How to read guitar tabs (tablature )

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[@phoenixflyz_]

amazing video.ive been struggling with tabs and this is the only thing i found that's really broke it down for me

[@TheGuitarLesson]

I'm glad it helped!

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[@AngloCelt88]

I'm 33, not a "guitar player" but have owned a few over the years and can play a LITTLE lol, you have hands down explained tabs better than anyone else I've ever met, I wish I could have seen your video when I was 8 or 9!!! Think I'm going to give playing seriously a try.

[@leobarrios2532]

The best teacher in tablature. Very kind of you!

[@liyazafirah8054]

thank you so much! I am a young beginner guitarist and I was so confused reading some of the tabs online before. now that I watched your video I have finally understand clearly! you're so good at explaining, we appreciate your kindness for teaching us 🙏 full respect to you!!

[@GodsStoryteller]

You won me over. I subscribed. A lot more comprehensive vid on tabs, here. I appreciate your simplicity in passing knowledge across. You took me way beyond what i know about tabs. Thanks a bunch.

[@yudipitre5720]

Oh WOW! this is sight out of mind Tabs , all your notes how to read them what everything means .This is awesome first time I see this completely as a beginner. Thank you

[@bubu10435]

This is a great video for beginners confused by guitar tablature and covers all the major topics. Comprehensive and informative! Great work!

[@shanehester4852]

This is the most comprehensive tutorial on reading tablature I have found. Thank you very much sir! It has Cleared up a lot of confusion for me

[@mikeg.9238]

I know this video is 8yrs old but this is the best clearest explanation of how to read tabs iv'e seen by far on KZbin , when i started out i figured it out myself and read a book on tabs. Wish i saw this years ago , would've saved me time and money. Well done!!

[@paulmaloney2383]

I have searched far and wide on utube to find a good lesson on tabs and finally i found it, very informative and he gave examples which is huge plus, thanks for the video it was helpful

[@killianova]

7 years later and you are still helping people, tysm!

[@daveperrin9408]

That was really clearly explained. Thank you for sharing. I've been playing for about 6 months and this helped me loads. Much appreciated.

[@KaptainCanuck]

Actually, a clarification: a hammer-on and pull-off are indicated by an arcing line over the notes to be used. A hammer-on shows the low note and then the high note with the arcing line while a pull-off shows the low note followed by the high note. Tapping has notes tapped with the line overall notes in order of tapping (Flash of the Blade by Iron Maiden (NOT AC/DC's Thunderstruck no matter what you were told)) If you are learning by online tablature, the H/P is used due to the inability to do the arc used in print. Keep that in mind: the online tab has differences in print (the H/P in print takes too much room and squishes things together too much). Beds are shown by a forward and backward slash in print depending on if it is a bend or a pre-bend, not a B (this can be done online, somewhat). The bend is the slide symbol up/down or down/up. Muting should be shown the same way as in print: a simple X just as done at the nut for muted notes in chords. Again, the original tab, used in print, is easier and more efficient, I think, to indicate and read.

[@rbk8751]

thankyou very much for your clear explanation of this confusing stuff. I still see some tabs that I haven't seen before. This is the first video I've seen of yours and I am hoping you have some more content, I would love to see it. I love playing the guitar and deeply appreciate your clear explanation. Thank you so much

[@jeanclaudeuwimana6778]

I appreciate this so much I got to learn how to read tabs properly today. This was really very clear and helpful.

[@w.j.mildfelt4547]

Thank you Robertokhzave been looking at tabs bewildered for a long time you just presented them in an understandable format Jthink I've got it!!!!!

[@LC-wh1oc]

Omg actually thankyou so much I dont even have my guitar yet and I don't know anything about anything about the guitar and so I've tried watching numerous videos but this is the only video that has helped me.

[@Yurrbo]

How’re you doing now??

