[BarryH]

I'm trying to learn the solo to Lionel Richie's Hello but I'm completely stuck with the tabs in the middle part.

The tab, on the 911 TABS site shows notes on two strings sliding up the fretboard that doesn't sound like the guitar solo, am I missing something?



Regards....Barry

[Stratrat]

Barry - tabs you get on the 'net aren't always 100% accurate. Sometimes it gets you close and you just have to noodle a bit to figure out parts of them.

I just listened to the solo - I do hear one short part of one bar where the guitarist plays that slide on two strings. Is it that you don't hear the two strings, or that it doesn't sound the same when you play what the tab shows?

[wjp01908]

I haven`t got the tab in front of me, but from what I remember, the two note slide parts are octaves. ie a note and the one an octave above it. If I recall correctly you start on the e (3rd string 7 fret ) with your first finger and the e (s 1 f 12). You then slide this about keeping the same relative finger positions.

Will

[wjp01908]

Sorry mate - I had a look at the tab and the bit I refered to above is not actually shown as octaves in the tab ( Though I`m 90 odd % certain that`s how it`s played on the recording ) I was thinking of bar 5 onwards.

Will

[Dewy]

I took a look, and agree with you, the Tab is off a bit in that section.

A lil background, the solo is in Amin and I believe (works best for me) solo'd around the barred 5th fret position of the Aminor scale.

The above poster is correct about a slide later on in the solo being octaves, but the part the original poster refers to is just prior to that part.

The Tab is referring to a slide from Emin to Dmin, and tab itself shows the top two notes (5-1 combo) of that position, and I believe the guitarist is actually playing the bottom two notes of those chords (1-b3).

Another way to say it... instead of the shown :
E--7--8--5--7-----5---------------|---------------------3---------8-|
B--------------8-----5---3/5--3/5-|-3/5//3---------3/5-----3--------|
G------------------------2/4--2/4-|-3/4//2--5---5-------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

it would be:
E--7--8--5--7-----5------1/3--1/3-|-1/3/1--------------3---------8-|
B--------------8-----5---3/5--3/5-|-3/5/3---------3/5-----3--------|
G---------------------------------|---------5---5-------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Not perfect... but closer.

The two peices together look like, with the green being the chords I mentioned:
E--7--8--5--7-----5------1/3--1/3-|-1/3/1--------------3---------8-|
B--------------8-----5---3/5--3/5-|-3/5//3---------3/5-----3--------|
G------------------------2/4--2/4-|-2/4//2--5---5-------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[BarryH]

Thanks for the help Dewy, it's much appreciated.

Regards....Barry

[Dewy]

Your very welcome... beautiful piece there, I hope it helped.

[coldethyl]

Hi Barry....you could try here if it helps:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...o_solo_tab.htm