How to play Brain Stew

Green Day

This tab has 30 notes, all on the low Eb string, open strings up to fret 5, at 76 BPM. The record is in Eb standard, so tune every string down a half step to play along. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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76BPM at full speed
30notes
0 to 5fret range
Beginnerlevel

The tab

Eb standard

Each line is a string: high eb on top, low Eb at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes. Tune every string down a half step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Brain Stew tab, 30 notes, eb standard. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  2. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  3. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  4. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  5. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  6. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  7. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  8. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  9. Eb2 open low Eb string
  10. Eb2 open low Eb string
  11. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  12. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  13. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  14. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  15. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  16. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  17. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  18. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  19. Eb2 open low Eb string
  20. Eb2 open low Eb string
  21. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  22. Ab2 low Eb string, fret 5
  23. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  24. Gb2 low Eb string, fret 3
  25. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  26. F2 low Eb string, fret 2
  27. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  28. E2 low Eb string, fret 1
  29. Eb2 open low Eb string
  30. Eb2 open low Eb string
Plain text tab
Eb standard

eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1--0--0--5--5--3--3--2--2--|

eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-1--1--0--0--5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1--0--0--|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: Ab2, low Eb string, fret 5, 6 times.

Tuning
Eb standardTune every string down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
Strings
Low Ebone string only
Frets
0 to 50 is an open string
Lowest note
Eb2open low Eb string
Highest note
Ab2low Eb string, fret 5
Open strings
6of 30 notes
Tempo
76 BPM38 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (38 BPM), 0.75x (57 BPM) or 1x (76 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 10 to 13, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 0, 5, 5, 3 on the low Eb string).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to Eb standard

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