This is a topic created specifically for discussing the new Banjo Hangout tab archive tools (http://www.banjohangout.biz/tab/)

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_eric
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Posted - 08/30/2009 :  14:50:08            

Hi Eric, I just tried to 'rate' one of the tabs on the site but it wouldn't let me - it said web page unavailable. Cheers, Martin

Happy Pickin''
Martin

Posted - 08/31/2009 :  16:46:24            

This is fixed now, Martin.

_eric
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Posted - 09/04/2009 :  06:31:32      

Eirc,
As a novice picker and a comper nerd to the nth degree, I love the filters that can be applied. Great work!!

Scott
“You Can Hang a Sign on a Pig Saying It''s a Horse...But It’s Still Just a Pig.”

Posted - 09/04/2009 :  10:14:56            

Now we just need to get the "historic" tabs to have more data associated with them, so those filters do some good. We'll get the tab team together soon!

_eric
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Posted - 09/04/2009 :  11:10:25    

The search doesn't seem to work at all if you select the difficulty levels, other than the all difficulty levels, I tried a couple of times,setting most to the default selection, but it doesn't generate any results.

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Edited by - mantelln on 09/04/2009 11:14:11

Posted - 09/04/2009 :  11:39:53            

That's because the old tabs haven't been entered into the new system--giving a tab a difficulty level, tuning, genre, etc is optional, you see!

Hopefully once we get the tab team going, they can go in and update existing tabs.

_eric
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Posted - 09/05/2009 :  11:31:02      

Hi Eric - I love the ability to upload tabs! Just did my first one in PDF format. Got this page:

Rickett's Hornpipe

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0006'

Overflow: 'cint'

/pages/tab/browse.asp, line 448

Greg Gilbert
gl.gilbert@lycos.com

Posted - 09/07/2009 :  10:11:19            

Hi Eric,
you only have two possible tunings listed in the drop down box - regular and Gm. Any chance of any more?

Martin

PS excellent work, by the way!

Happy Pickin'
Martin

Posted - 09/07/2009 :  11:15:10  

Yeah--I need to figure out what I should do with that tunings list. Because there are hundreds of possible tunings out there...but I probably don't want to list that many. Any ideas?

Posted - 09/07/2009 :  11:15:50  

Also--we fixed the bug that Greg mentioned above.

Posted - 09/07/2009 :  12:12:13      

quote:

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Originally posted by schlange2

Yeah--I need to figure out what I should do with that tunings list. Because there are hundreds of possible tunings out there...but I probably don't want to list that many. Any ideas?

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Posted - 09/11/2009 :  20:54:44    

Just tried to download a TABLEDIT format file. It didn't download; rather, it opened as html in my browser. I'm using a Macbook. This problem did not occur with the old version of hangout.

Cheers,

RayD

Posted - 09/12/2009 :  16:01:31        

I might have missed something here but I used to look for tab posted by specific authors but now they all, or nearly all, say posted by Schlange. How can I find my favourite tab posters please Eric?

Just remember You belong to You

Posted - 10/21/2009 :  20:22:54    

I just posted a verbal description of Tommy Jarrell's "Frankie and Johnny", which he taught me in 1973. I don't know how to do tabs, and don't know what you mean when you say I "must post a file in order for the tab to be visible to the public". I thought I just "posted" it by "saving" it.

Bart Brush

Posted - 10/22/2009 :  18:48:23  

Hello Eric - I would very much like to uncover any TABs that may have been posted for the Tenor Banjo, specifically an Irish tune (GDAE). However, the TAB archive does not have a selection for me to query in this manner. Can you help? I am sure that if this selection were made available, and if you were then to notify those in the Irish Tenor forum for instance, that tenor players would then begin uploading these as well (over and above what 5-string players have been uploading). Thank you kindly.

Rob MacNeil

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Posted - 10/23/2009 :  11:08:37            

I'll do even better--I added Standard, Irish, AND Chicago tenor tuning to the list! Which Irish tenor forum are you talking about? If any of you tenor players want to help spread the word so we can get more tenor tabs, that would be great!

_eric
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Posted - 10/23/2009 :  19:10:34  

Eric - I was referring to the Forum entitled "Playing Advice: 4-String". I see that you've already set up this ability for 4-string uploads/queries, and also advised those in that forum. It'll be interesting to see how many people begin uploading. Thanks!

Rob MacNeil

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"You'd better cut the pizza in four pieces, cause I'm not hungry enough to eat six." - Yogi Berra

Edited by - robmacneil on 10/23/2009 19:43:44

Posted - 10/25/2009 :  15:23:08    

i tried to open a tabledit and it did was bring a page with a bunch uf random cumputer mumbo jumbo it would not downlaod

Posted - 11/01/2009 :  09:41:35        

Eric,

Is there a way to search for postings of tabs by specific people? I would like to be able to point my banjo students to my tabs, for example, but I can't find a way to do so. Ditto for Jack Baker's tabs.

Thanks,

Michael
michael.corcoran@usask.ca

Posted - 11/10/2009 :  23:22:36    

Hi - I love the new format, I think it is going to be a lot more useful.

Question: If a link is broken, where should we report it?

The link for "Little Darlin Pal of Mine" points to a geocities website which is no longer there.

Keep up the good work!

Ken

Posted - 11/11/2009 :  07:32:56    

Still can't click to download a tab from Safari. It opens in the browser. This did not happen before the changeover.

Cheers,

RayD

Posted - 11/11/2009 :  07:48:33        

When we view the tab archives we see the name of the song but not who did the arrangement, so it's difficult to select the song version you want unless it's downloaded and viewed, then you can see who did the arrangement. Under the old tab system, the author of the tab could be directly viewed. Any way to fix this easily?

Ken Stevens
Grafton, MA

Posted - 11/11/2009 :  19:13:25        

For safari, pull up your downloads window, then click on the Tabledit link, hold it, and drag it into the downloads box. Let go, & it'll start downloading. I had the same problem of the tab opening in the browser and just being computer language.

73, Brennen

Bill Monroe (to Don Reno): Where's your capo, Don?

Don (to Bill): Where's yours?

Posted - 11/11/2009 :  19:37:55    

Brennen,

Thanks for the tip. I would still like to see the one-button solution restored if possible in Safari. It just boggles me how something that worked before the upgrade doesn't work afterward.

Cheers,

RayD

Posted - 11/16/2009 :  13:57:56  

I admit that I'm dense, but the tab files have .tef extensions and I have no idea what type of file this is and how can I see it?? What is this file format?
Thanks.


Jim