Topic: G'day All
Hi my name is Dave. I've been trying to teach myself acoustic, but I need some help reading the tabs. Can someone help me out? Sorry i'm such a newbie. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_cry.gif" border=0 alt="Crying or Very Sad">
Re: G'day All
Hey dave, what exacly are you having problems with when reading the tab?
E ----------
A ----------
D ----------
G ----------
B ----------
E ----------
That kind of tab or?
[A]this kind[E] of tab[G] ?
Or stumming paterns or speed?
Dont worry about being new, we all started somewhere and no one should discriminate you for not knowing somthing so be shure to ask.
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Re: G'day All
Hey Dave,
I know what you're talking about! I'm having the same problems...I don't understand the "A------" chords. They just make no sence to me. So when you get an answer, can you let me know!? It would be great.
Much Thanks!
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Re: G'day All
Well, the chords are <a href="http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.ultimate-guitar.com/print.php?what=tab&id=438582" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … tar.com/pr int.php?what=tab&id=438582</a>.
dand yeah I guess your right about everyone starting somewhere ^_^.
Re: G'day All
You got it dude. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_cool.gif" border=0 alt="Cool">
- upyerkilt
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Re: G'day All
Hi Indie
The tabs you were looking at there are BAss guitar tabs. Thats why there are only four strings.
it is showing that the bass plays the D string twelve PLucks on the 3rd fret then the A string for twelve plucks on the thrid fret, then it gets repeated 3 times ( x3) before moving onto the D string again then the A string on the 5th fret etc etc etc
for the guitar tabs for this song ( that I have never heard) go here
<a href="http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.ultimate-guitar.com/print.php?what=tab&id=429417" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … tar.com/pr int.php?what=tab&id=429417</a>
Now, for the tabs here, they are playing power chords, place your fingers where the numbers are on your guitar and play.
hope this makes sense and helps you
Ken
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Re: G'day All
Hi Dave
Below is something that I have copied from a previous thread where someone was having trouble reading tabs...it goes on a bit but hope it helps!?
It's just an alternative way of showing the way to play the notes to a song.
The usual way to show how to play a song is simply by naming the chords as they appear in the lyrics to the song, ie G, C, D etc. When the song is fingerpicked rather than strummed, the notes are generally played one at a time in a pattern and will show you the order in which to play the strings and where.
So, to show what note to play and the pattern in which to play them, we use TAB. The diagram shows the six strings on the guitar and the top string on the diagram represents the E string, that is the top string that is closest to you at the top of the guitar as you play. The string that the numbers appear on the diagram represent the string that is intended to be played. The number itself represents the fret that you need to hold that particular string down on. Does that make sense!?
Cheers
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Re: G'day All
yes but those tabs are still for the bass guitar
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Re: G'day All
Ah I have an acoustic. That may be why I was having issues. Thank you!
- Altex
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Re: G'day All
Basically tab is like Awkward Strummer described, but I'll try to make it a bit easier to understand. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing"> <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing"> <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">
Take for Example this tab
e---------
b---------
g---3-----
D---------
A---------
E--1------
All this means is that first on the big thickest string (E) you press your finger down on the first fret, then after plucking that note you then put your finger on the 3rd fret of the g string (if you have an acoustic the g string is the fourth thick string). The one disadvantage of tab is that it doesn't show rythym so you basically have to have heard the song before.
When you start getting into more complicated tabs there are extra symbols like:
E----3~~~
which means vibrato
E----4b---
which means bend
E---5h7---
which means hammer down
E---7p5---
which means pull off
Sometimes Chords are written in Tab like this
e---3----
b--------
g--------
D--------
A---2----
E---3----
This is a G chord
e--------
b--------
g---1----
D---2----
A---2----
E--------
This is an E chord
I hope this helps
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Re: G'day All
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(if you have an acoustic the g string is the fourth thick string).
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To clarify Altex's statment above
in an electric set of strings the "G" string is what is termed plain wound (a misnomer because it is not wound at all) and in an acoustic set of strings your "G" string is wound henceforth the fourth thickest.
Re: G'day All
Yeah, fair enough! Altex's way of explaining was a bit simpler than mine!! Hope you get the idea though!?
Re: G'day All
Thanks for asking the question. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed">
I was having trouble even phrasing it.
The explanations are helpful, but I'm still a little confused about the order you play each note. In the example posted, they went down. So when you have a whole set of these you go down each row of numbers, back to the top and down the next row? I hope I'm making sense here.
Re: G'day All
No mate,
if the numbers are beneath each other, then you strum once or pick them all at the same time. If you have a re-read of Altex's post on 3rd feb you will see that he has shown a couple of tabs. One of them is a G Chord. If you form a G without looking at the tab (as you would ordinarily do), keep the fingering and look at the tab. you will see that they are the same.
does that help? if not feel free to private message me!
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Re: G'day All
Hi!
Excuse me for being an overexplaining prick... But there is one thing that isn't explained here that made me confused when I started reading tabs. The 0 means that you strike an open string (no frets preesed) so the correct way to tab an open string G should be:
e--3--
b--0--
G--0--
D--0--
A--2--
E--3--
Because the open strings b, G and D should be strummed. If you follow the TAB above it's still a G chord but without strumming the open strings.
/Missen
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