I can read chords but don't really understand tabs

[Kaestria]

Tabs confuse me and a lot of the songs I wanna learn for my guitar, I can only find in tabs

[kayamar]

meh, tabs are easy to learn.

the bottom line is the6th string and the top one is the first.
the numbers are the frets.
the fingerings can be a bit ticky sometimes...but you'll get used to it pretty quick.

what is it that confuses you exactly though?

[Kaestria]

kayamar

meh, tabs are easy to learn.

the bottom line is the6th string and the top one is the first.
the numbers are the frets.
the fingerings can be a bit ticky sometimes...but you'll get used to it pretty quick.

what is it that confuses you exactly though?

just reading it

[kayamar]

oh, well..just like reading notes or chords...it takes practice

[Kaestria]

kayamar

oh, well..just like reading notes or chords...it takes practice

thnx

[Keollyn]

To me, tabs look like chords. I guess I'm used to reading tabs.

[HardcoreBassist]

simple, il give you a bass example, its almost exactly the same for guitar

G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E-3----------------------------


'E' is the lowest pitched string, so its on the bottom. the 3 means to play the third fret, understand?

[Becmael]

I think this is the norm for tabs:

h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere" wink
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

If you dont know what any of these mean well uh... sweatdrop yeah...

[whorrible_lives]

HardcoreBassist's might be easier to understand but this is guitar
e
G
B
D--0--3--0
A--0--3--0
E--0--3--0
this is just a simple little song also a song i just got done teaching a friend so yea but E is your top string and e is your bottom not to heard to read it 0 (incase your lost) is open and the rest are the frets the signs for it are weird at first but you get adjusted to it quick(yes i sound confussing)

[Kaestria]

HardcoreBassist

simple, il give you a bass example, its almost exactly the same for guitar

G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E-3----------------------------


'E' is the lowest pitched string, so its on the bottom. the 3 means to play the third fret, understand?

I think so but how would u play this?


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-x8-11-x8--13-x8--9-x4--11-x2--13-x2--14-x8--11-x8--9-x4--11-x4--13-x8-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM ********************************************************************

verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------6-------------4-----------------------------6------4-----|
D|--x-x-x-x---6-x16--2------4-x4--------------------------6-x8---4-x8--|
A|--x-x-x-x---4------2-x8---2-----7-----7-----7-----7-----4------2-----|
E|--x-x-x-x----------0------------4-x4--5-x8--4x1---5-x8---------------|

Helena by My Chemical Romance

[Kaestria]

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greendayfanatic

HardcoreBassist

simple, il give you a bass example, its almost exactly the same for guitar

G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E-3----------------------------


'E' is the lowest pitched string, so its on the bottom. the 3 means to play the third fret, understand?

I think so but how would u play this?


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-x8-11-x8--13-x8--9-x4--11-x2--13-x2--14-x8--11-x8--9-x4--11-x4--13-x8-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM ********************************************************************

verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------6-------------4-----------------------------6------4-----|
D|--x-x-x-x---6-x16--2------4-x4--------------------------6-x8---4-x8--|
A|--x-x-x-x---4------2-x8---2-----7-----7-----7-----7-----4------2-----|
E|--x-x-x-x----------0------------4-x4--5-x8--4x1---5-x8---------------|

Helena by My Chemical Romance

Would u play this by going to the 14th fret and strum 8 times then to the 11th and also strum 8 times?

[Tuubperfreak]

greendayfanatic

8

greendayfanatic

HardcoreBassist

simple, il give you a bass example, its almost exactly the same for guitar

G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E-3----------------------------


'E' is the lowest pitched string, so its on the bottom. the 3 means to play the third fret, understand?

I think so but how would u play this?


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-x8-11-x8--13-x8--9-x4--11-x2--13-x2--14-x8--11-x8--9-x4--11-x4--13-x8-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM ********************************************************************

verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------6-------------4-----------------------------6------4-----|
D|--x-x-x-x---6-x16--2------4-x4--------------------------6-x8---4-x8--|
A|--x-x-x-x---4------2-x8---2-----7-----7-----7-----7-----4------2-----|
E|--x-x-x-x----------0------------4-x4--5-x8--4x1---5-x8---------------|

Helena by My Chemical Romance

Would u play this by going to the 14th fret and strum 8 times then to the 11th and also strum 8 times?

No.
The x means that you should mute the note immediately after it was played. so you should play 14th fret, then mute, then 8th fret, then 11th fret, mute, etc.