Converting Guitars Tabs to Virtual Piano Transcript

Here's an easy mapping from guitar tablature to keyboard:

....0..1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9.10.11.12....

Eb|-u--i--I--o--O--p--P--a--s--S--d--D--f----

Bb|-r--t--T--y--Y--u--i--I--o--O--p--P--a----

Gb|-w--W--e--E--r--t--T--y--Y--u--i--I--o----

Db|-9--(--0--q--Q--w--W--e--E--r--t--T--y----

Ab|-6--^--7--8--*--9--(--0--q--Q--w--W--e----

Eb|-3--4--$--5--%--6--^--7--8--*--9--(--0----

For example:

|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0---7-|

|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|

|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---0---------|

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

Should be played as:

|-3-w-r-u-r-w-|-3-w-r-u-r-w-|-3-w-r-u-r-w-|-3-w-r-u-r-a-|

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Here's the intro for Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. This one doesn't require any keyboard remapping. It's quite easy actually - the only tricky part is 9I that requires caps-lock on and off.

Video:

Transcript:

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r a 3a

r w ra u r w 3

w ra rs a p ra

p o I u

6u t u I u t

6 t u u 6tu 7u 8tu

8 t u t o u t 8tu 9yu

9 y I y u p u I r u

3 o a f r w

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r w

3 0 r u ao

9 e y 8 w tu

3 0 r u ao

9 e y 8 w tu

3 0 r u ao

9 p I y 8 o u t

5 o y r 7 I Y r

3 w r u r w

3 w r u r w

3 w r o w u r w (capslock on) 9I (capslock off)

9 o y w 8o y w

5 $ 3 w r o w u r w 9I

9 y e w 8y w y

5 $ 3 w r o w u r w 9I

9 o y w 8y y w

5 w yo 7er I I r

3 w r u r w

3 w r u

Chariots of Fire

Here is the music sheet for Chariots of Fire:

s 8qeg h j 80wh f -- s 8qeg h j 80wh

s 8qeg h j 80wh f -- f 8qeg f s 80ws

l k j h 0wrk h qetj g tuoh l k j h 0wrk

l k j h 0wrk h qetj g 80wh f f 8qeg f s 80ws

An easier version (without chords):

sghjhf sghjh sghjhf gfss lkjhk hjgh lkjhk lkjhk hjgh fgfss

J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Here is my attempt to play the beginning of "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" on Virtual Piano. Well, I must say that it sounds a lot better on Organ than on Piano, and also that my version is slower than it should be, but i'm still proud of it (and taking comfort that Bach is not listening:)

Please note that it requires remapping the keyboard. It's not absolutely necessary - if you play 'Pi' as 'P i' fast enough it sounds almost the same. Also '06Tpu' sounds almost as good even without the capital T.

Give it a try, it's a bit easier than it looks, but nevertheless, requires some practice.

Music Sheet:

jp ho jp ho gi fu dy ST dy

ep ow ep 0u iq *T 9y

6e 5w 6e 5w 4q 03 29 !* 29

2 * 0 w E T u 9ey 0 Q

*T 9y 0u *T 9y 0u *T 9y 0u *T 9y 0u

iq ow 0u iq ow 0u iq ow 0u iq ow

ep EP ow ep EP ow ep EP ow ep

ST dy fu ST dy fu ST dy fu ST dy fu

gi ho fu gi ho fu gi ho fu gi ho

jp JP ho jp JP ho jp JP ho jp

jp ho JP fu ho JP fu gi jp dy gi

jp dy fu ho st fu ho st dy gi

EP dy gi EP st fu ep st fu ep

EP dy ow EP dy ow ep st iq ep

st iq ow EP 0u ow EP 0u iq ep

9y iq ep 9y 0u ow *T 0u ow *T 2 *0EPTouw

p o i u y T r T e T u o o i o i o i u 29eiqy

p d p f p g p d p f p g p h p f p g p h p j p g p h p j p J p h p j p g p h p f p g p d p f p S p d p p p P p o p p p i p o p u p i p y p o p u p i p y p u p T p y p e p E p w p e p q p w p 0 p q p 9 p w p 0 p q p 9 p 0 p * p 9

y i P i t u p u E y o y e T u p

9y Pi 8e pu E^ oy 06Tpu

y i P i t u p u E y o y e T u p

9y Pi 8e pu E^ oy 06Tpu

o i u y T r T e r T y u i o p o i u i y i p S d p a S d f g h j J

9d Jg 8p fj P^ dh 6Sfju

d g J g s f j f P d h d p S f j

9d Jg 8p fj P^ dh 6Sfju