hi!! can anyone tell me how to read tabs? i dont understand them. i know how to play chords though. can any1 pls explain me???? thanx in adv. :dance:
hi i m trying to make u understand TAB will tell you what notes to play - it will tell you which string to hit and which fret to fret it at. TAB will tell you where hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, slides, harmonics and vibrato are used. However it will not tell you exactly how long or how short they are. there r six string in guitar .The top line is the highest pitch string, and the bottom line is the lowest pitch string. Below is a blank bit of TAB with the string names at the left. E---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- Numbers are written on the lines to show you where to fret the string with the left hand. If a zero appears , this means play the open string. Like standard musical notation, you read from left to right to find out what order to play the notes. The following piece of TAB would mean play the sequence of notes (E F F# G G# A) on the bottom E string by moving up a fret at a time, starting with the open string. E---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---0--1--2--3--4--5--------------------------------------------- OK so far ? Here we have notes being played one at a time. If two or more notes are to be played together, they are written on top of one another, again just like standard notation. In the next example we have a G bar chord. E----3------------------------------------------------------------ B----3------------------------------------------------------------ G----4------------------------------------------------------------ D----5------------------------------------------------------------ A----5------------------------------------------------------------ E----3------------------------------------------------------------ You might see the same chord written like this : E--------3-------------------------------------------------------- B-------3--------------------------------------------------------- G------4---------------------------------------------------------- D-----5----------------------------------------------------------- A----5------------------------------------------------------------ E---3------------------------------------------------------------- Which would mean strum the same shape starting at the bottom string, so that each string is hit slightly later than the last string, but all notes will ring together. Below is am example of the same shape again, but now the gaps between the notes are bigger - so you would probably pick the strings separately instead of slowly strumming the shape. E------------------3---------------------------------------------- B---------------3-----3-------------------------------------------- G------------4-----------4----------------------------------------- D---------5-----------------5-------------------------------------- A------5-----------------------5---------------------------------- E---3-----------------------------3-------------------------------- TAB should give you some indications of timing. the spacing of the notes on the TAB should tell you which notes are the long ones, and which are the short and fast ones, but obviously it won't tell you if a note is a triplet or anything like that. now try this E|---0-2---3--2-0--2-------0--0---0--------------------| B|---------------------3-------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| ef# g f# e f# d e e e ek ladakee bheegee bhaagee see, sotee raaton mein jaagee see E|------5----7--7-8--7---7-----------5-5-7---5----5----| B|----8------------------------7--8--------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| g a b b c b b f# g a a b a a milee ek ajanabee se, koee aage naa peechhe E|-----------------------------------------------------| B|---7------8---7----5-7----5---3---5-5-5--------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------| f# g f# e f# e d e e e ho... tum hee kaho ye koee baat hai its very long i think now u can ply this hope i make u understand if u understant then i will post sign used in writting tabs till then bye
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