TAB (TABLATURE)

Tab is a popular way of writing guitar music down on paper.

It is made up of 6 lines and each line represents a string on the guitar - E, A, D, G, B, e.

Thinnest & highest sounding string e

B
G
D
A
Thickest & lowest sounding string E

The numbers show you which fret you will be playing.

In this example it will be -

0 0 3 5 open string / open string / 3rd fret / 5th fret

The numbers are placed on the line which indicates

which string you will be playing. In this example you
will be playing -

B string

When the numbers a shown next to eachother it

the notes will be played one after the other.

0
2 When there are numbers on top of each other
this means that the notes will be played at the
2 same time. A chord.

2 In this example the TAB shows an -

0 A Major

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