How to read tabs?

As you know, the easiest way to learnplaying guitar, is the study of guitar tabs (tablatures). For this, you do not have to comprehend the subtleties of musical notation. The main thing is to understand the rules of building and reading tablatures. We'll talk about how to read tabs correctly in this article.

In general, guitar tablatures resembletraditional music notation. The only thing in the classical record is five lines, and in the tab there are six. Each of them symbolizes a specific string of the instrument. The lower band corresponds to the thickest string, the upper one corresponds to the thinnest string, and so on.

On each of the presented strips are locatedfigures. They denote the ordinal number of the fret on which the string is clamped. So, one means that the string needs to be pressed on the first fret, the deuce - on the second fret and so on. If the string should remain open in one or the other part of the string (that is, not be jammed), it is displayed in the tabloid with zero. As for the meaning of "X", it means that in this part the string does not have to sound at all.

Single notes

In order to clearly explain how to extract individual notes on tabs, let's take the tablature of string "B". For example, it looks like this:

B ---------------------------------------------- 0 (B - C) ---- 1 (C - Do) ---- 3 (D - RE) -------

This entry indicates that you will have to playfirst an "open" string, thus obtaining a "B" note. Then you need to clamp the first mode and the third. Thus, you will hear the notes "C" and "D", respectively.

Chords

With individual notes in guitar tablatureProblems, as a rule, do not arise. As for chords, beginners, as a rule, are confused. For those who are more recently familiar with the guitar, let's say that a chord is called, at least, three notes, reproduced simultaneously and sounding in unison. Tablature of a simple chord "C" will look like this:

E --- (E-MI) 0 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------

B --- (C-Do) 1 ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------

G --- (G-salt) 0 ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------

D ---- (E-Mi) 2 --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------

A --- (C-Do) 3 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------

E --- X --------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------

In brackets, for your convenience, we have placed the names of the notes. In the public tablature this you will not find. This is done solely to make the example clear. Go ahead.

In the above-written tabs, the "C" chord plays 1time. Simply put, how many tablatures of a chord are indicated, so many times it must be lost. The following example specifies that the chord should be played twice:

E ------ 0 ----- 0 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

B ------ 1 ----- 1 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

G ------ 0 ----- 0 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

D ------ 2 ----- 2 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

A ------ 3 ----- 3 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

E ------ X ----- X ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------

Continuing the conversation about how to read tabs, you need tosay that the only significant drawback of the game on the tablature is that it does not disclose the full picture of the rhythm and duration. A normal note note contains much more useful information for a musician.

Special notation

In addition to the above signs, in tobacco canmeet some other notation. They also need to be learned, otherwise it will not work correctly for some tablature. Let us consider the most frequently used notation.

b = (Bend). The essence of this sign lies in the movement of the pressed string perpendicular to the neck. Such actions can smoothly change the pitch of the sound.

r = (Release bend). This means that you need to release the above described band.

h = (Hammer on). This designation indicates that it is necessary to strike the string with the finger of the left hand in a certain fret. Thus, if you see the letter "h" in a tab, your finger should "hit" the string exactly in the place of a particular fret and on it you need to hold the string.

p = (Pull off). Like the Hummer, this sign denotes the need to "pull" the finger of the left hand from the string.

PM = (Palm mute). This sign indicates that you need to "muffle" the note. To do this, touch the edge of the palm near the choke holder.

Now you've learned how to read tabs for a guitar. However, do not stop there and try to develop further in terms of musical awareness.