How to read tablature for guitar?

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The topic in this article will be about the tablature system,which is designed to enable guitarists to communicate with each other in a single language. The notes in the tablature are very convenient, intuitive, and it seems that you do not even need to write an article about it. However, we will write. So:

How to read tablature for guitar?

Let's start in order. What do we see when we look at the tablature? Basic elements (example tablature from the program Guitar Pro):

The musical mill. A note mill is a line drawn from one edge of the sheet to the other. If we're talking about guitar parts, then every band is a guitar string. Above - the first string (the thinnest), and below - the sixth or seventh string (the thickest, respectively).
The music mill is divided into bars. Depending on the size of the piece of music, draw a line that indicates the end of one measure and the beginning of another. This vertical line.
Numbers that are combined by different durations of sounds. The numbers indicate the correct mode, on which the sounding note is located.
Sometimes to tablature we add the notationways to extract sounds. There is a lot of this way. There is no point in describing them, since in order to learn how to read tablatures, the above listed elements are sufficient. To reproduce the ways to extract sound, you must, first of all, learn how to play correctly.

Here are the main elements that we canwatch, and that will help us read the tablature for the guitar. How do we understand what to play? Everything is very simple. The figure is the right way. Suppose the number 3 is written. Our first step in finding a note is to find a harmony. If on the tab 3, then we need a third mode. On the third fret, as a rule, on many guitars there is a mark in the form of a dot. Suppose that a fret is found. Excellent. We look at the tablature once again and count on which string the string is in, the number three is located. We see that it is located on string number 3 (this is the third from above). So we found the right note. It remains to play it. Accordingly, we clamp the third string on the third fret and try to extract the sound. I think you did it. If not, read the manual again.

What to do if the notes are arranged above each otherfriend. No problem - there is a way to play this scenario as well. If several numbers are lined up in a column, then this is a chord. We need to try to clamp all the notes at the same time and sound the right strings.

In spite of such a long explanation, the game ofTablature is simple and concise. We do not mean a lot of complicated musical works. The main thing is to start and try to play. You very quickly understand the system of guitar tablature.

There are tabs for all instruments. Of particular interest are tablatures for percussion and percussion. There really is a huge amount of notation, which, however, does not seem difficult to remember. Experience comes with activity.

If you have never encountered beforemusical theory, then it may be difficult for you to understand the length of the notes. Let's try to figure out the length of time. So, the longest note is called "whole". It sounds all tact. If, say, the size of a piece of music is four quarters, then the whole sounds 4 beats in time. It is denoted by a number without a vertical line, when in classical notes it is denoted by a hollow. Then comes the "half". This note sounds, in our case, the pitch of tact, that is, two hits. "Quarter" is the third note for the duration of the sound. It sounds one-quarter of a bar and is indicated by a single vertical bar. "Eighth" - the floor of the "quarter" sounds. Indicate the eighth vertical line with a tail. The eighth are interconnected in a tablature with a greasy crossbar at the bottom or at the top of the connected notes. "Sixteenth" - sounds half eighth and one fourth quarter. It is also designated as the eighth, only with two tails. Between each other such notes are connected by a double greasy line.

These are the main durations that are used in musical works and guitar tablature. But do not stop there, read the tablature and learn new details.