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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Beginner Guide For Learning Guitar Tabs

By Cindy Claire

Simply put, guitar tab is music written for playing guitar. It looks likes the notes made on a lined staff, but there is some difference if you examine closely.

Guitar tabs show you exactly which strings and frets to press to produce a particular song, and you will be able to find tabs for almost every song or music you can name of in a local music store or online. Although it takes some time to master guitar tabs, but it is a skill any serious guitar player should not skip.

To start to learn guitar tabs, you need first to familiarize yourself with the placement of the strings on the deck. The order is E, B, G, D, A, E, with the low E string being the thickest and the high E string the thinnest.

Accordingly, the tablature is written in six horizontal lines, each representing a different string on your guitar. There is also a number sign on each line, which indicates the fret on the guitar where you should place or pluck your finger.

You will also need to master various tablature notations, the basic ones including hammer (h), pull (p), slide up (/), and slide down (\). As you progress, you will also come to learn and practice vibrato, tapping and muting.

If you see a string of numbers that are placed horizontally one above another, that means you will need to play these simultaneously. Otherwise, if the notes are staggered along a line, they need to be played one by one. Quite often, you will also see the cord name for specific finger configuration.

One thing you will not discover from most of the tablature is the rhythm, which requires the players to listen to the song for a couple of times to get a feel for it.

Learning to read guitar tab is an essential skill. However boring it is, you need to stick to it and get beyond the first couple of weeks. - 18780

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