[@hamletyork5273]

I rarely comment but this time i really want to thank you! I'm just starting and this video helped a lot! Your instructions are very clear. The pace is perfect for beginners. Your explanations and intonations are very nice. The visual presentations is one of the things i really like. The repetitions are good too! I really like your teaching style and the videography! Thank you so much! You got a new subscriber here! :)

[@kechitage3247]

it helps me to learn all these confusing 1z2,3,4, numeric signs i am watching since i started to learn guiter now I Know it's meaning, thank you sir

[@minami3419]

I have never played the guitar in my life but all of a sudden I started interesting in the guitars. I have been watching a lot guitar tutorial videos since and this video is the easiest one to understand about guitar tabs. Thank you so much for explaining one by one. I wasn't sure whether I want to just enjoy guitar musics or play the guitar but after I watched this video I am keen to buy an acoustic guitar and start practicing the guitar in the future:) Thank you.

[@bijan8407]

One of the best guitar lesson for beginner on the Internet❤

[@rikuzenith]

Excellent video, love the clarity and how it gets to the point, no unnecessary chit-chat anywhere. I'm experienced with regular notation but needed to become aware of the various playing techniques, and to start writing for guitarists. From now on, I'll have tabs accompanying the regular notation so they actually explain how a given piece is meant to be performed, technically.

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Man, I cannot tell you how helpful this video is. You are the best! Thanks man!

[@arash4232]

Hi, Thanks a lot. How should I combine these with a metronome?

[@bobbygreenhouse6888]

Excellent tutorial I thought tabs would be very difficult but you Mr. Fontana are an excellent teacher and eloquently spoken!!

[@lawrenceserrao958]

Wow man this is amazing ❗️you nailed it, best ever tablature tutorial I have come across.Thank you ❗️

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Glad you liked it!

[@guidofeliz8384]

I know how to read tabs at an intermediate level. However, I am having trouble playing the guitar without looking at the fretboard. Tell me, how does one play the guitar while reading the tabs and not looking at the fretboard? How is this done?

[@coltonbrown3816]

What’s the symbol for a hammer on pull off I didn’t catch that part

[@joeleblanc4543]

You are the greatest!!! I have been trying to find out how to read tabs, no one could explain it to me except you. You made it fun and easy....great tutoria, Well done! Thanks so much....

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Thank man, glad I could help!

[@aashishlama2005]

Damn!!!!! What a clean and quality intro man! I got hooked. Watched it twice too.🔥

[@robertroldan4736]

Thanks for sharing this very informative guitar tab lesson, not only for beginners but also for intermediate as well. Very clear and concise systematic teaching. Thank for sharing your knowledge to us. God bless you

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THANK YOU SO MUCCHH SIRR YOU HELPED ME ALOOTTTT THANK YOU FOR EXISTING!! 🙇🏻‍♀️♥️♥️♥️

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why does this guy only have 42k subscribers ?? he's a good teacher ..............

[@bigalschannel3686]

An excellent video. I've only recently started learning guitar and love the way you have taken the time to clearly explain in detail the concept and notation in simple and easy language. Well done, and thank you.

[@johannmans8187]

Why are the tabs upside down relative (BOTTOM EADGBE to the guitar strings (TOP EBGDAE?

[@Zico804]

I don't know how to thank you for this video.I really enjoy it .

[@flight1705]

As a beginner I found the lesson very well delivered and easily understood thank you so much.

[@charlxo7849]

I have recently discovered this video. I have watched many videos to help me but this one is by far the most helpful! Everything has been broken down nice and simple! And is easy to go back to various parts of the video to practice! I am extremely grateful for this video 😊

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Glad you liked it!

[@OscarGDiaz]

You are delivering tremendous value here, dude!...Great lesson for such a beginner like me...Many Thanks!

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This is the best ever video I have watched how to play the guitar..finally every thing that makes sense... Awesome Teacher.... Woww... 👏👏👏... I am so happy 😄... Thank you so so much...Appreciate...

[@MrHotrodder1964]

Excellent lesson, helped a lot, passing it along to a friend.

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I found this video really informative while not giving too much so you don't understand it. Great video, thanks.

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[@MortezaParkook]

Thanks for the video, I notice for your 7b9r7 example you didn’t touch the 9th fret at all, You’ve bended the 7th fret up and down. Any explanation? 🤔🙂

[@shanelaot745]

Thank u so much.. This helped me a lot🥺💯😍💜❤️

[@TheQuinnage]

This is the best how to read tablature i've watched

[@tastjohn1889]

I really appreciate this lesson, it's really helpful to me to be able read this kind of Tablature..thank you so much for this video, GOD BLESS.

