2013/6/25 Eluze <[email protected]>

> > [...]
> >> So, this is good for now, but I still have to figure out if this is the
> >> ideal way to indicate whammy bar use. How have others handled such a
> >> scenario?
> >
> > Sorry, to be of not more help.
> > I'm a classical and flamenco guitarist.
> > I really don't know what a "whammy bar" is and what it is supposed to do.
> > ;)
>
> googling I found
> http://www.hearandplay.com/main/the-purpose-of-the-whammy-bar
>
> but I can't imagine if or how /"w/bar"/ is related to /\tiny \bold "-7"/ or
> what /-7/ means here.
>
> Eluze
>

It should be -5 instead of -7, my bad, and indicates the 5 semitones the
tones are dropped with the use of the bar, which is a rather extreme use of
it compared to the vibrato described at your link. Like this, but in
reverse: http://youtu.be/ROVm0NQrS0o
“w/bar” is the common notation for the use of the whammy, but in tab
notation some kind of indication for the interval is needed, thus the -5.


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Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany
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