How to Read Guitar Tabs Illustrated

I’ve been looking around for some videos on how to read guitar tabs and found this one. Pretty simple, but you get the idea of how strings relate to musical notation.

A Practical Solution for Anyone Who Wants to Know How to Read Guitar Tabs

As an amateur guitarist, I’m always alert to news about how to read guitar tabs, or how to play by ear.

An article today at Learning Guitar Inspection talked about how easy it is to read guitar tabs, as long as you learn a few main principles. Apparently, according to the article, tabs were created by guitarists who didn’t read “real” music but still needed a way to graphically display which notes they were playing.

In brief, each line in the tab represents a string on your guitar. The top line of the tab represents the bottom string of the guitar. The note (or chord) played is indicated by a number next to the string/s, i.e. A-5. This means the fifth fret of the A string is depressed.

Tired of Not Playing the Music You Like Because You Don’t Know How To Read Guitar Tabs? Your wait is over!

I read an article today about Jamorama’s learning system and their claim that not only can they teach you how to read guitar tabs, but they will also teach you how to play practically any song you hear. I know that sounds like bunk, but I’m living proof that the system works. As soon as I get my new audio program set up I’m going to post some of my “before” and “after” playing so you can hear for yourself. Forewarned, though – the before totally sucks.

The guy teaching this online multimedia course also gives you thousands of lines of TABs, and teaches you the skills you need to be able to play virtually ANY song you can find written out in Guitar TAB. See, we knew learning how to read guitar tabs would come in handy!

Learn How to Read Guitar Tabs Because New Tabs Are Coming Online

I was recently hunting for news on how to read guitar tabs when I ran across an article from Cybergrass.com about new tabs being added by bluegrass musician Ron Block on his site.

It seems the tabs are from the Traditional Guitar Workbook and Traditional Banjo workbook.

Tabs from The Traditional Guitar Workbook include tabs by Larry Sparks, Don Reno, and other great guitarists. As of this writing, the site includes 22 tabs.