In this guide, I will explain in detail how to read Guitar TAB you might find on websites such as Ultimate Guitar (check out the best Guitar TAB websites here).
There are a few different types of Guitar TAB you may find online. While all Guitar TAB follows a similar format, they can look very different from each other.
This is the first type of Guitar TAB that became popular online. Text-based Guitar TAB is written in a simple text file as shown below.
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Later in this guide, I will explain all the symbols used in this type of Guitar TAB so you can read it if you need to.
The downside of this type of TAB is it usually doesn’t include any details on rhythm. While other types of Guitar TAB usually include rhythm notation, text-based Guitar TAB usually doesn’t.
The font Courier New is the most popular font for writing this type of Guitar TAB. Notepad in Windows has quite a few different fonts that work well with Guitar TAB.
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As you can see, the above Guitar TAB looks similar to the text-based Guitar TAB earlier, but is easier to read and uses different symbols.
You may notice that there is a lot more information on this TAB compared to the text-based Guitar TAB from earlier. This is why I recommend avoiding text-based Guitar TAB if possible. Formal Guitar TAB like this or the below type is far more useful.
If you buy a Guitar TAB book, you will likely see this format. As you can see below, there are two staffs connected together:
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This is the best of both worlds as it gives you two different ways of reading the same music. Many guitarists prefer this format because it gives you the most information on how to play a song on guitar.
If you don’t know how to read standard notation, you can simply ignore the top staff and read the bottom Guitar TAB staff.
Guitar Pro 8 gives you everything you need to edit and create your own Guitar TABs. Being able to play the TAB back also helps you understand what to play on guitar.
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There may be more or fewer lines to match different instruments. TAB for bass or ukulele will have four or five lines and Guitar TAB for a 7-string guitar would have 7 horizontal lines.
Looking at Guitar TAB is like looking down at your guitar in your hands. The bottom line in Guitar TAB matches the lowest pitch string (low E) on your guitar.
The key point to remember is that the top line on Guitar TAB matches the highest pitch string on your guitar and the lowest line matches the lowest pitch string on your guitar.
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Each line on Guitar TAB matches a string on your guitar. Whenever you see a number on a line in Guitar TAB, it is an instruction to play a specific note on that string.
The numbers on Guitar TAB represent the fret numbers on a string. 5 would mean the fifth fret on your guitar. 12 would mean the twelfth fret. 0 would mean the open string (zero fret).
Take a look at the below diagram for examples of different Guitar TAB numbers and how each number matches a note on the guitar:
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When numbers on Guitar TAB are stacked on top of each other, it is telling you to play those numbers at the same time. In other words, strum a chord.
All of the above numbers in the Guitar TAB are stacked on top of each other and if you play them all at the same time, you end up with a chord.
When numbers are written side by side (on the same string or different strings), the Guitar TAB is telling you to play the notes one after the other from left to right.
Guitar Tab Manuscript Paper
In the below Guitar TAB, you start by playing the 1st fret note, then play the 2nd fret note, then the 3rd fret note, and finally the 4th fret note because they are all written one after the other.
The key point to remember is that you only play a string on your guitar when you see a number on that string.
Symbols on Guitar TAB represent different guitar techniques such as slides, bends, hammer-ons, palm-muting, and more. When you see a symbol in Guitar TAB, it is telling you to perform a specific type of technique.
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There are two sets of symbols to learn for Guitar TAB. Text-based Guitar TAB uses one set of symbols and formal Guitar TAB uses a different set of symbols.
In text-based Guitar TAB this is shown as ‘h’ in between two notes. In formal Guitar TAB, this is shown as a curved line over the two notes as shown below and an H above the staff:
2h4 means play the 2nd fret, then hammer-on to the 4th fret. 2h4h5 means to do two hammer-ons in a row (you only pick the first note).
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‘p‘ in Guitar TAB is short for ‘pull-off’. This is when you play a note and pull-off to a lower note. It’s basically the opposite of a hammer-on.
The same curved line is used in formal Guitar TAB as is used for hammer-ons, so you simply need to look at whether the number is higher or lower to know which technique to use.
The type of slash used tells you whether you need to slide up to a note ‘/’ or slide down to a note ‘’.
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To know which slash symbol is which, think of the slash symbol as a slide you walk up to from the left. If the slash slopes downwards like , you slide down on guitar. If the slash slopes upwards like /, you slide up on guitar.
The same symbols are used in text-based and formal Guitar TAB so it’s easy to identify slides. Some old text-based Guitar TAB may showsinstead of a slash (eg: 7s5).
In formal Guitar TAB, you may also notice a curved line over the top of the slide, this is a reminder that you only pick the first note of the slide. If there isn’t a curved line, it means to pick both notes.
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‘b‘ in Guitar TAB is the symbol for a bend. In formal Guitar TAB, a curved line with an arrow or number is used.
In text-based Guitar TAB, sometimes a number is given after the ‘b’ to tell us what pitch to bend up to. So 7b9 means to bend the 7th fret note up until it sounds like the 9th fret pitch.
In formal Guitar TAB, a number is given at the top of the curved arrow to tell us what type of bend to play.
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‘r‘ in Guitar TAB means to release a bend. Sometimes this is shown if a bend needs to be held for a long time, so you know when to lower it again.
‘pb’in Guitar TAB means to pre-bend a note before you pick it. You push the string up to the correct pitch, then pick the note before releasing it or holding it.
‘x‘ in Guitar TAB is the symbol for a muted hit or rake. This can be across multiple strings or on a single string.
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When a note is in parentheses () in Guitar TAB, it either means to play a ghost note or that the note is continuing to ring out.
In the below example, the notes in parentheses are ghost notes. This means you need to play the notes in the parentheses softer than the rest of the notes.
In the below example, the note in parentheses isn’t a ghost note. Instead, the parentheses tell you that the note has continued to ring out into the next bar and you don’t pick it again.
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Normally when a note rings out to the next bar, parentheses are used to show that the note is still ringing out.
‘~‘ in Guitar TAB is the symbol for vibrato. In text-based Guitar TAB, this is usually displayed on the line next to the note and formal TAB shows a wavy line above the staff.
While ~ is the symbol for vibrato, quite often the symbol isn’t used because the guitarist uses vibrato so often it would make the sheet music messy to include it on every held note.
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So if you don’t see a vibrato symbol in TAB but you can hear it in the song, that’s why it wasn’t noted.
‘<>‘ in Guitar TAB is the symbol for natural harmonics. When you see a note in between the two symbols such as <12> it means to play a natural harmonic on that fret.
Some Guitar TAB will show N.H. above or below the staff to indicate the note is a natural harmonic. You may also see A.H. for artificial harmonics.
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The <> symbol may also be used to indicate volume swells, so listen to the song to know which is more likely.
‘t‘ in Guitar TAB is the symbol for tapping. This is sometimes displayed above the staff with a capital T, while other times it is displayed next to the note (usually on text-based TAB).
The curved line over all of the notes in formal Guitar TAB reminds us that all of
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