The numbers still represent your frets(notes), but you’ll be playing them all at once.
#Top tablatures series#
In these instances, you’ll see a series of numbers stacked on top of each other. Your tabs will generally show one number at a time, but there are exceptions, such as when a song requires you to play a chord. After playing that note, you’ll read the next note to the right and play it, then the next, and so on. For instance, if a TAB shows a 5 on the top line(string 1e) you will need to play fret 5 of the little e string. These numbers tell you what fret you need to play. Different numbers and symbols will be placed on the horizontal lines. You’ll read TAB from left to right just like you would anything else. So, now that we understand what frets are, let’s look at how that helps us read TAB. The frets increase in number the farther away you go from the headstock. The fret closest to the headstock is fret number 1. A fret is that thin piece of metal that runs the width of the guitar neck and is what divides the neck into different pitches(notes).
#Top tablatures how to#
To understand how to read TAB, we must understand what and where frets are on the guitar. The lower pitched strings of the guitar are on the B side of TAB (bottom) and the higher pitched strings are on the T side of TAB (top). If you are familiar with Treble and Bass clefs used in Standard Notation, then you will know that the Treble clef is used for higher pitched notes and the Bass clef is used for lower pitched notes. It is also helpful to think about TAB standing for Treble And Bass. Notice how the TAB diagram is viewed as if you were looking down at your instrument with the thickest string(6E) being closest to the face and the thinnest string(1e) being closest to the floor. Here is an example of what TAB looks when both standard notation and tablature are used. Guitar TAB consists of 6 horizontal lines that represent each string on the guitar. We will be looking specifically at reading TAB for guitar in this post, but the same concept applies for different instruments with frets. TAB, also known as Tablature, is a common way of notating music for fretted stringed instruments (guitar, electric bass, ukulele, mandolin, etc).
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