Tabs? (bass, tune, youtube, guitar, Tabla)

UrbanAncients · 12-31-2007, 09:25 AM

I'd just like to know what tabs look like, how they work and so on, so could someone please explain to me or direct me to a site that could?

**right-track** · 12-31-2007, 09:32 AM

Reading tablature for guitar is surprisingly easy, though it's no substitute for reading music, it is all you need providing you know how the tune goes.

How To Read Guitar Tab - A Detailed Explanation of How to Read Guitar Chords

A note for the 0's...it doesn't say it here, but a 0 indicates an open string.
ie; not to be fretted but still requires strumming.

littleknowitall · 12-31-2007, 09:35 AM

e ----
b ----
g ----
d ----
a ----
E ----

these are your 6 strings, tab is constructed by using 6 lines to represent 6 strings.
your thick string being the bottom E and your thin string being the top e.

adding numbers in on particular strings dictates as to what fret your finger should be on.

E.g

e ---------------------5-8
b -----------------5-8
g -------------5-7
d ---------5-7
a -----5-7
E -5-8----

There's an A minor pentatonic scale, follow it across and play it in that way, begin on the 5th fret of the bottom E, play the note, then the seventh and then onto the A string and so on

symbols like this, /, h, s, etc. can mean differnet things.

/ and s mean slide, which means simply to slide your finger up the fret board from the note behind the symbol to the note after it e.g 5--/--7---

p means pull off which means to pluck a note and then release that note onto a corrosponding note without plucking a second time.
h means hammer on which is to do the reverse, to pluck one note and then to 'hammer on' a second note further up the fret board without plucking it.

and there are many more but that should do.

littleknowitall · 12-31-2007, 09:35 AM

Damn you R-T!

**right-track** · 12-31-2007, 09:36 AM

Nah...you explained it far better than I.

littleknowitall · 12-31-2007, 09:38 AM

I should have just provided a link. :p

littleknowitall · 12-31-2007, 09:39 AM

I'm planning to start giving online lessons, like in youtube blogs for bass and guitar and was going to post them on here, i just haven't had the time or enough access to a pc yet.

**right-track** · 12-31-2007, 09:40 AM

Do it, it's a good idea.
I've always fancied a blast at bass.

littleknowitall · 12-31-2007, 10:56 AM

Everyone seems to think it's an easy instrument, and as an 8 year guitarist and a 3 year bassist I can honestly say i found guitar to be easier as you progress than bass. There's so many techniques that require far more co-ordination with the bass just depending on what your playing.

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12-31-2007, 09:25 AM
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12-31-2007, 09:32 AM
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12-31-2007, 09:35 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	e ---- b ---- g ---- d ---- a ---- E ---- these are your 6 strings, tab is constructed by using 6 lines to represent 6 strings. your thick string being the bottom E and your thin string being the top e. adding numbers in on particular strings dictates as to what fret your finger should be on. E.g e ---------------------5-8 b -----------------5-8 g -------------5-7 d ---------5-7 a -----5-7 E -5-8---- There's an A minor pentatonic scale, follow it across and play it in that way, begin on the 5th fret of the bottom E, play the note, then the seventh and then onto the A string and so on symbols like this, /, h, s, etc. can mean differnet things. / and s mean slide, which means simply to slide your finger up the fret board from the note behind the symbol to the note after it e.g 5--/--7--- p means pull off which means to pluck a note and then release that note onto a corrosponding note without plucking a second time. h means hammer on which is to do the reverse, to pluck one note and then to 'hammer on' a second note further up the fret board without plucking it. and there are many more but that should do. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

12-31-2007, 09:35 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	Damn you R-T! __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

12-31-2007, 09:36 AM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,048	Nah...you explained it far better than I. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

12-31-2007, 09:38 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	I should have just provided a link. :p __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

12-31-2007, 09:39 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	I'm planning to start giving online lessons, like in youtube blogs for bass and guitar and was going to post them on here, i just haven't had the time or enough access to a pc yet. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

12-31-2007, 09:40 AM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 5,048	Do it, it's a good idea. I've always fancied a blast at bass. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

12-31-2007, 10:56 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	Everyone seems to think it's an easy instrument, and as an 8 year guitarist and a 3 year bassist I can honestly say i found guitar to be easier as you progress than bass. There's so many techniques that require far more co-ordination with the bass just depending on what your playing. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.