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Get thrown off with Week 1
Posted by rhondastevensympatico-ca on August 11, 2025 at 2:14 pmhow are we supposed to read the tab and chord. I find it very confusing
petelanger replied 7 months, 2 weeks ago 4 Members · 3 Replies -
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very slowly at first! I was very confused at the gitgo. It did sort out but it took some time (longer than I would have thought but that is another topic). One measure at a time can be broken down to one chord change at a time. I learned without tab. I would listen and watch. I would go to tab as a last result when I couldn’t figure it out. It gets better the more you do it.
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Can you unpack your confusion a little? I put the lesson in picture in a picture and then press the tab button (the little lines) and then follow along. Or do you mean how does one read tab?
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If you are new to tablatures, I certainly was 18 months ago when I started, there are bunches of videos on YouTube on the subject. Just search on guitar tablature explained!
The hardest part is getting used to the fact that it is sort of upside down. See yourself bending over the fretboard so that the high(thin) E string is at the top and the low E at the bottom. The numbers represent the frets: 0 means open
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