How to make a tab

Discussion in 'Guitar Tablature Discussion' started by rabi_sultan, Sep 23, 2004.

  1. rabi_sultan

    rabi_sultan <Bulla Ki Jana>

    someone asked me how to write out a tab before the board got nuked.

    mods/admins maybe a sticky? also feel free to edit to add things in if you want.
    here's the guide:

    '-' no note being played on that string
    '|' bar
    '||' end of song
    'p' pull
    'h' hammer
    's' slide
    'b' bend
    '10(12)' bend string at fret 10 so it matches sound at fret 12
    '10(9)' same concept as above except you bend 10 down to get the sound of 9
    'x' you play the string muted
    'r' rest
    '~' let ring

    IMPORTANT we are using courier new font so that all the charachters have even spacing, you must make sure that you get the spacing even otherwise the tab would look ugly.
    You also put the tab inside a code box so that it is easier for people to locate and things look nice and neat :)



    Code:
                         D         Ab     C     C          D
    e|------------------------|------------------|-r---------||
    b|-------------------3~~~-|----3-----5-----5-|-r------3--||
    g|-------------------2~~~-|----3-----5-----5-|-r------2--||
    d|----------------0~~~~~~-|-------3-----5----|-r---0-----||
    a|--0--h2(1)--p0----------|-0--1-----3-----3-|-r---------||
    e|------------------------|------------------|-r---------||
    


    The code for this is :

    [ font = courier new ][ code ]
    D Ab C C D <-- these are spaced out but under default font they lose that setting!!
    e|------------------------|------------------|-r---------||
    b|-------------------3~~~-|----3-----5-----5-|-r------3--||
    g|-------------------2~~~-|----3-----5-----5-|-r------2--||
    d|----------------0~~~~~~-|-------3-----5----|-r---0-----||
    a|--0--h2(1)--p0----------|-0--1-----3-----3-|-r---------||
    e|------------------------|------------------|-r---------||
    [ /code ][ /font ]
    REMEMBER TO PUT THE FONT BEFORE THE CODE!!!
     

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