From: jcarson@netcom.com (Jim Q. Carson) Subject: FAQ: Guitar Tab Frequently Asked Questions [$Revision: 1.14 $ 31Jul94] Date: Sat, 6 Aug 1994 17:24:56 GMT Last update: Sun Jul 31 21:43:47 CDT 1994 FAQ: Guitar Tab Frequently Asked Questions [$Revision: 1.14 $] ______________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS Introduction ____________ 1) What newsgroups are for guitarists? 2) Where can I get the FAQ? 3) Where can I send suggestions or comments on the FAQ? Tab ___ 4) What is tab? 5) How can I learn more about tab? 6) Is there a standard ASCII tab notation? 7) How do I make tab easier to enter? 8) What other formats are commonly used? Tab resources _____________ 9) Where do I find the tab for this song? 10) How do I submit tab to the tab server? 11) What kind of music do you accept? 12) What kind of music do you reject? 13) How long does it take to archive a submission? 14) How about posting tab? 15) Who are the folks maintaining the tab servers? 16) What magazines use tab? 17) Which books are recommended for beginners? Advanced players? Lyrics for songs ________________ 18) Where do I find the lyrics for this song? 19) How do I submit lyrics to the lyric server? 20) Who maintains the lyric server? Music software ______________ 21) What kinds of music software are out there? 22) Which programs are relevant to Guitar players? FTP ___ 23) What is FTP? 24) How do I use FTP to get a file? 25) What do I do if I don't have FTP? 26) I am getting "Internet error: cannot receive this file at this time" 27) I've been unable to connect all day. 28) I'm using "Internet for Dummies" but the steps are different. 29) What is a .Z file? .tar file? .zip file? (etc) 30) I'm having problems with a .Z file I downloaded... 31) I'm having problems with ftp.uwp.edu... Other resources _______________ 32) What is archie? How do I use it? 33) Are there any WWW resources available? 34) Are there other utilities I can use? 35) What is a mailing list? 36) How do I subscribe to a mailing list? 37) What other interesting resources I would be interested in? Contributors ____________ 38) Who are some of the contributors to this FAQ? ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ____________ 1) What newsgroups are for guitarists? The main newsgroups are: GROUP Abbreviation Description rec.music.makers.guitar (RMMG) General guitar topics rec.music.makers.bass (RMMB) General bass topics rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (RMMGA) rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature (RMMGT) Guitar tab/lyrics/etc rec.music.makers (RMM) For music performers rec.music.compose (RMC) For music writers rec.music.classical.guitar (RMCG) Three other newsgroups, alt.guitar (AG), alt.guitar.bass (AGB), alt.guitar.tab (AGT) are being phased out in prefer- ence to the two rec.music.makers.guitars groups. 2) Where can I get the FAQ? This is it. You can FTP to ftp.netcom.com and find it in /pub/jcarson/guitar/Guitar.faq. or ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar/other_stuff/Guitar.faq. 3) Where can I send suggestions or comments on the FAQ? Glad you asked! You can e-mail the keeper of the FAQ(tm) at: guitar-faq-request@tivoli.com guitar@nevada.edu Tab ___ 4) What is tab? [From meem@gnu.ai.mit.edu:] Tab is short for tablature (or tabulature, depending on which dictionary you're using). It's a different way of reading music than you may be used to: instead of each bar represent- ing a certain note, they each represent a string. They are arranged so that the high E is represented by the top line and low E is represented by the lowest bar. If the strings use an unconventional tuning, the tuning will usually be shown next to the lines so you can see how each line should be tuned. Unlike conventional written music, time values are very rare- ly shown in the tab. Instead, an estimate of how long it is between every plucked note (which is represented by the dis- tance between the numbers in the tab) is commonly shown to roughly estimate timing. Instead of representing the time of each note on the staff, a number representing the fret on that string is shown. So, for example: e------------------ ------------------- ---0---------------- B---7-------------- ---13-------------- ---1------2--------- G------------------ ---13-------------- ---0--------4------- D------------------ ------------------- ---2-------------2-- A------------------ ------------------- ---3---------------- E------------------ ------------------- ---0---------------- Play a note of the Play the 13th fret Play a C chord, then 7th fret of the 2nd on the second and wait, play the 2nd fret (B) string. third strings at the on the B string quickly same time followed by the 4th fret on the 3rd string, then wait and play the 2nd fret on the 4th string. There are many other guitar techniques we all know and love. Usually these are explained by the author of the tablature, but here are some common ones: ----7/9------- ----7^9r7------ ----7h9p7------- Slide from 7th Bend from the From the 7th fret, to 9th frets. 