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Tabbing out sheet music

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Sat, 10/08/2016 - 12:35
buddymc
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As part of the music theory studies I thought I'd tab out a song.  Something simple like Yesterday by the Beatles.  It's in F.  It has a natural B and a sharp C in the second bar.  Trying to play in first or second position calls for either an overblow or blow bend.  Neither of which I can do.  I've ran into this with a couple of songs tabbed.  Is there a suggestion to help with this?  I'm not advanced enough to do either yet.

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Sat, 10/08/2016 - 15:04
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I figured out what I was

I figured out what I was doing wrong.  I wasn't transposing it to the key of 'C'.  Now the bends are do-able.

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Sat, 10/08/2016 - 17:16
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Great, good idea.

Great, good idea.

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