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TAB is an easy to read and should be easy to write if you wantsend (submit) a song that you have done himself. The ideais this:Start with 6 lines (or four for bass). This relates to the stringsof the instrument. The topmost line is the highest string. andlines that are underneath the lower strings. Below is a bitvoid of TAB with the string names at the left.E ----------------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------The numbers are written on the line to indicate the fret where the stringwith his left hand. If a zero appears, this means playing with stringopen. Like standard musical notation, you read from left to right to knoworder to play the notes. Part of the following have the meanings TABplayed a series of notes (EFF # GG # A) on the bottom E string withmoving up a fret, starting with the string open.E-0-1-2-3-4-5 ---------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------
more ...Here are the notes that are played simultaneously. If two or more notesbe played together, they are written above each other, oncemore like standard notation.The following example we have a beam Kord G.E - 3 --------------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------
So this means play all these notes together as a chord.You might see the same chord written like this:E - 3 -------------------A ----------------------D - 5 --------------------G -----------------------
Which means the ring with the same shape starting from the lowest string, sothat each string is hit slightly later than the last string, but allnotes will ring together. Below is an example again with the formthe same, but with a slightly greater distance - so you mayhave to strum the strings separately instead of tolling theslowly.
E - 2-4-5 ----------------------A --------- 2-4-5 ---------------D ---------------- 2-4-5 --------2-4 ----------------------- G-5-E - 22-44-55 ----------------------A-22 --------- --------------- 44-55D-22 ---------------- -------- 44-55G ----------------------- 22-44-55-E - 2h4h5 ----------------------A --------- 2h4h5 ---------------D ---------------- 2h4h5 --------G-2h4h5 -----------------------
Usually it's easier to play the TAB of a song you already know
better than the songs you've never heard because it will be more accustomedwith the rhythm of the songs that are well known.Other symbols used in TAB.So far I have seen what notes to play: which stringshould be suppressed, and in which columns. I have alluded to how to knownote lengths by looking at the distance between notes on the TAB, but this can onlyas a rough guide. You will always have to check with tracks tracksperformance in detail from the original to get the rhythm.A lot of important information can be included in the TAB. This includeshammer-ons (o'clock), pulls offs (let go), slides (slide), bends, vibrato andother.What should be done is to write extra letters or symbols between notesto indicate how to play. Below are the characters / symbolsfrequently used:
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)/ - Slide uph - hammer onb - bend string upr - bend off\ - Slide downt - tap with right handx - play 'note' with heavy dampingp - pull offFor slides (shift), s is sometimes used to indicate whethershifted upwards or downwards. Symbols for harmonics are explained below inSection 3.2Lastly, x, is used to get a choppy, percussive sound.You usually use fret hand to lightly damp the strings so that whenwill sound the note as if his voice to die.In tab it is assumed that a string is not played if it is not marked.So the same chord in the tab will be like:
E - 0 --------------------A ----------------------D - 2 --------------------G - 2 --------------------
without the 'x'. 'X' is only used in TAB to represent the muted stringsweight rung / plucked to gave the percussion sound.There are a number of other symbols for things like whammy bar bends,excerpts and other scrapes. It seems there is no standard of writing asreference to write - performance in detail / information must be given in the TABto explain the meaning of the symbol.Bass TAB will probably need a few extra symbols to cope withthe different techniques used in bass playing - asexample slapping and 'popping' the string with thumb or middle finger.You can use the 's' for slap and 'p' for pop as long as written* Under * the tab bar to explain the slide and pull off which would bewritten * on * the lines of tab.Hammer ons and pull offs.With hammer-ons and pull-offs you might find things like the following:
E - 00 ------ 00 --------------A ----- 5h7 ------ 5h7 -----------D ----------------------G ----------------------
which would mean play the open E twice, then press the A string at the 5th andhammer in column 7.Pull offs look very similar:
E - 3p0 --------------------A --- 3p0 -------------------D ----- 2p0 -----------------G ------- 2 ---------------
Obtained here bluse descending scale using pull-offs againstopen string. For each pull off just take the first note of the pairwith his right hand - so in this example, just take all the notes oncolumn to 3 and 2, and will open strings sounded with the release.
