How to play Comfortably Numb (Solo)

Pink Floyd

This tab has 45 notes, across the D, G, B and high e strings, frets 7 to 17, at 63 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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63BPM at full speed
45notes
7 to 17fret range
Advancedlevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E 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.

Comfortably Numb (Solo) tab, 45 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. F#5 high e string, fret 14
  2. G5 high e string, fret 15
  3. E5 B string, fret 17
  4. D5 B string, fret 15
  5. C#5 B string, fret 14
  6. C#5 B string, fret 14
  7. A4 G string, fret 14
  8. E4 D string, fret 14
  9. D4 D string, fret 12
  10. G5 high e string, fret 15
  11. E5 B string, fret 17
  12. D5 B string, fret 15
  13. C#5 B string, fret 14
  14. A4 G string, fret 14
  15. E4 D string, fret 14
  16. D4 D string, fret 12
  17. C#4 D string, fret 11
  18. B3 D string, fret 9
  19. A3 D string, fret 7
  20. G4 G string, fret 12
  21. F#4 G string, fret 11
  22. E4 D string, fret 14
  23. D4 D string, fret 12
  24. F#4 G string, fret 11
  25. E4 G string, fret 9
  26. D4 G string, fret 7
  27. E4 G string, fret 9
  28. D4 G string, fret 7
  29. B3 D string, fret 9
  30. D4 G string, fret 7
  31. E4 G string, fret 9
  32. F#4 G string, fret 11
  33. G4 G string, fret 12
  34. G5 high e string, fret 15
  35. F#5 high e string, fret 14
  36. E5 high e string, fret 12
  37. D5 B string, fret 15
  38. B4 B string, fret 12
  39. G4 G string, fret 12
  40. D4 D string, fret 12
  41. C4 D string, fret 10
  42. B3 D string, fret 9
  43. C4 D string, fret 10
  44. B3 D string, fret 9
  45. A3 D string, fret 7
Plain text tab
e|-14--15------------------------------15--------------------------|
B|---------17--15--14--14------------------17--15--14--------------|
G|-------------------------14--------------------------14----------|
D|-----------------------------14--12----------------------14--12--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------12--11----------11--9--7--9--7-----7--9--11--|
D|-11--9--7----------14--12------------------9------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----15--14--12-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------15--12---------------------------|
G|-12----------------------12-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------12--10--9--10--9--7--|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: D4, D string, fret 12, 4 times.

Strings
D, G, B and high efour strings
Frets
7 to 17
Lowest note
A3D string, fret 7
Highest note
G5high e string, fret 15
Open strings
Noneevery note is fretted
Tempo
63 BPM32 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 (32 BPM), 0.75x (47 BPM) or 1x (63 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 8 to 11, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 14, 12, 15, 17 across the D, B and high e strings).

  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.

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