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OK. I asked around and I didn't seem to get a right answer and some people told me to come to you b/c you have the guitar know-how. So here's my question.
High E-3---------------
B -0---------------
G -0--------------
D -0---------------
A -2---------------
Low E -3---------------
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the dashes, in this case, represent nothing - they just show the virtual string on which you are playing. So, in this case, you're looking at the G major chord. Typicaly, you'll see it written as 320003, which corresponds to the notes G, B, D, G, B, G - and the tablature you show is exactly that.
Now, if the tab were showing an actual song, the amount of space left between notes can be indicative of how long/short the note is. I've also seen people write an extra line above the tab with "W", "H", "q", "e", "s" for whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes.
When you see a dash, in the simplest sense, it just means that nothing is going on on that string at that particular moment.
Feel free to spew any other guitarish questions my way.
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thank you so much! I mean I know how to play guitars I just didn't know how to read the tabs and what the dashes meant! I officially owe you for the rest of my life! I mean, my band mates aren't gonna be pissed at me for having them explaining all these things to me. Thank you so so so so so so so much!
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