How do you read guitar tabs on the net?!
Question: The lines represent the strings on the guitar, and the numbers represent the frets. The top line is the first string (highest pitched). Here is an example of what a guitar tab usually looks like:
E ------------------------------
B ------------------------------
G ------------------------------
D ------------------------------
A ------------------------------
E ------------------------------
Here are the corresponding strings:
1 ------------------------------
2 ------------------------------
3 ------------------------------
4 ------------------------------
5 ------------------------------
6 ------------------------------
Remember that the first string is the highest pitched one (the bottom string when you are holding the guitar).
Here is what the guitar tab might look like with notes on it:
E -----4------------------------
B ---------------6------7------
G ------------------------------
D ------------------------------
A ------------------------------
E ------------------------------
In this case, you would play the 4th fret on the first string (E), followed by the 6th fret on the second string (B), then the 7th fret on the second string (B).
Also a tab may be written out like this:
E ------------------------------
B ------------------------------
G ------------------------------
D ---3--------------------------
A ---3--------------------------
E ---1--------------------------
In this case, you would hold down the 1st fret on the 6th string (E), the 3rd fret on the 5th string (A), and the 3rd fret on the 4th string (D), all at the same time, and strum only those three strings.
Note: Don't let the letters corresponding with the strings confuse you. They aren't important when reading tabs. They are just there to show which string is which.
Hope this helps!
Answers: The lines represent the strings on the guitar, and the numbers represent the frets. The top line is the first string (highest pitched). Here is an example of what a guitar tab usually looks like:
E ------------------------------
B ------------------------------
G ------------------------------
D ------------------------------
A ------------------------------
E ------------------------------
Here are the corresponding strings:
1 ------------------------------
2 ------------------------------
3 ------------------------------
4 ------------------------------
5 ------------------------------
6 ------------------------------
Remember that the first string is the highest pitched one (the bottom string when you are holding the guitar).
Here is what the guitar tab might look like with notes on it:
E -----4------------------------
B ---------------6------7------
G ------------------------------
D ------------------------------
A ------------------------------
E ------------------------------
In this case, you would play the 4th fret on the first string (E), followed by the 6th fret on the second string (B), then the 7th fret on the second string (B).
Also a tab may be written out like this:
E ------------------------------
B ------------------------------
G ------------------------------
D ---3--------------------------
A ---3--------------------------
E ---1--------------------------
In this case, you would hold down the 1st fret on the 6th string (E), the 3rd fret on the 5th string (A), and the 3rd fret on the 4th string (D), all at the same time, and strum only those three strings.
Note: Don't let the letters corresponding with the strings confuse you. They aren't important when reading tabs. They are just there to show which string is which.
Hope this helps!
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Each line represents a string. If you're reading tabs for a standard six-string guitar, the bottom string represents the lowest string (low E in standard tuning), the next line representing the next lowest string (A) etc. all the way to the top string (High E). Now, the numbers on the tabs explain which fret to play that string. It's pretty simple if you're learning a song you know (which you most likely will be) since you'll already know the basic timing and flow of the song you're learning. If this isn't the case, then figuring out how the song is supposed to sound might be difficult.
I also recommend downloading Powertab Editor, which lets you create your own tabs, as well as display "Powertabs," which display standard notation in addition to the tabs. Also, the Powertab software will let you play the song in midi format as it is tabbed out, so you can hear how the song is supposed to sound when played correctly.
Hope I helped, sorry if any of it is confusing.