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How to Read TABS

Submitted by Walt on Sunday, 13 July 20088 Comments

Reading TABS is much easier than sightreading. Basically, rather than teaching yourself how to read little black dots, you’re simply assigning the numeric value of the frets to the notes you read on the music. Since we’re all familiar with numbers, this system is a fast andd easy way to learn songs and pass them around.

But since you asked. Here it is:



If you want to look further into this then simply Check out this book on ‘How to Read Tabs on Guitar’:

The only concern is that its not a universal language – so don’t think about giving this to a violin player. Also, in 5 years, you probably won’t remember then rhythmic value of the notes – this is why sightreading is important.

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  • quamir said:

    can you pu a lesson about tabs on a piano walt thanks and tell more about the keyboard please like how to play with two hand cause i cant

  • Walt said:

    Absolutely I’ll try and get to it this week! :)

    -Walt

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  • Eric said:

    is there a way to transison tabs to sheet musc or the other way

  • Walt said:

    Hey Eric! Software like Finale, Sibelius, and Notion do it automatically. I would check their software out – it may be what you want.

    http://www.finalemusic.com
    http://www.sibelius.com
    http://www.notionmusic.com

    Talk soon!

  • Maria said:

    Please make another lesson about reading tabs because I do not really understand it. thank you very much.

  • Maria said:

    Please make another lesson about reading tabs because I do not really understand it. Or maybe, you can tell me some videos or sites about reading tabs. Thank you very much.

  • Walt Ribeiro said:

    Maria – start here http://waltribeiro.net/archive/

    All those tutorials are in order. There is also the search bar to the upper right!

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