# Help with guitar tablature

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199 "2012-10-09T12:23:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jakesteele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199/1 "2012-10-09T12:23:12Z")

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> **[Blind Faith - Cant Find My Way Home (Power)](https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/blind-faith/cant-find-my-way-home-power-296919)**
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> INTERACTIVE TAB by Blind Faith

I am trying to master this song, but the tablature has got me confused. In the link above it shows the different notes within each measure. My problem is that when I play it on the provided player, I hear more notes being played than there are written down on paper. What’s up, are there some symbols I’m not seeing that represents additional notes and I’m just not seeing it.

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199/2 "2012-10-09T12:41:22Z")

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It is two guitar parts playing and it is showing the notes for guitar 1. If you click “instruments” at the top left you can choose which parts to show and/or play.

Guitar tab is coming up a lot today. I just recommended [Songster](http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/blind-faith-can-t-find-my-way-home-guitar-tab-s3469t0)in another thread and I like their version of this tune better. The same applies there as far as the two parts, but you would click “mixer” to choose which parts to hear.

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**Author:** ![jakesteele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199/3 "2012-10-10T01:43:45Z")

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> [@Crazyhorse](#):
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> It is two guitar parts playing and it is showing the notes for guitar 1. If you click “instruments” at the top left you can choose which parts to show and/or play.
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> Guitar tab is coming up a lot today. I just recommended [Songster](http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/blind-faith-can-t-find-my-way-home-guitar-tab-s3469t0)in another thread and I like their version of this tune better. The same applies there as far as the two parts, but you would click “mixer” to choose which parts to hear.

Thanks a lot, that clears up a lot of confusion.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-guitar-tablature/637199/4 "2012-10-10T02:49:19Z")

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Moved to Cafe Society.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator