Tablature
Tablature is a method of indicating the position of notes on the fretboard. There are six "tab" lines, each representing one of the six strings on the guitar:
*Note readers may need to refer to the tablature to determine the position of an exercise.
Note names on the guitar fretboard: The musical alphabet contains seven letters, with sharps and flats occurring between five of them as such:
When a number is placed on one of the lines, it indicates the fret location of the note, e.g.:
This indicates the fourth fret of the 2nd string (an Eb note).
This indicates the seventh fret of the 5th string (an E note).
This indicates the 3rd string open (a G note).
The tablature, as used in this book, does not indicate the time values of the notes, only their position on the fretboard. You can read the time values by following the count written beneath the tablature, e.g.:
In this example the 1st note is worth 1 count, the 2nd and 3rd notes are worth ½ a count each and the 4th note is worth 2 counts.
