Q: Where 's
the "Pump," "Get A Grip," and "Big Ones" tablature?
A:
The great majority of those who write to me write to
me with this question. The answer is that it is at your local
music store and/or Music Dispatch,
just waiting for you to pick it up. That's what makes those
albums different from those on my page and that's why I've
decided not to include them. It's not because I don't think
they're great albums, but because:- As a capitalist, I
don't want to rip off the record companies any more than I have
to. If they are considerate enough to release tablature from
these albums and make them available to me for a reasonable sum,
the least I can do is buy them. Furthermore, by buying the
professional tab books, the purchaser makes those who release
the books aware that they have a market for Aerosmith tablature
and, in turn, gives them an incentive for releasing more of it.
- As an Honors English major with papers and reading out
the wazoo, I don't have time to sit down and transcribe songs
that have already been transcribed. It's more efficient to just
read from the tab book.
- As an amateur guitar-player with
a little over two years of experience and no formal training, I
know that my transcriptions would be inferior to those from a
professional guitar-player with years of experience and much
formal training. I have no delusions about that. Professional
tab, in terms of quality, is far-superior to anything in this
archive(or on the net in general).
For all those
reasons, it is recommended that students of Aerosmith guitar
music make every effort to get professional tablature whenever
possible. Because of the second part of the first reason, it's
also recommended that you buy professional tablature.
However, if for some reason you still don't want to, there is a
legal way of gaining access to it without money. It's called
the library, and most of the larger ones should have sheet
music available for check-out(I know, for example, that the
metropolitan library here in Columbus has several copies of each
of the aforementioned books available. All you need to get them
is a library card). If your library doesn't have them, you might
want to see if they have an "inter-library loan" program whereby
you could get them from another library(like the one here in
Columbus) that does.As a last resort, if you at this point
think that everything I've said is bullshit and you still want
free, amateur tablature for "Pump," "Get A Grip," and "Big Ones,
" there are other places on the net where you can get it. The
best place that I know of is
the guitar section
of Uutela's page, followed not-so-closely by
OLGA. Those two sites are the two
best sites for(if you must have it) free, amateur guitar tab for
Pump, GAG, and Big Ones.
So there you have it. Good luck with
whichever avenue you decide to take.
-Bryson
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