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Basic tab example:
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 ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
| ~ || vibrato
| v || vibrato
| vvvv or /\/\/\ || wide vibrato
| () || hold note
|-
| h || hammer-on
| p || pull-off
|-
| b || bend fretted note to the left up to the pitch of the fretted note on the right
| h or = || hold bend
| r || release bend
|-
| / || slide upward into note, legato if string is already resonating
| \ || slide downward into note, legato if string is already resonating
| s || slide upward/downward into note, legato if string is already resonating
|-
| <n> || sound natural harmonic using the point directly over n as the pivot point
| [n] || fret the nth fret and sound an artifical (pinch) harmonic
|-
| \n/ || push the whammy bar downwards in pitch n steps
| /n\ || pull the whammy bar upwards in pitch n steps
|-
| x || play the muted string
| p or pm above or below tab || palm mute
|}
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 ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
| ~ || vibrato
| v || vibrato
| vvvv or /\/\/\ || wide vibrato
| () || hold note
|-
| h || hammer-on
| p || pull-off
|-
| b || bend fretted note to the left up to the pitch of the fretted note on the right
| h or = || hold bend
| r || release bend
|-
| / || slide upward into note, legato if string is already resonating
| \ || slide downward into note, legato if string is already resonating
| s || slide upward/downward into note, legato if string is already resonating
|-
| <n> || sound natural harmonic using the point directly over n as the pivot point
| [n] || fret the nth fret and sound an artifical (pinch) harmonic
|-
| \n/ || push the whammy bar downwards in pitch n steps
| /n\ || pull the whammy bar upwards in pitch n steps
|-
| x || play the muted string
| p or pm above or below tab || palm mute
|}