| Guitar tablature is the easiest method of | | | | have it available. |
| transcribing and reading guitar music. It is a great | | | | Reading guitar tablature is done from high to low |
| tool for learning new songs and growing your | | | | and left to right, just like in standard musical staff. |
| repertoire. You don't need to know how to read | | | | The six horizontal lines represent the guitar strings |
| music to be able to read guitar music in tab | | | | from 1st, top E (thin) to 6th, bottom E (thick) |
| notation. Put simply it is a system of characters | | | | while the numbers represent the frets where the |
| and symbols used to express how guitar music is | | | | notes are played. I strongly recommend you join |
| played. It is a simple system that uses illustrations | | | | an online guitar learning program where you can |
| on the fret board of the guitar to show you how | | | | be thoroughly shown and taught everything about |
| to play guitar music with all its wonderful | | | | guitar tab. |
| expressive little tricks like bends, pull-offs and | | | | Guitar tablature is the international language of |
| hammer-ons. | | | | rock guitarists online and offline. Many a great |
| It is a great method for self-taught guitarists who | | | | guitar solos are transcribed by aspiring players |
| don't know how to read music. It is a lot easier to | | | | using tab notation. It is also a great help for |
| understand and faster to learn than the | | | | beginners to start learning melodies. It is included |
| conventional written music approach. It shows the | | | | in all online guitar teaching courses to facilitate the |
| full fingering layout of a song on the fret board | | | | note reading process. Instead of learning the |
| and makes it a lot easier for guitarists to | | | | notes on a musical staff, the notes are shown |
| understand what notes to play and where to play | | | | using numbers on the fret board. Simple, easy and |
| them. You will fast-track your learning process | | | | fast learning and a great way to know your way |
| knowing which playing position to use for a certain | | | | around the fret board. |
| part or riff of a song. | | | | You'll have to be familiar with the songs you want |
| If you are new to guitar tab, here is a quick way | | | | to learn to be able to read their tab notation |
| to familiarize yourself with this new language: go | | | | effectively because as opposed to traditional |
| to a search engine and type in "a song title" | | | | musical notation, tablature does not easily indicate |
| followed by the + sign followed by "guitar tab". | | | | rhythm and feel. I guess every system has its |
| Make sure you put "quotes" around the "song | | | | own weaknesses! But the strong points by far |
| title" and "guitar tab". For example, if you want to | | | | out weigh the weak ones. The faster you learn, |
| learn how to play "Angie" by The Rolling Stones; | | | | the more inspired you are likely to be... and the |
| type "angie"+"guitar tab" That song will then come | | | | better you will express yourself on the guitar. |
| up written in guitar tab on all the websites that | | | | |