Hello, all! I'm new here, and I have a question about the chord notation in Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Blues. Granted, I'm a bit of a guitar neophyte, but my husband is a bit more knowlegeable and even he's stumped by this. I'll be really embarrassed if it's something seriously beginner level that we've just both managed to miss <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/wink.gif" width=15 height=15>

Anyway, in the copy of the chord progression here on arlo.net, and everywhere else I've found it on the internet, there are a bunch of chord definitions at the beginning that look like this: {define: Bb 1 -1 3 3 3 1 -1}. Our questions are, what is meant by -1? And, why are there seven numbers there instead of six?

Thank you!
-Tara

Seems like you waited awhile for a reply unless you got it somewhere else. I was browsing around the subjects and found the message. From the numbers I guess your looking at tablature. I don't know 'tab' but my guess on the minus 1 (-1) is that it signifies "hammer" or finger off. Your husband may be familiar with this term. I play blues a lot and hammer on and off is used quite a bit. I hope this helps or you have got your answer already. <img src="http://www.arlo.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif" width=15 height=15>