All the normal websites have subscriptions and make it a nightmare to print off. I tried looking elsewhere but no where seams to do tabs. Am I missing something obvious?

  • fraydabson@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    I’ve seen this one mentioned before for guitar tabs : https://tabarchive.mikethetech.com/

    Edit: has been pointed out that they had to disable downloading for legal reasons. Bummer. Way back machine has some of the data archived (may 2022 has some which can be downloaded, but others are dec 2022 or newer which are archived)

    Edit2: found a better archive I think. don’t know if my linking it will draw more attention and we lose it. I downloaded a copy just in case and removed the link. Instead I’ll link where I got it from: https://filepursuit.com/ search for mikethetech

    • averagedrunk@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      This is an anecdote because that site brought me back to another time. Feel free to skip it.

      They have part of the OLGA archive there! Back in the day that was my go to. I had printed out multiple three ring binders full of tabs from there. When I would start working with new musicians I would put together a fakebook of 40-50 songs of the right style and just sit around and practice them.

      That's how I went from being a terrible guitarist full of passion to a mediocre guitarist who could badly fake anything well enough that it's almost recognizable. It was such a great time.

    • Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sadly you can't download anything. There's a note at the bottom of the page:

      Note: Site in archive-mode. Downloads temporarily disabled. Working on appropriate route to release archive legally.

      If you've got a copy…

  • nicetriangle@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    Such fucking bullshit tabs are policed and paywalled now. It was a free for all 20 years ago and it made bigger fans out of the people consuming that content.

  • scorpionix@feddit.deEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    In case you didn't know: Ultimate Guitar only makes it look as you could only print/download the PDF with the subscription. Scroll down to the end of the tab/chords and there's a small print button.

    Of course, you still can't get the official stuff, but in my experience there's always one that sounds very close to the original.

    • closenough@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      As someone who regularly makes contributions to that community, I should mention that if writing sheet music is something you want to get into, you can also just put in some work by writing up some simple chord sheets or tabs.

      By contributing to the site you can actually level up your way into most premium features for free.

      *Edited for grammar. *

      • scorpionix@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Oh, cool! I didn't know that, even though I've contributed before. Thanks for mentioning!

  • bobdigga@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    search some popular torrent sites for "guitar sheet music" or "guitar books".

    IIRC, they used to have a bunch.

  • three@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    tabplayer.online clunky to use but they offer downloads in many formats. i only use it for guitar but a lot of the guitar pro files have tracks for all instruments.

  • ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    IReal pro is an excellent app, there's a built in forum for getting user uploads for the chord backing track of most any song. It's mainly centered around jazz but there's pop standards as well.

    There's a UI element you can press that lets you represent the chords in guitar tabs or as sheet music in a karaoke like display.

    It's certainly no replacement for playing with other musicians, but it is extremely useful for practicing