TAB is an easy to read and should be easy to write if you wantsend (submit) a song that you have done himself. The ideais this:Start with 6 lines (or four for bass). This relates to the stringsof the instrument. The topmost line is the highest string. andlines that are underneath the lower strings. Below is a bitvoid of TAB with the string names at the left.E ----------------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------The numbers are written on the line to indicate the fret where the stringwith his left hand. If a zero appears, this means playing with stringopen. Like standard musical notation, you read from left to right to knoworder to play the notes. Part of the following have the meanings TABplayed a series of notes (EFF # GG # A) on the bottom E string withmoving up a fret, starting with the string open.E-0-1-2-3-4-5 ---------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------
more ...Here are the notes that are played simultaneously. If two or more notesbe played together, they are written above each other, oncemore like standard notation.The following example we have a beam Kord G.E - 3 --------------------A ----------------------D ----------------------G ----------------------
So this means play all these notes together as a chord.You might see the same chord written like this:E - 3 -------------------A ----------------------D - 5 --------------------G -----------------------
Which means the ring with the same shape starting from the lowest string, sothat each string is hit slightly later than the last string, but allnotes will ring together. Below is an example again with the formthe same, but with a slightly greater distance - so you mayhave to strum the strings separately instead of tolling theslowly.
E - 2-4-5 ----------------------A --------- 2-4-5 ---------------D ---------------- 2-4-5 --------2-4 ----------------------- G-5-E - 22-44-55 ----------------------A-22 --------- --------------- 44-55D-22 ---------------- -------- 44-55G ----------------------- 22-44-55-E - 2h4h5 ----------------------A --------- 2h4h5 ---------------D ---------------- 2h4h5 --------G-2h4h5 -----------------------
Usually it's easier to play the TAB of a song you already know
better than the songs you've never heard because it will be more accustomedwith the rhythm of the songs that are well known.Other symbols used in TAB.So far I have seen what notes to play: which stringshould be suppressed, and in which columns. I have alluded to how to knownote lengths by looking at the distance between notes on the TAB, but this can onlyas a rough guide. You will always have to check with tracks tracksperformance in detail from the original to get the rhythm.A lot of important information can be included in the TAB. This includeshammer-ons (o'clock), pulls offs (let go), slides (slide), bends, vibrato andother.What should be done is to write extra letters or symbols between notesto indicate how to play. Below are the characters / symbolsfrequently used:
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)/ - Slide uph - hammer onb - bend string upr - bend off\ - Slide downt - tap with right handx - play 'note' with heavy dampingp - pull offFor slides (shift), s is sometimes used to indicate whethershifted upwards or downwards. Symbols for harmonics are explained below inSection 3.2Lastly, x, is used to get a choppy, percussive sound.You usually use fret hand to lightly damp the strings so that whenwill sound the note as if his voice to die.In tab it is assumed that a string is not played if it is not marked.So the same chord in the tab will be like:
E - 0 --------------------A ----------------------D - 2 --------------------G - 2 --------------------
without the 'x'. 'X' is only used in TAB to represent the muted stringsweight rung / plucked to gave the percussion sound.There are a number of other symbols for things like whammy bar bends,excerpts and other scrapes. It seems there is no standard of writing asreference to write - performance in detail / information must be given in the TABto explain the meaning of the symbol.Bass TAB will probably need a few extra symbols to cope withthe different techniques used in bass playing - asexample slapping and 'popping' the string with thumb or middle finger.You can use the 's' for slap and 'p' for pop as long as written* Under * the tab bar to explain the slide and pull off which would bewritten * on * the lines of tab.Hammer ons and pull offs.With hammer-ons and pull-offs you might find things like the following:
E - 00 ------ 00 --------------A ----- 5h7 ------ 5h7 -----------D ----------------------G ----------------------
which would mean play the open E twice, then press the A string at the 5th andhammer in column 7.Pull offs look very similar:
E - 3p0 --------------------A --- 3p0 -------------------D ----- 2p0 -----------------G ------- 2 ---------------
Obtained here bluse descending scale using pull-offs againstopen string. For each pull off just take the first note of the pairwith his right hand - so in this example, just take all the notes oncolumn to 3 and 2, and will open strings sounded with the release.