7th up to a 9, hammer on to the 9th, then release then pull off to the back to the 7th 7th. Of course there are tons of other techniques like tapping and pick sliding and whammy bar stuff, but all of that has not been standardized across all compu-tab, magazines, and books (yet). [robc@Newbridge.COM has written a standard for ascii-tab, see below.] 5) How can I learn more about tab? There are a number of places to go for more info on tab. The easiest (from an Internet point-of-view) source is ftp.netcom.com:/pub/jcarson/guitar/WHAT.IS.TAB, which is tak- en from ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar/other_stuff/WHAT.IS.TAB.Z. Several guitar magazines also have a page that describes tab. In addition, there are on-line guitar lessons. (See below.) 6) Is there a standard ASCII tab notation? Yes, by Rob Craig (aa599@freenet.carleton.ca), and you may find this document on ftp.netcom.com:/pub/jcarson/guitar/STD_ASCII 7) How do I make tab easier to enter? I used to use vi, making sure I have an extra blank measure to cut and paste before I start modifying it, but came across Mark Rubin's emacs macro, tablature.el, which provided me with enough incentive to use emacs more! (;-p for the vi- impaired :-) You can find this file on ftp.netcom.com:/pub/jcarson/guitar/tablature-mode.el. Note that there is a wonderful X11 front-end in Tab-n-Fret.tar.Z. 8) What other formats are commonly used? Other formats are also found here including chord (CRD), chord program (CHOPRO), PStab (PSTAB), and lyric (LYR) for- mat. Tab resources _____________ 9) Where do I find the tab for this song? Check the Internet guitar tab anonymous FTP sites, ftp.nevada.edu and ftp.uwp.edu (US users) or ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (European users), FIRST if you want tab. [Note: lately both sites have been besieged by anonymous FTP connections and ftp.uwp.edu is looking for mir- ror sites for the music archives. If you have 1.2Gb and a willingness to serve as a scenic route on the Information Su- perhighway, contact Dave Datta at datta@uwp.edu.] Here are some alternative sites to look for stuff, courtesy of Nils Thommesen: Site: Directory: Contains ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ftp.nevada.edu /pub/music/guitar Primary tab archive site ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de Mirror of Nevada /pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/nevada ftp.uu.net /doc/music/guitar Mirror of Nevada ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music/guitar Mirror of Nevada /pub/music/lists/floyd Pink Floyd stuff unix.hensa.ac.uk /pub/uunet/doc/music/guitar Mirror of Nevada ftp.uni-stuttgart.de /pub/misc/guitar Mirror of Nevada ftp.diku.dk /pub/music/guitar Mirror of Nevada, /pub/music/acoustic/transcriptions ftp.uni-paderborn.de /doc/guitar Mirror of Nevada ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at /pub/mirror/guitar Mirror of Nevada ftp.maths.tcd.ie /pub/music/guitar Alternative, alt.gothic daacdev1.stx.com /pub/slowhand/guitar Eric Clapton Archive hobbes.linfield.edu /pub/guitar Original acoustic stuff ftp.acns.nwu.edu Crowded House songs /pub/crowded-house/chords.and.tab ftp.informatik.uni-oldenberg.de Genesis songs /pub/genesis/guitar.tabs syrinx.umd.edu /rush Rush songs, tab, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you can't find the tab here, post a message which has a subject in the following format: Subject: REQ: "Stairway to Heaven" by Dred Zeppelin The word "REQ" makes it easy for others to see that you're requesting a tab file, and by including the title of the song and name of the group on the subject line, you make it easier for others who are interested in the same song to see if the tab gets posted. If you've made an earnest attempt to look on ftp.uwp.edu, mention this in your post as you are likely to get a better response than if you're asking for something that people KNOW is at nevada or has recently been posted. If you have the song being requested, PLEASE change the REQ to TAB when you followup on the article, e.g.: Subject: TAB: "Stairway to Heaven" by Dred Zeppelin (Note: "Stairway to Heaven" is used only as an example. Do not try this at home. :-) 10) How do I submit tab to the tab server? You can submit tab for the tab server by e-mailing it to "guitar@nevada.edu" where Cal Woods or I will put it into the earchive. Please start the subject line with "TAB:", "CRD:", or "LYR:" as appropriate. Please include the following in- formation: The name of the file that you left in the incoming directory The artist recording that version of the song The name of the song Which format the file is in, e.g., tab, crd, pro, etc. Your preferred mode of contact in case there are questions about a song If you have a number of submissions, please FTP them to ftp.nevada.edu and put them in /pub/guitar/incoming, then send e-mail to guitar@nevada.edu so we know who to credit and who we can ask if we have questions :-) 11) What kind of music do you accept? Anything for guitar, banjo, or bass, including country, rock, , bluegrass, heavy metal, tab from European bands, tab from South American bands, etc, as long as it is not copyrighted elsewhere. 