Just think - one simple invention of the French made the life of millions of people so much easier. Tablature is the simplest invention that allows you to write down notes in numbers so that they can be easily read even by a novice guitarist. That is why this recording method is currently the most popular among guitarists.
Instructions
Step 1
These six stripes with numbers are exactly the tablature. In the people they are called much simpler - "tabs". The six stripes that are depicted represent the position of the six strings of the guitar. Only this is an inverted version. That is a kind of top view. The highest string on the tab will be the lowest string on the guitar. Therefore, the lowest line will correspond to the thickest - the sixth string. You can see a tablature with four lines. Don't be scared. This is a tablature for a four-string bass guitar. They are also quite common.
Step 2
With the strings sorted out. Let's move on to the numbers. Each digit is the fret number on which to clamp the string. But what kind of string to clamp - this is again looking along the lines. We count which string it is from the top (for example, the third one). And we look at the number that stands on this string (for example, the number "5"). This means you need to play the third string at the 5th fret.
Step 3
When everything becomes more or less clear with the strings and frets, you can move on to learning various compositions. When reading tablatures, remember that they are read in the same way as words in a book - from left to right. There is an order that must be followed. It doesn't matter which string the number will be on. It has its own sequence of playback. Therefore, you do not need to play all the numbers on the first string and then move to the second string. This is fundamentally the wrong approach.
If there is a number “0” on the string, it means that at the moment the string is not clamped anywhere and sounds open. All the other numbers correspond exactly to the fret number. There cannot be more than 24 of them. Therefore, the maximum possible number on the tablature is 24.
