About Understanding and Reading Tabs – Lesson 5

[SynGates.com]

Simple tab reading to get you started.

 

[guitarkiddo05]

in order to read tabs, when reading them going down, the order goes E B G D A E. when reading upwards, it is E A D G B E. the numbers on the horizontal lines tell you what fret to put your finger on. (1= first, 2=2nd, etc)

 

[Mathmilam]

Ha! I admit I use tabs way too often. Really should start working on my ear more often.