12) What kind of music do you reject? We will not knowingly archive submissions taken directly from a copyrighted source such as a guitar magazine or music books unless we have written permission from the publisher of the magazine. If you find something in the archive that IS copy- righted, please let us know so we can delete it. We will assume that unless you say otherwise, all submissions were tabbed by you and you are granting us the right to put it in the archive (and subsequently any mirror sites of the archive). In layman terms: Nobody involved wants to get sued. Cal and I doing this for fun and University of Nevada is graciously providing us the machine, disk space and network connection. 13) How long does it take to archive a submission? We're telling folks "two weeks," but in reality, it's more like two days. (We figure it's better to tell you a long time then have you be pleasantly surprised by our ruthless efficiency.) If you have submitted something and do not see it within one week, please send us e-mail. 14) How about posting tab? We recommend you use a similar convention to submitting to the archive. In the "Subject:" line, please use a three- letter code to denote what area your post is relevant to. Suggested three letter codes are: REQ: Request CRD: Chords LYR: Lyrics TAB: Tablature BTB: Bass Tablature PRO: Chord-Pro format ADD: Addition or correction to a different note. DIS: Discussion (i.e. not falling into any of the above) This tells everyone what they need to know about the post up front. 15) Who are the folks maintaining the tab servers? Cal Woods (rcwoods@unix1.tcd.ie - Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland) and Jim Carson (jcarson@tivoli.com - Tivoli Systems in Austin, Texas, USA) are co-maintaining the guitar tab FTP site at ftp.nevada.edu, thanks to the generosity of the staff there. Thomas Eisenbock (eisenboc@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) is maintaining the mirror site at Technische Universitaet Muen- chen. Dave Datta (datta@uwp.edu) maintains the primary mirror site for the above site and maintains the Lyric server at ftp.uwp.edu. Dean Gaudet (dgaudet@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) maintains the acoustic guitar tab archive site. Greg Vaughn (ribtm@ttacs.ttu.edu) maintains the Country and Western guitar tab FTP site (ftp.cs.ttu.edu:/pub/cowpie), also reachable via gopher (gopher.cs.ttu.edu "Music and Sound"/COWPIE). 16) What magazines use tab? Most guitar magazines include some tab. Among those known are: Guitar For the Practicing Musician, Guitar Player, Gui- tar School, Guitar World, Young Guitar (Japanese) 17) Which books are recommended for beginners? Advanced players? James Bender suggests: '"The Guitar Handbook" by Ralph Denyer. It is published by Knopf. When I used to give les- sons, I took stuff straight out of the book.' For advanced players, James suggests '"The Jazz Language" by Dan Haerle. Published by studio. "This is a popular book, and should be easy to find. Don't let the title scare you, it doesn't just teach jazz, it teaches theory. A very good source.' [Any other suggestions?] Lyrics for songs ________________ 18) Where do I find the lyrics for this song? The easiest place to look is in the CD jacket, cassette in- sert, or (gasp) LP cover to the album. Most albums come with lyrics. If that doesn't work, you can find lyrics through fan clubs, rock magazines, guitar magazines, listening care- fully to the song, or the Internet anonymous FTP lyric site, ftp.uwp.edu, which has lyrics to hundreds of songs. These lyrics are submitted by fans who occasionally mistype them, so caution should be used. An explanation of how to use FTP is included below. 19) How do I submit lyrics to the lyric server? You can submit lyrics to the lyrics server by either FTP -- put the new lyrics into the /pub/incoming directory -- or by e-mailing the lyrics to the lyric server maintainer, Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu). If you leave a file at ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/incoming, please e- mail Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu) and tell him the following information: The name of the file that you left in the incoming directory The artist The title of the song/album He will put the song in a directory based on artist, so it's important that you use the correct name of the band. 20) Who maintains the lyric server? At this time Dave Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu) is the maintainer of the lyric server. Music software ______________ 21) What kinds of music software are out there? There are all kinds of programs out there, from programs that will play sounds out of a computer's speaker, to software that will let you typeset your latest masterwork. [If you have names, let me know.] Some of the related groups (comp.music, rec.music.makers) talk extensively about various kinds of music software. 