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This page is a guide to learning Melrakki on a tapping Instrument such as the Chapman Stick or the acoustic Dragonfly DFA .

You don't need to know how to read music. In fact, you can get 90% of the way there just by watching the videos and referring to the Fretboard diagrams, and playing the song on the Musecore web page. The videos to go along with this piece are at this youtube playlist Melrakki tappetizer playlist

Background

• This song is by Mike Hoegeman

Musescore score + tabs

The Score (and tabs) to go along with the diagrams below is available Here Look for the ones with names that start with the Sarabande3. This is the authoritative one which is for twelve string Matched reciprocal tuning

Fretboard Diagrams and Instruction Videos

Note:

• Each of these diagrams is in 12 string matched reciprocal tuning. It will have link to a .fbjson file that you can download and then use in conjunction with the Fretboard diagammer web app
• You can read the file into it and change the tuning in the tuning configuration drop down and it will make a (simple minded) try at converting it.
• You can click on any diagram to get an enlarged version.

Elemental Structure

This song is in C minor, (Eb Major scale).

.fbjson file

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