AC/DC: Como Tocar Sus Canciones

Para poder tocar cualquier cancion, con guitarra o bajo, existe un tipo de "partitura" llamado tablatura. Las tablaturas son formas de escritura musical especiales para ciertos instrumentos y que, a diferencia de la notación musical corriente, presentan únicamente las posiciones y colocaciones en el instrumento para la interpretación de una pieza, y no las alturas ni las duraciones de los tonos. Debido a que no es necesario tener un conocimiento musical especial, las tablaturas son relativamente fáciles de leer y de entender.

Como utilizar una tablatura

La tablatura es muy facil de utilizar. Simplemente consiste en la representacion de las cuerdas del instrumento, y el traste que se debe tocar en cada cuerda. Por ejemplo:

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g|----1-2-1-4---1-2-1-4-1-2-4------|---------------------------------|
d|-2-------------------------------|----1-2-1-4---1-2-1-4--1-2-4-----|
a|---------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

En esta tablatura de guitarra se muestras las seis cuerdas que la componen, empezando por la sexta (La más grave) por debajo y acabando por la primera (La más aguda) arriva. En este ejemplo, se manda tocar "traste 2" en la "cuarta cuerda", "traste 1" en la "tercera cuerda", "traste 2" en la "tercera cuerda"... Y asi progresivamente siguiendo el esquema musical.

En otros casos se muestra un acorde o varios trastes a la vez. Por ejemplo:

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------2--2--2-----------3--3--3------3--3--3-----3--3--3------------2--2-
G-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--0------2--2--0-----2--2--0------2-----2--2-
D-----------2--2--2-----------0--0--0------0--0--0-----0--0--0------0-----2--2-
A-----------0--0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-
E-----------------------------2--2--3------2--2--3-----2--2--3------2----------

En este caso se tocarían las cuerdas que mandan, y los trastes correspondiente a la vez.

Otro tipo de manera de tocar una cancion es mediante los acordes, o "chords". En este caso simplemente es tocar los acordes correspondientes siguiendo la letra. Por ejemplo:

A A A
      D D/F# G              D D/F# G
     Livin` easy,        livin` free,
D D/F# G       D/F#    A A
     Season ticket on a one way ride
A A A           D D/F# G             D D/F# G
     Askin` nothin,      leave me be.
  D D/F# G     D/F#   A A
     Takin` ev`rythin` in my stride.
En este fragmento se muestran los acvordes "A", "D", "F#", y G

Bueno y aqui os dejo algunas tablaturas de AC/DC:

Highway To Hell

INTRO:
    A                 D/f#  G      D/f#  G     D/F#  G     D/F#   A
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------2--2--2-----------3--3--3------3--3--3-----3--3--3------------2--2-
G-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--0------2--2--0-----2--2--0------2-----2--2-
D-----------2--2--2-----------0--0--0------0--0--0-----0--0--0------0-----2--2-
A-----------0--0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-
E-----------------------------2--2--3------2--2--3-----2--2--3------2----------

As has been posted already the main riff goes like:

E ---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
B ---2---2---2---|---3---3---3----|---3---3---3----|---3---3---3----
G ---2---2---2---|---2---2---0----|---2---2---0----|---2---2---0----
D ---2---2---2---|---0---0---0----|---0---0---0----|---0---0---0----
A ---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------
E ---------------|---2---2---3----|---2---2---3----|---2---2---3----


E -----------|-------
B -------2---|---2---
G ---2---2---|---2---
D ---0---2---|---2---
A -------0---|---0---
E ---2-------|-------


   on the    high - way   to hell

E ----2---|-------------------2----|--
B ----3---|---2---2---2---2---3----|--
G ----2---|---2---2---2---2---2----|--
D ----0---|---2---2---2---2---0----|--
A ----0---|---0---0---0---0---0----|--
E ----2---|------------------------|--
  


E --2---3---3---2-----|--3---3---3---2----2----|------5-------------------
B --3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----3----|----5---------5-5------5--
G --3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----2--7b(9)------7b(9)-----7b(9)---
D --0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|--------------------------
A --0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|--------------------------
E --------------------|------------------------|--------------------------
 