22) Which programs are relevant to Guitar players? Some noteworthy programs, and their last known locations,include: Tab-n-Fret An emacs tablature macro, with an accompanying X-windows editor, by Mark R. Rubin. Very nice. ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ftp/jcarson/guitar/Tab-n-Fret.tar.Z Bucket 'o Tab It's a shareware tab creator/editor for Windows that imports/exports ASCII tab, and prints in a nice format. (Requires VBRUN300.DLL, which is available from many sites including ftp.cica.indiana.edu.) ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar/other_stuff/bucket.zip or ocsystems.com:/pub/gse/bucket.zip chord (aka chordpro or chopro) Generate Post Script sheet-music from an ASCII file containing lyrics and chord information. The latest release is 3.5 and is part of volume 40 of the comp.sources.misc archives. ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ftp/jcarson/guitar/chord.tar.Z pstab Pretty PostScript(tm) formatter for ChordPro (see above) output by Brian Ewins (gapv64@udcf.gla.ac.uk). Version 2 is on: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ftp/jcarson/guitar/pstab.tar.Z and version 3 is right around the corner. PStab works for anyone who can see PostScript in some way, because it's written in postscript. You tag a file of PStab commands on to this 'program header' and out comes typeset tablature. Fret Navigator: A flexible chord and scale book for all types of stringed instruments. You can find any chord, scale, or interval in any key on any instrument in any tuning. You can play it through the speaker or your MIDI instrument (you don't need MIDI to use this program.) For the MacIntosh only. archive.umich.edu:/mac/sound/midi/fretnavigator1.2.sit.hqx cm Chord Magic program for PCs ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ftp/jcarson/guitar/cm.zip "The Ultimate Chord Chart II" was recently posted by Phillip Facoline (in PostScript format). ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ftp/jcarson/guitar/chord_chart.ps MusicTeX Typesetting "language" for music, works with TeX. csound music generation [ucsd.edu] mixview Soundfile editing program [foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu] sox Sound file conversion utility. [world.std.com] FTP ___ 23) What is FTP? FTP is File Transfer Protocol, not to be confused with the company with the same initials, and is a way of getting files across the Internet if your site has a "full connection" to the Internet. Try using it, if it doesn't work you can always use the FTPmail interface, which works if you have e-mail capabili- ties. 24) How do I use FTP to get a file? [From ppalmer@cray.com] If you have a real-time Internet connection and a system that supports the ftp command: Issue this command at your operating system prompt: ftp ftp.uwp.edu Login as: anonymous Give your e-mail address as your password, then, give this command at the ftp> prompt: cd pub/music/guitar To look at the contents of this directory: dir ("ls -C" provides a nicer format if you don't care about the sizes.) This gives you a list of the subdirectories for each band/artist, categorized by alphabetically (for example, pub/music/guitar/v/Violent.Femmes). Now, get the file named "INDEX" and read it offline: get INDEX Quit the session: bye When you want to get a particular song, use steps 1 through 4 above, then go into the subdirectory of the band/artist that you want. For example: cd v/Velvet.Underground To get the chords for Sweet Jane: get SweetJane.crd 25) What do I do if I don't have FTP? If you don't have a direct Internet connection, you can still obtain files by using FTPmail, although you may have to wait overnight. To find out more about FTPmail, send e-mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with a subject line of help as shown in the following example: Mail -s "help" ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com If you wish to retrieve one of the FAQ lists, you can send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the body: send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources Here is an extended example of using FTP mail, from ppalmer@cray.com: 1. Send mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com: On my UNIX system, it looks like this: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com 2. You can use FTPMAIL REQUEST as the subject line: Subject: FTPMAIL REQUEST 3. The body of the message should be exactly as I have it here, but with your email address replacing jblo@ebf.edu: reply jblo@ebf.edu connect ftp.uwp.edu ascii get pub/music/guitar/INDEX quit This gets you the index of the guitar archive. It will take about a day for the file to be mailed to you. 4. To get Sweet Jane, use the following as the body of your message: reply jblo@ebf.edu connect ftp.uwp.edu ascii get pub/music/guitar/v/Velvet.Underground/SweetJane.crd quit Once again, wait a day for Sweet Jane to arrive. NOTE: The entries in the INDEX file are for files in the pub/music/guitar directory. YOU MUST SPECIFY THIS IN YOUR REQUEST. This is different from the Nevada path, which was /pub/guitar. 