I find reading guitar tabs really confusing so if anyone knows where I could get (perferably for free) a clear and detailed guide that that would be awsome?
try this link:
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Guitar-Tabs
http://guitar.about.com/library/blhowtoreadtab.htm
http://www.guitartutoronline.com/
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I would like free guitar tabs online to learn but i don't know if there are free ones and i'm having trouble looking on the internet. help please? thanks!
http://www.cyberfret.com/
http://www.ultimateguitar.com/
http://www.chordie.com/
http://www.aztabs.com
http://www.tabcrawler.com/
These are a few that I know of, hope this helps.
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I recently aquired a bass guitar, and wwant to teach myself to play it - however, I can't read the tabs! Please help!
Thanks,
Tom.
OK, the thinnest string on your bass is the 1st string, and the thickest string is the 4th string (I assume your playing a 4-string bass, if not, your thickest string is the 5th.) Each line on a line of tab represents a string
1st ————————————-
2nd ————————————-
3rd ————————————-
4th ————————————-
Then, each number on one of those lines tells you where to fret that string. For example:
1st ————————————-
2nd ————4————————-
3rd ————————————-
4th ————————————-
The tab above is telling you to hold down the 2nd string on the 4th fret. If you have several seccussive numbers:
1st ————————–2————–2—-2–
2nd —2—2—–4—-4———-0—0———–2
3rd ————————————————–
4th ————————————————–
Read it left to right like a sentence. Basically, if you can imagine a straight vertical line sliding left to right along a tab, every time that line contacts a number, you play it. That means if there are severaly numbers contacted at the same time, play them all at the same time.
Last of all, tabs do not provide any sort of info on the rythym of a song. So it's hard to play a song you've never heard before, even with tabs. There are also many other symbols commonly used in tab writing, and the author of the tab usually offers a key at the beginning to tell you what they mean.
Hope that helped. Good Luck!
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Ok so I got this new acoustic guitar and I have no idea at all how to play. I had seen all of my friends playing a guitar one day and I decided to get one also. Problem is, is that I have no clue how to play it. So does anyone know any sites that have some easy acoustiv guitar tabs for rock music? It would really help me out Thanx.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
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I want to learn a few songs on the guitar to street perform and earn money. So how do tabs work? Is the number the fret you play?
e——————————–
B——————————–
G——————————–
D——————————–
A——————————–
E——————————–
Numbers are then placed on these lines to represent finger positions on the guitar fret board. If you read the diagram below you would play this on a guitar by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string (or the second thickest string). As musical notes this would read as follows B B B C# B A. The ‘zero’ represents playing an open string. So in this case you would play the A open with no finger position on the fretboard.
e——————————-
B——————————-
G——————————-
D——————————-
A–2–2–2–4–2–0————
E——————————-
How To Read Guitar Tab Chords
To tab a chord the notes would be placed in a vertical line upon the horizontal ones. This diagram represents a C Chord. You would strum the bottom 5 strings of the guitar in one motion if you were to read this tab properly.
e–0—————————-
B–1—————————-
G–0—————————-
D–2—————————-
A–3—————————-
E——————————-
And this one you would strum the ‘C Chord’ three times.
e–0–0–0———————
B–1–1–1———————
G–0–0–0———————
D–2–2–2———————
A–3–3–3———————
E——————————
The one shortcoming of guitar tab is it doesn’t usually represent how long to hold a note for, or rhythm very well. Although some good tab writers will represent it by how much space is between each note. Tab works best if you listen to the song for guidance on timing then read the notes and practice it. Here for example is the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, note the distances between the numbers, the first ‘0′ would ring slightly longer then the next 4 notes and the distance between D2 and D0 would also indicate a break in timing:
e—————————–
B—————————–
G—————————–
D———–2—0—4—0-2–
A———2——-2—2——-
E-0—3-4———————
Tablature Symbols
The numbers don’t really describe the subtle techniques that a guitarist can execute, these are the tablature symbols that represent various techniques.
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - right hand tap
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
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I'm a self-taught begginer and I am soo confused by guitar tabs. Could someone help explain them to me?
Also, I play an acoustic guitar and am looking for easy songs to play. Any suggestions?
I am right handed and I know how to read sheet music. Just tabs I don't get, but I'm starting to have a better understanding 
alright so assuming you are right handed…when you look at the tab…….the bottom line is the string closest to you and the numbers are what fret to play on so lets say if youre looking at a tab and it says
——————————5——————————-
————————–4—————————————
————————————————————————
———————————————————————————
————————————————————-
———————————————————-
you would play the b string on the fourth fret and then the high e string on the 5th fret
also i suggest learning to read actual music
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Im trying to learn guitar and my grandfathers teaching me. I cant always reach him whenever I need help and I dont want to have to go through lessons just for one question. I just want to know how to read guitar tabs.
