Nows The Time tab by Charlie Parker

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			   Now's The Time - Charlie Parker
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Tabbed by: Blakeg14
Email: [email protected]


The other version of this song was not correct at all.

key of FF
1 Flat, That's a Bb majorBb

The melody:

Count off is 1 2 3 4
First note starts on the + of 4

(4)+ 1 + a 2  a  3 4
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|---------------------.----|--------------------.-----|
G+G|----10-10-11-12-----10----|----10-10-11-12-----10----|
D MajorD|-10--------------10-------|-10--------------10-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|--------------------------|

(4)+ 1 + a 2  a 3 + a 4  a 1 + a 2  a 3
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|-------------------.-----|
G+G|----10-10-11-12-----10-10-11-12-|---10-10-11-12-----10----|
D MajorD|-10--------------10-------------|-10--------------10------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

 (4)+ 1 + a 2  a 3 +   1 + a 2  a 3 +
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-----10-10-11-12----10---|-----10-10-11-12----10---|
D MajorD|--10-------------10----8-|--10-------------10----9-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|

(4)+ 1 + a 2  a 3 + a 4  a 1 + a 2  a 3
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|-------------------.-----|
G+G|----10-10-11-12-----10-10-11-12-|---10-10-11-12-----10----|
D MajorD|-10--------------10-------------|-10--------------10------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

(4)+
e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-13-10-----10--12-10-12-10-\8------------8------|
D MajorD|--------12----------------------10--10------(10)|last note is played
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|first time only
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
(listen to the song to figure out this part; there's
a triplet I didn't tab)

Now you can either play the melody again, or head to a solo in the
key of F.

Key Of FF = FF G+G A augmentedA Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD E MajorE FF

You can find these notes all over the guitar. As long as you
play these notes, you can solo. You need to learn pentatonic
scales first, then more lateral/horizontal scales.

Solo chords (mainly for two guitarists or a band; one plays chords
while the other solos over them)

  F7F7   Bb7Bb7 BdimBdim  F7F7     F7F7   Bb7Bb7    Bb7Bb7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4

  F7F7   Amin7 D7D7  Gmin   C7C7   Amin7 D7D7 Gmin7 C7C7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4

^The / don't mean slide here, they are count markers.
If there is one chord above the measure, it means that chord
is played 4 times or held the entire measure; if the measure
has two chords above it, then each chord receives half the
measure.

Chords used:

F7F7 - xx3210
Bb7Bb7 - x13131
BdimBdim - xx2343
Amin7 - x02010
D7D7 - xx0212
Gmin - 355333
Gmin7 - 353333
C7C7 - x32310

You can use these, or find a chord chart for more bassy chords.
That's all.

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| .  Staccato (short) NOT Palm mute