26) I am getting "Internet error: cannot receive this file at this time" You must be an America Online or Delphi user. This message is generated because the FTP server has reached its maximum number of connections. Please try another site, FTP later, or use the FTPmail interface. 27) I've been unable to connect all day. Thanks to the proliferation of new folks the "Information Su- perHighway," aka "Infobahn," many sites are beseiged by re- quests. Ftp.nevada.edu, for example, is the primary mail gateway for University of Nevada, so the admins understand- ably do not want to increase the number of connections. FTP sessions do not show up in finger, which has confused several folks who have fingered at the machine to see nobody logged in. You'll have to take my word for it that there are indeed as many active sessions as the FTP message tells you. 28) I'm using "Internet for Dummies" but the steps are different. Internet for Dummies shows FTP sessions with the messages turned off, so instead of "226 Transfer complete" you will get the "ftp>" prompt. If this really bothers you, turn on verbose mode: ftp> verbose Verbose mode on. 29) What is a .Z file? .tar file? .zip file? (etc) Many files are grouped together for space or managability reasons. Some common suffixes and how to extract them on a Unix system (usually similar on DOS or Mac if you have the requisite program): SUFFIX What is it? To extract: ------ ----------------------- ---------------------- .Z Unix "compress" format uncompress file.Z .gz GNU "zip" format gunzip file.gz .hqx MacIntosh "binhex" (use Bin Hex 4.0) archive .lzh PC "lharc" arhive lharc x file.zoo .tar Unix "tar" archive tar xvf file.tar .tar.Z Compressed tar archive uncompress file.tar.Z tar xvf file.tar .zip PC "zip" format unzip file.zip .zoo PC "zoo" arhive zoo x file.zoo "uncompress" is the most common for historical reasons. MS- DOS users can FTP a copy from oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/compress/comp430d.zip Other files you may see: SUFFIX What is it? ------ --------------------------------------------- .gif a picture in Graphical Interchange Format .jpg a picture .ps a Post Script file (print it out) 30) I'm having problems with a .Z file I downloaded... First, make sure you're using "binary" mode to FTP files. Next, make sure you uncompress it before reading it. I've gone to some lengths to remove .Z files from ftp.nevada.edu, but if you find one, please let me (jcarson@tivoli.com) know and I'll uncompress it. 31) I'm having problems with ftp.uwp.edu... We are sorry to hear that. Please contact the administrator at cs.uwp.edu as neither Cal nor I maintain that site. If it's an issue about mirroring files, please be patient, it may take a few days for a submission to ftp.nevada.edu to propagate through. Other resources _______________ 32) What is archie? How do I use it? Archie is a program that helps you find files on the net. If you have a full connect to the Internet, you can invoke it as follows: archie -m4 Nevada.Guitar.Archive telnet archie.unl.edu or telnet archie.mcgill.ca xarchie Note: the destination site will depend on where you are con- necting from. If, for example, you're in Canberra City, you'd be better off using a site local to you. If you don't have a full connect to the Internet: % Mail -s "help" archie@unl.edu If you've never used archie, e-mail (or telnet or whatever) with a subject of help. (If you're directly connecting, type help at the prompt.) A list of the other archie sites will be listed along with instructions on how to use archie. 33) Are there any WWW resources available? Pete Palmer (ppalmer@cray.com) and Jim Carson (jcarson@tivoli.com) are constructing a WWW page. You can access this at: file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/jcarson/guitar/gl.html Two other interesting Mosaic pages, maintained by Thomas Eisenbock: http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/isar/archive/music/ http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~eisenboc/ Some other sites, collected by Ryan Harding: http://www.cecer.army.mill/~burnett/MDB/musicResources.html http://www.dsv.su.se/matti-hu/music.html http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/isar/archive/music/music_e.