Looking at a guitar tab for the first time can be pretty frustrating if you do not know what the little lines and dashes mean and/or represent. So this lesson is going to go over what they are so you are a little less confused.
The lines are simply just the strings. They are not notes like you would see in a music class they are simply just the strings. It is actually just as basic as it sounds.
In standard tuning the line at the top represents the high e string. If you are not sure what that is, the high e string is the string that is the smallest in width. When holding a guitar in your lap the high e string is the string that is closest to the floor. Then the strings go down in order starting with the high e string then b, g, d, a, and low e strings respectfully.
Of course people use guitar tab for other tunings but for the sake of this first lesson we’re going to keep it simple and just talk about standard tuning. If you want to see a video of how to tune your guitar to standard tuning click the link above where it says standard tuning..
Guitar tab is setup like this for one reason. To keep it simple. As I talked about in the introduction to the guitar tab series numbers go on the lines, and these numbers actually respresent which frets you are going to be playing.
I will get to that in the next lesson, but for now just get used to what strings are what. It will make things a lot easier for you if you want to learn how to read guitar tab and essentially learn how to play the guitar the way that you want to.
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