How to Read Guitar Tab

How to Read Guitar Tab Guitar Tab lecture
These tricks are written in guitar tab lecture (tab). Tab is very easy to read.
Each of the six lines represents a string on the guitar. The vertical bars
(loosely) represent measures of the song. The numbers indicate the frets of the
guitar that the player should play, reading from left to right. For this example
you should place your index finger on the D string (the 4th from the little one)
at the 5th fret. Then place your ring finger on the D string on the 7th fret,
then place your index finger on the G string on the 5th fret, and so on.


strings       fret numbers     measure

E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------5-7-5---5-h-7--------|----------------------------------|
D |----5--7--------7--------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


See the little "h" before the last 7? It means "hammer on." Instead of picking
that note, you should let the one before it keep ringing and then hammer your
ring finger down on the 7th fret. There are other special symbols as well:
  h = hammer on
  p = pull off
  b = bend
  / = slide up
  \ = slide down

Don't worry about the symbols too much right now. You'll get used to them over
time and you will be able to understand them better when you listen to the .wav
files of the individual tricks.
      

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