E -----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------
B -5--------5--5-------5--5--7--(8)r7b(8)-------------|------------------------
G ----7b(9)------7b(9)-------7--(8)r7b(8)--5-----7---5b(6)---------------------
D -----------------------------------|--------7-------|-------4--(5)r4--2------
A -----------------------------------|----------------|-----X-------------3--0-
E -----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------


E ----------5-----------|----------5--X---------|----------------5--
B -------------5--------|----------5--X-----5---|-------------------
G -2--4b(6)------(6)r4--|-2--0-----------4b(5)--|---2--0--X--/2-----
D ----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
A ----------------------|-------0---------------|-------------------
E ----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
 


E ---------------------------|-
B -5-------------------------|-
G ---4--(5)r4--X/14--X/18---|-
D ---------------------------|-
A ---------------------------|-
E ---------------------------|-

Back In Black

Intro

e-|------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------|
G-|------x---------x---------x---------------|
D-|------x---------x---------x---------------|
A-|-x----x----x----x----x----x---------------|
E-|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x-----|

The verse: The all famous riff! I modified the "real tab" to make it sound kick-ass; I
put in a few extra bass notes. And a little note, make the fourth phrase tight, with
stops in between each pair of notes.

    Verse (4x)
      E5       D5/A         E5                             R
e-||--------------------------------------|-3--0-------------------|
B-||o----------3-3-3----------------------|-------3--0-------------|
G-||-----------2-2-2--------2-2-2---------|-------------(4)^2--0---|
D-||o-2--------0-0-0--------2-2-2---------|------------------------|
A-||--2--------0------------0-0-0---------|------------------------|
E-||--0---------------------x-x-x---------|------------------------|

    E5       D5/A         A
e-|-------------------------------------|------------------------||
B-|----------3-3-3----------------------|-----------------------o||
G-|----------2-2-2--------2-2-2---------|------------------------||
D-|-2--------0-0-0--------2-2-2---------|-----------------------o||
A-|-2--------0------------0-0-0---------|------------------------||
E-|-0---------------------x-x-x---------|-7-4--7-5--7-6--7-7\----||

Ahh the other famous riff, the chorus. You could play an E chord as the second chord in
the chorus but I find it helps build up that B chord if you only play an open E string.

    Chorus
      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

Hit the A chord in this next part hard and exact on time, it's right on a beat so it
requires emphasis musically and also sounds much better that way.

      G5 D5   A5                 G5 D5   A5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o-3--3-----------------------3--3------------------------o||
G-||--0--2----2---------2--------0--2----2---------2----------||
D-||o-0--0----2---------2--------0--0----2---------2---------o||
A-||----------0---------0----------------0---------0----------||
E-||--3------------3-------------3------------3---------------||
      let all notes ring

      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

Okay this isn't exactly how you should play it, but for example purposes this is
approximately how the little brushing before you go back to the verse should be. Then
the D chords are pretty straight-on.

    G5                                                 D
e-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----2----2--2---------|
B-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3----3--3---------|
G-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----2----2--2---------|
D-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0---------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------------|

    Verse (2x)
      E5       D5/A         E5                             R
e-||--------------------------------------|-3--0-------------------|
B-||o----------3-3-3----------------------|-------3--0-------------|
G-||-----------2-2-2--------2-2-2---------|-------------(4)^2--0---|
D-||o-2--------0-0-0--------2-2-2---------|------------------------|
A-||--2--------0------------0-0-0---------|------------------------|
E-||--0---------------------x-x-x---------|------------------------|

    E5       D5/A         A
e-|-------------------------------------|------------------------||
B-|----------3-3-3----------------------|-----------------------o||
G-|----------2-2-2--------2-2-2---------|------------------------||
D-|-2--------0-0-0--------2-2-2---------|-----------------------o||
A-|-2--------0------------0-0-0---------|------------------------||
E-|-0---------------------x-x-x---------|-7-4--7-5--7-6--7-7\----||

