Beginner/Tablature

[Carol-3M-Stillhand]

@SteveDyer if the fret numbers in the TAB are all vertically stacked, you play them all at once like a chord. If the fret numbers are more horizontally arranged with nothing above/below each number, then you play each note separately like an arpeggio. Music notation is the same. Stacked notes are played all together (chord) and single notes are played singly (melody/arpeggio). Music notation gives much more information about rhythm and timing but there are some TABs software that allows some of that information as well. Hope that helped a little.

[SteveDyer]

Thanks. How do I know how to make the cord

[Carol-3M-Stillhand]

Each of the 6 horizontal lines of the Tabulature staff represents your 6 strings on your guitar. The bottom line of the TAB is your low E string, aka 6th string (Thickest one), and the next line above that one represents your A string aka 5th string, the next one is your D string aka 4th string, next is G, then B, and the top line of the TAB is your high e string (thinnest one). The numbers on the TAB indicate which fret to play on that string. A zero means that string is played open/not fretted. An X if it appears anywhere means that string is not played for that chord. If there is no number on the tab for a particular string it means it’s not plucked at all.

So a C-chord in TAB would be from bottom to top, X32010

A G-chord would be 320033

A D-chord would be XX0232

[N-lightMike]

Hey @SteveDyer ;

@Carol-3M-Stillhand ‘s answer seems like a good explanation. But if you still have questions, please post another question. Also, you might try to find a video on YouTube explaining Tab. Once you see it you’ll get it. It just part of the “everything is new” situation with beginning to learn guitar.

MG 😀