Letters refer to the strings. Numbers refer to what fret is played on that particular string. A zero (0) means it's an open string. A number with an X means what fret, and how many times you play it.
Whether you want it, or not, here it is.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=how+to+read+guitar+tabs&fr=ush-ans
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When I read guitar tabs, I'm wondering why the chord is on top, when the fingering itself is different. Can someone explain this to me?
What you need to understand is, that in music we know a chord that is played at the moment and a chord as a harmony term. I'll explain you now what a chord is so that you can grasp it fully.
A chord is a group of at least three different pitches sounding simultaneously. For instance, G major chord is G, B and D. G minor chord is G, Bb and D….B vs. Bb…see the difference??
So now, this is a chord….G chord on guitar can be played in many many ways (at least 15 I would say), but the chord charts provide only a few which are most useful and comfortable to alternate. But there are also many other ways…for instance:
EADGBe
320033
320003
xxx003
3×0003
3554xx
355433
35000x
and many many more…I even didn't move up the fretboard. All of these contain G, B and D ..AND have G as a root (the lowest pitch is G…3rd fret on E string or open G string…there are G notes, apart from other places).
Now there is a term chord used in harmony. This means that in a particular bar there is a sense of this chord sounding although it is not sounding. If you play G B and D like:
e——-
B————–0—–3
G——————-
D—————
A—–2—5——-
E–3————–
you'll hear the sense of that chord….play this tab and then strum a Gchord after it….can you hear it?? So why do they write it above the staff as well?
They write it so that people know what the chords are if they want improvise a solo over it….or write some additional lines etc. Simply, this information makes it easier for them to further work with the song (not just play it, but add something new to it).
EXAMPLES:
Guns n' Roses - Don't Cry….simply put it goes Abm - Dbm - Gb - Cb/Gb…play this chords and you will hear it.
Guns n' Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door….goes Gb - Db - Cb (in verses it goes Gb - Db - Abm…then the previous)
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters….goes in verses: Em - D - C
So to sum up, fingerings don't mean anything…really nothing. The pitches are important (anyway, try to downtune your guitar and use the same fingering….it doesn't work anymore when you play along, does it?). In more intelligent music we use many ways to present the harmony - if we played as though reading it out of a chord chart, the music would be very primitive and boring, would it not?. You can hear it in works of great classical composers like Beethoven and Bach, in any blues piece (here is the mood very important), rock pieces like Megadeth, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Iced Earth, The Who etcetc…the list goes on. The pitches don't sound at the same time, but the sense is there…so the CHORDS are there as well.
I hope this helps. Good luck:)
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I have no clue how to play them! I am a beginner. I am teaching myself from a lesson book. It tells me how to finger the notes and chords and where they are on the staff. Then, it gives me a song to play. With notes on a staff. When I look at guitar TABS on the internet, they look like a foreign language! Help!
e|———————|
B|—1—————-|
G|———————|
D|——2————-|
A|———-3———-|
E|———————|
In this tab, as you can see, the letters correspond to the strings. "e" being the thin string, closest to the floor when you hold your guitar properly, and "E" being the thick string closest to your face. So this tab shows a C chord arpeggiated (plucked one at a time), so what you do is put your index finger on the first fret on the B string and then just strum that string only. Then your middle finger on the second fret of the D string and strum that. And your ring finger on the third fret on the A string and strum that.
And if it's something like this:
e|———————|
B|—1—————-|
G|—0—————-|
D|—2—————-|
A|—3—————-|
E|———————|
where those four numbers are directly one another, you put your fingers like before all at once. But if there's a 0 on the line, that means you don't press down on any frets and just play the string as is. So when you strum these four strings, you'll play the C chord.
There are also other little symbols that tabs show. Some basic ones are:
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
~ - vibrato
s, /, \ - slide
x - mute
I'm thinking maybe your book will show you what those mean, but if it doesn't, you can always ask again. Good luck and I hope that made sense.
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I'm a beginner at the guitar, but I know how to read tabs. Do you know any easy tabs I can play on the acoustic guitar?
Thanks!
Hey There!
Well to begin with you want to be learning to play small riffs, or the basic chords to a song so you can play along with it.
For example when I began playing I learnt to read tab and then searched all the basic guitar chords (A,B,C,D,E,F,G & Am,Bm,Cm,Dm,Em,Fm,Gm) "m means minor". Once I had learnt these I began playing small songs such as the "james bond" riff.. Or something like (Smoke on the water - deep purple)
All of these tabs can be easily found on the following websites:
www.ultimate-guitar.com
www.guitaretab.com/
www.guitarzone.com/
www.911tabs.com/
PS you may also want to watch some video lessons on YouTube.com.
Hope this helps yah!
Daniel,
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