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jdg/www/home.html 34) Are there other utilities I can use? Most definitely. A few known ones are gopher, veronica, jug- head. 35) What is a mailing list? A mailing list is like a newsgroup except it gets mailed to you. There are usually two addresses: an administrative ad- dress and a reflector address. Things that are sent to the reflector get mailed out to all of the people who are sub- scribed to the mailing list. Things that are send to the ad- ministrative address only go to the administrator. Mailing lists are good if the subject is limited in scope, e.g., like Bauhaus, IQ, or some other music group. If the subject is broad, Progressive Rock, for example, it's usually better to have a newsgroup. If, after subscribing to a mail list, you find that your mailbox is overflowing with messages, there are a couple of things you can do. 1) Check if the list is available in "digest" format, as this will reduce the amount of incoming mail to one large message each day. 2) Use a mailer like "elm" that has a method of pre-sorting your mail and have it put the mail for the mailing list into a special mail "folder." 3) Unsubscribe from the group. 36) How do I subscribe to a mailing list? There are usually two addresses: an administrative address and a distribution address. If you want to subscribe to the newsgroup SEND IT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADDRESS. Sending to the distribution address will clutter up hundreds of mail- boxes, many of whose owners drink too much coffee early in the morning. They will not be amused, and may respond with harsh words. For example, if there was a Rolling Stones mailing list, it could be called: undercover@showhite.cis.uoguelph.ca. The administrative address will probably be: undercover- request@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca. Note the addition of the -request. The recipients of the e-mail are often human, so please be polite. If in doubt about the proper address, the species of the re- cipient, or the appropriateness of your request, please check news.announce.newusers group or obtain the file from rtfm.mit.edu under the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/mailing-lists. Check news.announce.newusers, there is a list of mail lists that are currently available. There are *many* mailing lists, some of which aren't covered in the posts. 37) What other interesting resources I would be interested in? For bassists, there is a repository of lessons: ftp.uu.net in /doc/music/bass/lessons. Acoustic guitarists can check the acoustic guitar ftp archive located at hobbes.linfield.edu in /pub/guitar. There is also an FTP list maintained by Marc Jordan (mjordan@crystal.cirrus.com) periodically posted to alt.bass.tab. Here is a partial list: ftp.nevada.edu /doc/pub/music/bass/tab/songs ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music/lists/bass/tab/songs ftp.uu.net /pub/music/bass/tab/songs Guitarists who enjoy Country and Western music will be in- terested in subscribing to COWPIE, the COuntry and Western Pickers of the Internet Electronic newsletter. Its purpose is to allow guitar players who enjoy country music and its many substyles to contact one another and swap songs, tech- niques, and information without maneuvering through the mix- ture of musical styles covered in the Usenet groups. New is- sues go out every couple of weeks depending on the volume of submissions and they tend to range from 10 to 20K in size. If you are interested in being added to the automatic distri- bution list send e-mail to listproc@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu with subscribe cowpie in the body of the message. Back issues may be obtained ei- ther by FTP or gopher at the following locations: ftp: ftp.cs.ttu.edu /pub/cowpie gopher: gopher.cs.ttu.edu "Music and Sound"/COWPIE Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz maintains a guitar lessons faq. Editor: Norm Carpenter Archiver: Kevin Elphinstone Mirrorer: Alan Drew Send e-mail to guitar-lessons-request@vast.unsw.edu.au with the body of the message containing lines reading: subscribe your_email_address Submissions should be sent to the editor. Guidelines for submissions are also available from the editor at: guitar-lessons-editor@vast.unsw.edu.au The primary FTP archive for the above lessons is: ftp.vast.unsw.edu.au in /pub/guitar-lessons An informal archive of postscript versions of the lessons is kept by by ekki (Ekkehard Beier) in: metallica.prakinf.tu-ilmenau.de in /pub/guitar/lessons Contributors ____________ 38) Who are some of the contributors to this FAQ? In alphabetical order: brianm@cara.maths.heriot-watt.ac.uk dgaudet@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca gapv64@udcf.gla.ac.uk hiscap@lux.latrobe.edu.au jamesb@nevada.edu jcarson@tivoli.com kbibb@herbie.qualcomm.com mario.dorion@Canada.Sun.COM meem@gnu.ai.mit.edu nathan.torkington@vuw.ac.nz obry@bellcore.com phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu ppalmer@cray.com ribtm@ttacs.ttu.edu robc@Newbridge.COM wegeng@eso.mc.xerox.com nilsa@idt.unit.no davies@ils.nwu.edu rkh2@ukc.ac.uk eisenboc@informatik.tu-muenchen.de -- Jim Carson Play: jcarson@netcom.com Guitar: jcarson@nevada.edu, guitar@nevada.edu Work: jcarson@tivoli.com Alumnus: carson@rice.edu