How To Read Guitar Tabs

Here I am going to simply teach you how to read guitar tabs, which is extremely easy. I'm a guitar player, and I can't read notes, but I can read tabs! This is for those who are new to guitar and don't know much, but it'll surely help.(Hope it does)

A simple tab would look something like this- 

E ---------------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4----------------

B ----------------------------------------------1-2-3-4---------------------------

G -----------------------------------1-2-3-4--------------------------------------

D ------------------------1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------------

A ------------1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------------------------

E -1-2-3-4------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now this is a simple example of an extremely easy tab just to help explain things. As you can see on the left, the letters, which represent the strings on your guitar. The E on the top representing the bottom E string and then making its way up the guitar till the top E string. Now the numbers, on these strings, represent the fret number on which you are supposed to keep your finger on. So this tab would start off with your finger on the 1st fret of the top E string of your guitar then the 2nd fret, then the 3rd fret, and then the 4th fret on the same string. 

Now since the first string is explained, all you have to do is follow these instructions on this How -To and you'll be reading the tabs for all the strings perfectly in no time (as long as you practice) ;). 

The example of the tab which I have made and given above is also a great exercise for your fingers and will definitely help you with your guitar playing in the future, with techniques like shredding and other stuff.

Now that tab had no such time in which there were to numbers on top of each other, if they did, you would simply play those two notes at the same time, which would probably be chords.
Keep practicing :) (And maybe you'll be as good as me) :D

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