D Tabulature******************************************* *** 2.0 TAB NOTATION - THE BASICS *** ******************************************* TAB is simple to read, and should be simple to write if you want to submit a song you have worked out yourself. The idea is this : You start out with 6 lines (or four for bass). These correspond to the strings of the instrument. The top line is the highest pitch string, and the bottom line is the lowest pitch string. Below is a blank bit of TAB …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…National Anthem in TAB. You should see fairly clearly that the different spacing corresponds to the different note lengths. E-----------------------0--------4--2-0-------------------------- B---0--------------0---------------------------------0----------- G------1------1----------------------------1----3---------------- D--------2------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- Obviously it will be a lot easier to play the TAB for a song you know well than for a song you've never heard of because you will already be familiar with the ryhthms of the familiar song.