Tablature Explanation
| Tablature - (also known as -
tabs, tabliture, tabilature, tabalature, notation, sheet music, street
music or tableture among other names.)
Description - It is a six-line staff represents the guitar fingerboard. The top line indicates the 'high E'. (NOTE: this is sometimes in reverse order)
E _________________________________ The tablature author puts a number on the appropriate line indicating which fret should be played on that string. The number 0 means to play the string open. The number 1 means to play the string with your finger holding it down on the 1st fret. The number 2 means the second fret and so on..
Advanced Tablature Notations - Extended tablature notations are listed below. Feel free to submit more if you have them. Bend - Strike the note and bend up 1/2 step (one fret) or whole step (two frets) Pre-Bend - Bend the note up 1/2 or whole step, then strike it. Bend and Release - Strike the note and bend up1/2 or whole step, then release the bend back to the original note. All 3 notes are tied: only the 1st note is struck Unison Bend - Strike the 2 notes simultaneously and bend the lower note to the pitch of the higher note. Vibrato - Vibrate the note by rapidly bending the string. Pull-Off - Place both fingers on the notes to be sounded. Strike the (higher) note, then play the lower note by pulling the finger off the higher note. Palm Mute - With the right hand, partially mute the note by lightly touching the string just before the bridge. Wide or Exaggerated Vibrato - Vibrate the pitch to a greater degree with a left-hand finger or the tremolo bar Trill or trull - Very rapidly alternate between the note and the small note in parentheses by hammering on and pulling of Muffled Strings - Lay the left hand across the strings without depressing them to the fret-board then strike the strings with the right hand, producing a percussive sound. Slide - Strike the 1st note and then with the same left-hand finger move up the string to the 2nd note. The 2nd note is struck or not struck. Pick Slide - Rub the pick edge down the the string to produce a scratchy sound. Tapping - Hammer ("tap") the fret indicated with the right hand index or middle finger and pull off to the note fretted by the left hand. Natural Harmonic - With a left-hand finger, lightly touch the string over the fret , then strike it. A chime-like sound is produced. Artificial Harmonic - Fret the note normally and sound the harmonic by adding the right hand thumb edge or index finger tip to the normal pick Tremolo Picking - Pick the note as rapidly and continuously as possible
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