EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Ab Abm Ab7 Abm7 Ab6 Abmaj7
466544 466444 4645X4 4644X4 46X564 XX6543
Abm6 Abdim Abaug A Am A7
466464 XX0101 XX2110 002220 002210 002020
Am7 A6 Amaj7 Am6 Adim Aaug
002010 002222 002120 002212 X01212 X03221
Bb Bbm Bb7 Bbm7 Bb6 Bbmaj7
113331 113321 113131 113121 113333 113231
Bbm6 Bbdim Bbaug B Bm B7
113323 XX2323 XX4221 224442 224432 X21202
Bm7 B6 Bmaj7 Bm6 Bdim Baug
X20202 224444 224342 224434 XX0101 XX5443
C Cm C7 Cm7 C6 Cmaj7
032010 335543 032310 335343 335555 332000
Cm6 Cdim Caug C# C#m C#7
335545 XX1212 032110 446664 446654 X4342X
C#m7 C#6 C#maj7 C#m6 C#dim C#aug
446454 446666 446564 012120 XX2323 XX3221
D Dm D7 Dm7 D6 Dmaj7
X00232 X00231 X00212 X00211 X00202 X00222
Dm6 Ddim Daug Eb Ebm Eb7
X00201 XX0101 XX0332 668886 668876 X6564X
Ebm7 Eb6 Ebmaj7 Ebm6 Ebdim Ebaug
668676 668888 X11333 X3434X XX1212 XX5443
E Em E7 Em7 E6 Emaj7
022100 022000 020100 020010 022120 022444
Em6 Edim Eaug F Fm F7
022020 0X2323 032110 X03211 XX3111 131211
Fm7 F6 Fmaj7 Fm6 Fdim Faug
131111 13X231 XX3210 XX0111 XX0101 X03221
F# F#m F#7 F#m7 F#6 F#maj7
244322 244222 XX4320 242222 24X342 XX4321
F#m6 F#dim F#aug G Gm G7
X01222 X01212 XX4332 320003 133111 320001
Gm7 G6 Gmaj7 Gm6 Gdim Gaug
131111 320000 320002 X10030 XX2323 XX5443
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Guitar Basic Chords
How To Read Guitar Tabs?
1) Look at the tab in the same way you look at your guitar fret. There are six lines in a tab, each line corresponding to a string on the guitar.
Each string is listed at the tab generally (unused strings could be cut out sometimes). The top string here ('e') is the thinnest string on the guitar with the highest note and the bottom string here ('E') is the thickest string on the guitar with the lowest note. Both strings happen to be 'E' in regular tuning. So all the other strings fall into place and it looks somewhat like a guitar neck.
2) Now, the numbers. Numbers on these lines represent the finger positions on the fretboard of your guitar.
If you read the example tab below you would play this by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string (the second thickest string). As musical notes this tab would read as follows B B B C# B A. The ‘zero’ represents playing an open string. So in this case you would play the A open without any finger position on the fretboard of your guitar.
Let's give some more examples:
In the example 2 above, you would hold the string G at the 1st fret, A and D strings at the 2nd fret, and leave the other strings open. This shows an Emajor chord.
3) The space between each note should represent the time required to hold the note for or the rhythm.
(But unfortunately some tab writers don't consider this option when writing tabs). If you want to use the guitar tabs easily, we suggest you to listen the song for guidance on timing then read the notes at tabs. See the below example, this tab shows the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, see the distances between the numbers, the first note '0' (open string note) should be played little longer then the next four notes. And also the distance between D2 and D0 should also indicate a break in timing:
The numbers representing notes at a tab don't describe the subtle techniques much that a guitarist can play, so some symbols can be needed. See the tablature symbols below that represent various techniques.
Each string is listed at the tab generally (unused strings could be cut out sometimes). The top string here ('e') is the thinnest string on the guitar with the highest note and the bottom string here ('E') is the thickest string on the guitar with the lowest note. Both strings happen to be 'E' in regular tuning. So all the other strings fall into place and it looks somewhat like a guitar neck.
e------------------------------|| (Thinnest string of the guitar)
B------------------------------||
G------------------------------||
D------------------------------||
A------------------------------||
E------------------------------|| (Thickest string of the guitar)
2) Now, the numbers. Numbers on these lines represent the finger positions on the fretboard of your guitar.
If you read the example tab below you would play this by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string (the second thickest string). As musical notes this tab would read as follows B B B C# B A. The ‘zero’ represents playing an open string. So in this case you would play the A open without any finger position on the fretboard of your guitar.
e-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A--2--2--2--4--2--0-------------
E-------------------------------
Let's give some more examples:
Ex 1 Ex 2In the example 1 above, you would hold the string A (second string from the top) at the 3rd fret. This example shows "middle C"
e----- --0--
B----- --0--
G----- --1--
D----- --2--
A--3-- --2--
E----- --0--
In the example 2 above, you would hold the string G at the 1st fret, A and D strings at the 2nd fret, and leave the other strings open. This shows an Emajor chord.
3) The space between each note should represent the time required to hold the note for or the rhythm.
(But unfortunately some tab writers don't consider this option when writing tabs). If you want to use the guitar tabs easily, we suggest you to listen the song for guidance on timing then read the notes at tabs. See the below example, this tab shows the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, see the distances between the numbers, the first note '0' (open string note) should be played little longer then the next four notes. And also the distance between D2 and D0 should also indicate a break in timing:
e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-----------------------------
D-----------2---0---4---0-2--
A---------2-------2---2-------
E-0---3-4---------------------
Tablature Symbols
The numbers representing notes at a tab don't describe the subtle techniques much that a guitarist can play, so some symbols can be needed. See the tablature symbols below that represent various techniques.
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