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Basic tab example:
 
Basic tab example:
  e------------------------------------------|---------------------------------x--
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  pm
  b------------------------------------------|--------------------<5>-[5]--\1/----
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  e-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------x--
  g------------------------------------------|-/5/7t12p7\5\--5s7------------------
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  b-------------------------------------------|--------------------<5>-[5]--\1/----
  d--------------------5b7==7r5----5b7--h7r5-|------------------------------------
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  g-------------------------------------------|-/5/7t12p7\5\--5s7------------------
  a----------0h5h7p5p0-----------------------|------------------------------------
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  d---------------------5b7==7r5----5b7--h7r5-|------------------------------------
  e-0-5~~-7-(7)------------------------------|------------------------------------
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  a-----------0h5h7p5p0-----------------------|------------------------------------
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  e-0--5~~-7-(7)------------------------------|------------------------------------
  
 
The letters on the left of each line indicate the tuning/string.  If none are present, the tuning may have been indicated in the header above the tab.  If not, assume standard tuning.
 
The letters on the left of each line indicate the tuning/string.  If none are present, the tuning may have been indicated in the header above the tab.  If not, assume standard tuning.

Revision as of 10:44, 16 April 2014

Basic tab example:

  pm
e-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------x--
b-------------------------------------------|--------------------<5>-[5]--\1/----
g-------------------------------------------|-/5/7t12p7\5\--5s7------------------
d---------------------5b7==7r5----5b7--h7r5-|------------------------------------
a-----------0h5h7p5p0-----------------------|------------------------------------
e-0--5~~-7-(7)------------------------------|------------------------------------

The letters on the left of each line indicate the tuning/string. If none are present, the tuning may have been indicated in the header above the tab. If not, assume standard tuning.

Tab reads like a book from left to right. Each line indicates a string. Each number indicates a note. The number indicates the fret number to hold on that string to give the note the appropriate pitch (but this gets confusing for bending, which is described below). If a number is surrounded by ()'s, this indicates to let the note ring, even if a note is being sounded simultaneously on another string.

Let's analyze each string.


Table of all symbols

v or ~ Vibrato
VVV or /\/\/\/ Wide Vibrato
() Sustain note
h hammer-on
p pull-off
<n> natural harmonic with node at n
[n] artificial harmonic
x play muted string
pm palm mute note
t tap-on note with right hand
b bend to pitch of specified fret
h or ='s hold bend
r release bend
/ slide upward into note
\ slide downward into note
s slide upward/downward into note
\n/ whammy bar dip n steps
/n\ whammy bar rise n steps