From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs
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Reading tablature
From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs
Reading tablature
- I wanted to say a little bit about the tab in the notation that we're going to be reading here and I've got downloads for all these songs, one or two pages, of what we call the lead sheet and the melody of these tunes. And, so, what you'll notice is that there is a line on the top that looks like standard musical notation and a line below and that's the tab. And the tab is just for anybody that's unfamiliar with it, is each line in the tab represents a string and the numbers basically represent the fret that you put your finger down on. And that's the string that you play. And then beyond that as I talk you through, it's mainly a supplement to how I'll be basically walking through this stuff with you. And there's various parts of the standard eye, you can see the eighth notes and the quarter notes and the different rhythmic allotments, if you will, for each note different rhythm values, note values. But, essentially as we read through the tab it's to help, you know, you can see…
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