How to Read Guitar Tab (Lesson 18)
Sign up for free iOS apps! http://bit.ly/FREEAPPS Lesson 18: How to Read Guitar Tabs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabs are great aids for beginners to learn certain songs easily and quickly. Thomas will teach you how to properly read and use guitar tabs to your advantage. Guitar Tablature --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading tablature (guitar tab) is quite simple, and the main advantage of learning to read tabs is that you can find tabs of almost any song or guitar solo online for free. The way tabs are displayed is the same as if you rotated your guitar neck so that it's facing you. The letters all the way to the left are the names of the six strings from highest to lowest, and the dashes running horizontally are there to represent the strings themselves. The numbers represent which fret to play, the 0's represent that you play an open string, and the x's represent a string that isn't played. It's a lot like reading chord charts in that way. Most of the time you won't find x's in tabs, but they are occasionally used to represent chords. The diagram above shows how a D major chord is written in tablature. Most guitar tabs you'll come across online will look like this (see below): The letters above each vertical division (highlighted in yellow) represent the chord that is place at that interval in the song. Referring to the example, when the G chord is played in the song, you'll play in succession: open G string, open B string, 3rd fret on the high E string, then the 2nd fret on the A string. When the D chord is played, you'll play: open D string, 2nd fret on the G string, open D string AND 3rd fret on the high E string, then the open high E string. One of the disadvantages to learning songs using tabs is that you don't know exactly what the rhythm of the guitar part is. That's why it's always a good idea to listen to the song you want to learn first, then use the tab as an aid for finding the exact notes to play. Read more by visiting our page at: http://www.mahalo.com/lesson-18-how-to-read-guitar-tabs/
Sign up for free iOS apps! http://bit.ly/FREEAPPS Lesson 18: How to Read Guitar Tabs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabs are great aids for beginners to learn certain songs easily and quickly. Thomas will teach you how to properly read and use guitar tabs to your advantage. Guitar Tablature --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading tablature (guitar tab) is quite simple, and the main advantage of learning to read tabs is that you can find tabs of almost any song or guitar solo online for free. The way tabs are displayed is the same as if you rotated your guitar neck so that it's facing you. The letters all the way to the left are the names of the six strings from highest to lowest, and the dashes running horizontally are there to represent the strings themselves. The numbers represent which fret to play, the 0's represent that you play an open string, and the x's represent a string that isn't played. It's a lot like reading chord charts in that way. Most of the time you won't find x's in tabs, but they are occasionally used to represent chords. The diagram above shows how a D major chord is written in tablature. Most guitar tabs you'll come across online will look like this (see below): The letters above each vertical division (highlighted in yellow) represent the chord that is place at that interval in the song. Referring to the example, when the G chord is played in the song, you'll play in succession: open G string, open B string, 3rd fret on the high E string, then the 2nd fret on the A string. When the D chord is played, you'll play: open D string, 2nd fret on the G string, open D string AND 3rd fret on the high E string, then the open high E string. One of the disadvantages to learning songs using tabs is that you don't know exactly what the rhythm of the guitar part is. That's why it's always a good idea to listen to the song you want to learn first, then use the tab as an aid for finding the exact notes to play. Read more by visiting our page at: http://www.mahalo.com/lesson-18-how-to-read-guitar-tabs/