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how to read tabs
I know this is a hard question... but how do you read tabs??? Can you please explain? Thanks a lot in advance!
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....what kind of tabs? Guitar? If it's guitar and it's written correctly this is what it should look like:
TNT AC/DC
E)------------------------------------
B)------------------------------------
G)------------------------------------
D)----(2)---------------------------(2)
A)----(2)--(5)--(7)-----------------(2)
E)----(0)--(3)--(5)--(3)--(5)--(3)--(0)
Its written with the E on the bottom being the top string on the guitar or low E. The numbers in parentheses are the fret number that you place your fingers on.
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What?? Reading tabs is SO easy! Okay, well first thing to notice is the 6 lines. Starting from the bottom line would be the low E string. The top line would be the High E string. Wherever you see a number, that tells you what fret your finger needs to be on to play that chord. So for instance you see
--2--------- E
-------4---- B
------------ G
------------ D
------------ A
------------ E
I gave you all the notes to all the strings. So, on the High E string, your finger would go on the SECOND fret (2), and on the B string your finger would go on the FOURTH fret (4).
If you see something like this:
-----1------- E
-----3------- B
-----4------- G
-----2------- D
-----3------- A
-----2------- E
If you see them lined up like that (Do not attempt to play that because I just typed random numbers) That would be a chord. So you position your fingers so that all the notes are done at the same time when you strum. It seems alot harder with me explaining it to you on here, but if you go to guitar lessons, it would be alot easier for someone to show you on a guitar than typing it out like on here. But I hope it explained it to you OK. Good luck!
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Alright - well there are several different types of tabs...but I'll assume you're talking about guitar. The lines are as if you were looking down at your guitar:
High E-----------------
B-----------------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
Low E-----------------
The lines indicate strings, and the numbers represent the fret to press down on.
High E-----3-----------
B-----------------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
Low E-----------------
That ^ would mean that you play the high E string with the third fret held down. A "0" indicates an open string.
You read from right to left. So if this were in a piece of music:
High E--3--------------
B-----5-----------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----------------
Low E-----------------
You would play the 3 on high E first, and then the 5 on B second, and so on with more numbers.
If there were to be more than one number in a row, you would play both at the same time:
High E-3---------------
B-0---------------
G-0--------------
D-0---------------
A-2---------------
Low E-3---------------
That would be the G chord.
There are also more markings to make the music sound more complex, such as slide up (/), slide down () hammering, and more. If you need more help, email me at soccerfan728@sbcglobal.net. Hope I helped! ♥
<edit> I just looked at my answer and the lines got well..misaligned so copy my answer and line them up right, and then it won't look like I'm talking crazy and contradicting myself. :P
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