Long Distance Runaround: Authentic Guitar TAB

This collection captures the essential Yes catalog in complete, accurate TAB notation, giving guitarists direct access to the intricate riffs and layered passages that defined progressive rock. The 11 selections span the band's most iconic work and offer a masterclass in how to construct memorable melodic lines within complex harmonic and rhythmic frameworks.

These songs carry the expansive, exploratory spirit of progressive rock at its peak: passages shift between delicate fingerpicked sections and driving rhythmic grooves, melodies soar into unexpected registers, and the guitar weaves through dense arrangements as both anchor and featured voice. Playing through this collection feels like navigating intricate musical landscapes where precision, tone, and conviction all matter equally.

Intermediate to advanced guitarists interested in progressive rock repertoire and players seeking authentic transcriptions of Yes compositions for study or performance. This resource serves musicians who want to understand the technical and compositional approach behind one of rock's most influential bands.

• Pay attention to the rhythmic precision required in pieces like Roundabout; these compositions demand tight internal time and awareness of where the downbeat lands after polyrhythmic passages.
• Use the TAB alongside standard notation to clarify finger positioning on pieces with extended range or rapid position shifts, particularly in passages spanning multiple octaves.
• Work through Owner of a Lonely Heart and Money to understand how Yes balanced accessibility with sophistication, learning how melody can carry a song even when harmonic movement is unconventional.
• Study the fingerstyle and hybrid picking approaches evident in tracks like Mood for a Day, where tone control and articulation distinction between notes become as important as accuracy.

Guitarists preparing solo recitals can draw individual selections from this collection to showcase technical range and musicality. Program a Yes track alongside other progressive or art rock pieces to explore how the band's approach compares to their contemporaries, or use these transcriptions as reference material for a unit on 1970s rock composition and arrangement.

• Reading complex TAB notation with multiple voices and extended range
• Navigating time signature changes and polyrhythmic figures common to progressive compositions
• Developing finger independence and position shifting across the fretboard
• Interpreting fingerstyle and hybrid picking approaches from transcribed notation
• Understanding how melody functions within layered, harmonically adventurous arrangements