[@Earlylightproduction]

Thanks for sharing, what guitar string is played with tabs. I had it backward

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Yeah, a lot of people have it upside down at first. Glad my video helped!

[@Jonty2391]

Appreciate the clear and well paced lesson very much!!!!

[@honeyuwuuu]

Thank you! Great explanations for beginners like me :) After watching this video, reading tabs became clearer and easier for me!

[@sanketkeshav9118]

nice video.... very useful...my teacher taught me different type of tab so I was finding it difficult to read this one...u cleared all my doubts... awsm video

[@yonaallouche9693]

you don’t understand how much this helped

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Thanks, I'm happy it did!

[@urielroman6988]

Why in the tablature appears 0 even if the finger does not have a contact with the cord? for example in the video min 4:59 ( why the D cord (0232 ) is not written as 232 only or the E major min 4:30 ( 022100) is not written as 221 only ?

[@Casefy]

0 is an open string you play the string open without any fingers on the fret board

[@ruchiyadav7793]

Very helpful video who doesn't know anything about tabs.... Thanku so much🎸🎸

[@bobbymalta73]

Thks for Sharing mate. Hello im a begginer why the Strings on the Tablature in not Written String no6 instead of String No 1 like the guitar it will be more Simple especially for the beginners. Keep it up.

[@juliancardona8269]

nice phrase from Santana...When you play guitar, you bring light into the darkness ! My master

[@scottsipe3989]

Thank you so very much for this lesson. I'm just starting to really use this method. The only problem that I'm having is I have always thought that the strings was reversed, it is hard to get used to the strings in the opposite direction lol that is the way that I have been doing it all my life. The other problem I have is putting and recognizing cords. Again thank you so for this lesson.

[@rajendrapatel9201]

Very useful for guitar. Need to know & learn.👌👌

[@sameenakausar1020]

Thanks for posting this video! I used to practice hammer on"s, pull offs, bends but didn't know how to read them on the tabulature. Now I know how to read it after watching this video. Thanks once again !

[@TheGuitarLesson]

You're welcome, glad I could help!

[@ContessaBlue]

I get so confused because the graph is upside down, or opposite to the fret board. I have to constantly remind myself that we are to reverse it in our minds. Just the words High E string, make you think it would be the top string, meaning the one closest to the ceiling or sky. Am I the only one who has this issue? Thanks for this lesson, You do make things easy to understand!

[@ContessaBlue]

Cool, thanks a lot!!

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[@kadenbirch6312]

I've been playing guitar for years now and I still get it confused. It doesn't happen as much anymore but when starting our I was just as confused as you were. It's just natural to play it that way. I actually leaned a scale went to my teacher and he said that I played it upside down. Just give it time, it does get easier

[@ContessaBlue]

I thank u all!

[@mibelloaleman]

Love Rhesus 2 Pcs, no you're not the only one who gets confused with the writing. I am reading it just like you, that is, when looking down at your guitar, the first string you see is the THICKEST ("E") string, NOT the thinnest / first string. I know that you are referring to the POSITION of the strings, NOT their tone. So, I concur with you. It's upside down. Logic would have it written (since it's suppose to be a diagram, a chart, whatever the hell you want to call this written graph) by the ACTUAL LOCATION of the strings, NOT their sound! We're LOOKING at a chart (scale, whatever), NOT listening to it!

[@ioankirilov3872]

Great video - thanks!

[@skylersmith2252]

This is a life saver can’t give enough thanks

[@jakefoxx7978]

I don't know anything about the different chord types yet, but did want some clarity on reading tabs in general and this helped a lot. Technically I'm wanting to learn bass but this still helps me understand how to read the arrangements of numbers. One thing I'm curious about is what the large amounts of space in front of or behind the tabs signify. I'm guessing they're like moments to pause and then continue with a different phrase. I've seen a tab like this that kind of threw me off A------7-7777-7777-77777-5-3... I figured the 7s that are right next to each other mean that fret is played four times, four times again...but then what're the gaps for?

