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Yes, sorry this is for guitar. I was trying to make it look like tab. The top 4 "0"s would be the low E string, open. The treble strings, also zero's are on the bottom, open.

Thanks.
Annette



Okay. First, let's rearrange them in horizontal order, which is the way guitar numerical tab is presented when depicting it in print like this.

0 0 0 0
0 0 3 2
3 2 0 0
2 0 0 0
3 3 3 3
0 0 0 0

003230
002030
030030
020030

And now let's identify the note names from each:

003230 = E,A,F,A,D,E = This is basically a Dm add9 with the 9, E, also in the bass, so try Dmadd9/E (in BIAB likely the best you can do is Dm/E, which would not have the high E in it but should work okay).

002030 = E,A,E,G,D,E = Try Em11 in BIAB. If that sounds too harmonically rich, then just try a plain vanilla Em7, which will only leave out that A.

030030 = E,C,D,G,D,E = This one is a recipe for mud because of the C and D in the 5th and 4th strings being side by side, a Major 2nd. I would name it a Cadd9/E, another one that BIAB likely can't recognize directly. Ignore those who will come along and try to call it anything else with two-digit number after the letter, it really isn't. The one to try in BIAB would be Em7#5, which would include all the same notes or should, depending upon style and instrument part.

020030 = E,B,D,G,D,E = The easiest one, this is a simple Em7


Bear in mind that the voicing of each chord will likely be different when used in autoaccompaniment. Voicing is the location of each note. For instance, a different voicing of the same chord might place that low A up one octave. Still the same chord name, but a slightly different sound.

If you want to nail them exactly in a program like BIAB, you could enter the notes one at a time on the Melody or Soloist track, using the PianoRoll if you don't read music all that well, then apply an acoustic guitar patch to the thing and go from there. Still won't likely sound like the big jangly thang you would have happening when playing such dense chords on your acoustic guitar, though. For that, you should consider hooking up a mic and recording your actual acoustic playing to an Audio track along with the rest of the song.


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