    Chorus
      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

      G5 D5   A5                 G5 D5   A5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o-3--3-----------------------3--3------------------------o||
G-||--0--2----2---------2--------0--2----2---------2----------||
D-||o-0--0----2---------2--------0--0----2---------2---------o||
A-||----------0---------0----------------0---------0----------||
E-||--3------------3-------------3------------3---------------||
      let all notes ring

      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

    Pre-Solo

e-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----2----2--2---------|
B-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3----3--3---------|
G-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----2----2--2---------|
D-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0---------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------------|

Alright solo time! This solo is very fast and so awesome. It comes completely from the E minor
blues scale. The "underrhythm" as I like to call it is written below. Practice this
solo very slowly, ESPECIALLY the little ascension (I'll tell you where it is when you get
o it). I've written the solo as it is officially played, although I play it with like one
little note missing because it's easier (I've indicated this too).

Alright the first and third phrases here are actually slgihtly modified of the scale,
but it's just to accompany the rhythm chords (written below).

    Guitar Solo (1)
        ~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------|----0--2--3p2p0--2------|
D-|--------------------------------------|--------------------2---|
A-|----7--------5--5--------4--4---------|-2----------------------|
E-|-0------------------------------------|------------------------|

        ~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~~~~~
e-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------|-7-7--7--7--x-7^(9)-----------|
D-|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A-|----7--------5--5--------4--4---------|------------------------------|
E-|-0------------------------------------|------------------------------|

I'm drawing an arrow directly over the note that I omit when playing this solo.
      ------------------------------|
                                    |
                      ~~~~~~~~      v                         ~~~~~~~~
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-5--8-------------------------8--10h11p10p8--10--8------------------|
G-|-------7^(9)^(7)--9--------9------------------------9--7--9---------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                    ~~~~                       ~~~~~~~~
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------15------15-----15------------------------------|
G-|-12------12--14^(16)------14^(16)--------14^(16)^(14)p12--14---------|
D-|-----14--------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                   ~~~~~~~~
e-|---------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------15------------------|
G-|-12---------12------14------14^(16)------14^(16)---------|
D-|-12h14--14------14------14-------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------|

Practice this VERY VERY slowly and a hell of a lot of times, it's very very fast.
      -----------------------------|---------------|
                                   |               |
e-|-----12--12---------------------12-----------------|
B-|-12------------15^(17)-15^(17)-----15-12----12-----|
G-|-----------------------------------------14----12--|
D-|---------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------|

                       hold bend                          ~~~~
e-|-----------------------15-----------------------------------|
B-|----------15------------------------------------------------|
G-|-14^(16)------14^(16)------(16)^14--12--14------12^(13)-----|
D-|--------------------------------------------14--------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------------|


e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------14--------------------15-------------------------------|
G-|----------12------14------12h14^(16)--------14^(16)^(14)--12--14---------|
D-|-12-13-14-----14------14------------------------------------------14-----|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This ascension here is pretty much the same as the one above that I said to practice very
slowly. So practice, practice, practice!

               ~~~~~~~~
e-|---------------------|-12------------------------|
B-|-----15^(17)---------|----15-12----12------------|
G-|---------------------|----------14----12---------|
D-|---------------------|-------------------14\\\---|
A-|---------------------|---------------------------|
E-|---------------------|---------------------------|

In the fourth phrase that slide up to the 14th fret then bending it to the 16th fret is
hard to do. I find it doesn't make too much of a difference if you just slide up the the
14th fret and do a quick bend as far as you can.

              ~~             ~~            ~~                         ~~~~
e-|----0---------|--0--0--------|-0----0--0---|-------------12-------------|
B-|-0-----3--5---|-/5--3----3---|-2p0--2--2---|----------12----15^(17)-----|
G-|----------4---|--------------|-------------|-/14^(16)-------------------|
D-|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------------|
A-|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------------|
E-|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------------|

              ~~            ~~             ~~
e-|-0------------|-0-----------|-0--------0---|-----------------------------|
B-|-5--3--3--5---|-5--0h2--3---|-2--0--0--2---|-14^(15)^(14)-12-14^(15)-----|
G-|--------------|-------------|--------------|-14^(15)^(14)-12-14^(15)-----|
D-|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
A-|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
E-|--------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------------|

Okay here's the "underrhythm," or, simply put, this is what Malcolm plays while Angus
solos. Make sure you don't let these chords ring EXCEPT for the very last set, I'll
indicate it to you. Oh and another thing, the open E string might sound a little off on
the chords that aren't E, but it's just there to keep the solo more or less very key of E.