[@Nobody-qd7zt]

So many channels tell this but you told very clear. Thanks man.

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6:04 Your welcome

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was about to comment this

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Thank you haha only reason I’m here

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Thanks boo

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i was actually looking for a diamond but wasnt here x(

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Thanks buddy

[@rosammageorge987]

Excellent video

[@rebeltz2010]

Well worth the view, best I've seen... as never learnt TAB and still learn'n for fun ,way to go!

[@dawnwebb2872]

I just started learning how to play the guitar and this is so incredibly helpful - thank you so much!

[@Fretsurfer83]

Hi subscribed to your website for a year. Quite useful. Can I ask what it means to have a small number followed by a big number? Also what does it mean when there's a bendy line and a Slash connecting two numbers. Also how do you know to bend or prebend?

[@azra5905]

Thank you soo much you helped me a lot 💗

[@ericcartman5019]

Awesome lessons man, clear and simple just the way I like it. Keep up the good work bro.

[@sumpreet1234]

Perfect guide for beginners,it was wonderful lesson sir,thank you

[@jimdent351]

Oddly I've encountered something in a tab book that you haven't answered here. It's a heavy line that runs perpendicular to the strings. Next to it is a thin line with 2 dots. Any idea what that means?

[@eliraven9259]

Straight to the point and very clear, thank you, i learnt a great deal watching this video.

[@morgantim13]

Can I turn the tab up the other way so the strings match the TAB page top to bottom, or will it hold me up in the future?

[@brenangalang8241]

Thanks buddy. Now i know how to play this step by step..

[@sixto6244]

Thank you sir, learned a lot from you

[@sameertaragi1560]

Best video I've found so far . Helped me a lot. 👌👍👍

[@gerrymcentee658]

Fabulous lesson , by far the best on you tube.

[@jake30966]

Awesome , best video i have seen but can you explain how t14 means you should be on 7th fret ? Would t18 mean you tap on 9th fret ?

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Hi, t14 mean TAP on fret 14. The reason you PULL OFF to fret 7 is because the tablature follows with p7. Hope that makes sense.

[@jake30966]

@@TheGuitarLesson thanks for reply , it makes sense to me now hahaha

[@beenana7]

Thank you so much! I haven't been able to understand tabs until now!

[@amberchaba1148]

thank you so much iv watched so many videos and yours by far made the most sense and iv been watching so many videos about it for awhile now

[@henrydunn9420]

I have a tablature of a song I really want to learn but the first note has a darkened flag above the tab and I can’t find anything for a description of the darkened flag. In a couple of places the darkened flag is shown at the bottom of the tab and it’s upside down to the first note. Would someone help me?

[@samaalaa5291]

This is amazing thank u so much!! ❤️

[@maitrayeesengupta1973]

The best TAB reading tutorial.👍

[@TheGuitarLesson]

Thank you!

[@llamalady]

I'm playing on a classical guitar (I'm still just a beginner), but a lot of the sounds you're producing I'm having a really hard time recreating, like the hammer on , vibrato, and tap. Is it specific for electrical guitars, or do I just need (way) more practice?

[@DanielSpiegelberg]

Very good. Easy to follow and practical!

[@NuckinFuts930]

Way over my head at this point just started learning chords the other day, can't even make any notes yet lol!

[@Numocron]

This is such an awesome guitar lesson right here man I love it.😃👍

[@moosely8121]

What about the curve lines below or above two numbers?

[@rattana4350]

Great teacher. I'm looking for him for other lessons.

[@michaeltannir5313]

No one mentioning where the 1st tab start from, I.e descending or ascending!!!???

[@maheranam318]

A great tutorial

[@hiroshi5655]

I have been researching for a few days and the EADGBE STILL CONFUSING ME .some people said E CHORD IS THICK STRING AND the other E is thin string but this vid you said the E is a thin string and the other E is a thick string so what is correct chord ? EADGBE OR EBGDAE? Because I'm a right handed

[@noviearquio791]

A million THANKS...for this explicit video...it's really helpful... two thumbs for u... U'r awesome...

[@edgardomendoza7634]

Thank you for a very informative introduction to using tablature!