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The ''horizontal lines'' represent the guitar '''strings'''. The ''letters on the left'' indicate the '''tuning ''' used. If they are not present, assume '''standard tuning ''' (more info in [[Tuning and Harmonics]]), which is the same as written above. The ''numbers'' on the strings indicate to play (pick the string of) that note while fretting the indicated fret number (more in [[Basic Technique]]). 0 means don't fret any notes - pick the open string. Tablature, like classical musical notation, is ''temporally aligned'' from left to right. So you play the left-most note(s), then the next one(s) to the right, and so on. In the above example, you would strum an open C major chord across 5 strings, then play the C major scale one note at a time moving from the lowest note to the highest.
The "C" above that first chord indicates the '''chord name'''. ''This may or may not always be present''. Similarly, the letters below the last string represent the '''note names''' of the single notes being played. All this will be covered in greater detail later on.
For more detail on tablature, including how more advanced techniques are represented, please see the [[Ref:_Reading_Tab|Reading Tab Reference]] page.