    Underrhythm (4x)

      E5          D5/E        A5/E        E5
e-||------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
B-||o-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
G-||------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
D-||o-9---------|-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-----|-9-9-9----9-9-9----9-9----|
A-||--7---------|-5-5-5-----|-4-4-4-----|-7-7-7----7-7-7----7-7----|
E-||--0---------|-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0----|

    E5          D5/E        A5/E        E5
e-|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------||
B-|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------o||
G-|-----------|-----------|-----------|------2---------2--------||
D-|-9---------|-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-----|------2---------2-------o||
A-|-7---------|-5-5-5-----|-4-4-4-----|------0----2----0--------||
E-|-0---------|-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----|-0---------0-------------||
    on last repeat let all notes ring

    Chorus
      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

      G5 D5   A5                 G5 D5   A5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o-3--3-----------------------3--3------------------------o||
G-||--0--2----2---------2--------0--2----2---------2----------||
D-||o-0--0----2---------2--------0--0----2---------2---------o||
A-||----------0---------0----------------0---------0----------||
E-||--3------------3-------------3------------3---------------||
      let all notes ring

      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

    Pre-Solo

e-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----2----2--2---------|
B-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3----3--3---------|
G-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----2----2--2---------|
D-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0---------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------------|

Now this second guitar solo you're gonna see wrong alot of places, but this is how it's
played really. Just think about the first box of the Em blues scale it makes sense, and
not only that, it just sounds right. I've left out vibrato marks because they're not
required. But for you more experienced players you should be able to throw in some
vibrato where necessary.

    Guitar Solo (2)

e-||------------------------------------------------||
B-||o----------------------------------------------o||
G-||------------------------------------------------||
D-||o----------------------------------------------o||
A-||-----5\4--2--4----------------------------------||
E-||--0-------------3----7--5----7--6----7--7\------||


e-||------------------------------------------------||
B-||o----------------------------------------------o||
G-||------------------------------------------------||
D-||o----------------------------------------------o||
A-||-----5\4--2--4----------------------------------||
E-||--0-------------3----7--5----7--6----7--7\------||

Same riff as above, just moved up a string.

e-||------------------------------------------------||
B-||o----------------------------------------------o||
G-||------------------------------------------------||
D-||o----5\4--2--4---------------------------------o||
A-||--0-------------3----7--5----7--6----7--7\------||
E-||------------------------------------------------||

Back to the first riff.

e-||------------------------------------------------||
B-||o----------------------------------------------o||
G-||------------------------------------------------||
D-||o----------------------------------------------o||
A-||-----5\4--2--4----------------------------------||
E-||--0-------------3----7--5----7--6----7--7\------||

    Chorus
      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

    G5 D5   A5                 G5 D5   A5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o-3--3-----------------------3--3------------------------o||
G-||--0--2----2---------2--------0--2----2---------2----------||
D-||o-0--0----2---------2--------0--0----2---------2---------o||
A-||----------0---------0----------------0---------0----------||
E-||--3------------3-------------3------------3---------------||
      let all notes ring

      A5      B5   A5   B5       A5      B5   A5   B5
e-||----------------------------------------------------------||
B-||o--------------------------------------------------------o||
G-||--2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4----------||
D-||o-2-------4----2----4--------2-------4----2----4---------o||
A-||--0-------2----0----2--------0-------2----0----2----------||
E-||-----0--------------------------0-------------------------||
      let all notes ring

e-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----2----2--2---------|
B-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3----3--3---------|
G-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----2----2--2---------|
D-|-0----0--0--0--------0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----0--0---------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-3----3--3--3--------3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------------|