But the tab along with the video make it all a lot easier. 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Son of God (Starfield/Chris Tomlin) Bass Line

Haven't posted in a few days but now I'm back. Ok, here is another bass tab I have received requests for. This is the Starfield (& Chris Tomlin) song called "Son of God." I just made up a simple bass part to play along with the verses of the song.

Here is the video:



And here is the tab:


G  :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D  :-------6-6-------|-------6-6-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A  :-----------6-8-6-|-----------6-8-6-|8------8-8---6---|8------8-8---6-8-|
E  :4----------------|4----------------|-----------8---8-|-----------8-----|

G  :-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
D  :-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
A  :4------4-4-------|4------4-4-----6-h8|6------6-6---6-6-5|
E  :-----------4-6-4-|-----------4-6-----|-----------6------|

G  :----------------------------- 1|
D  :----------6---6-8-8-8-8-p6---*||
A  :4--4-6-h8---8--------------8-*||
E  :----------------------------- ||

That's all it is. It just gives the song a little bit of motion as opposed to the typical bass lines that don't go anywhere and just serve to register low frequencies on a sound system. 

My next post will involve a somewhat complicated fingerpicking acoustic guitar part that I made up for a Darren Clarke song.