Thursday, September 17, 2009

Tabs For Acoustic Guitar

By Simon Mourrain

You can play acoustic guitar without learning how to read notes. You will use tabs for acoustic guitar which is simpler and more instinctive. Tab is a form of music notation showing where to place you fingers rather than musical pitches. Tabs are used for the largest part of the string instruments.

This variety of musical notation is tabs for acoustic guitar, or tablature. Each chord is notated with one tab, a small chart of the guitar strings themselves. The string at the top of the figure is the one furthest from your body as you hold the guitar. On each of the rows, or lines, the numbers designate the fret you are expected to be playing. A 0 (zero) is used to specify an open string, while an X indicates a muffled string.

If you're not sure what a fret is, it's the area between the metal bars on the neck, or the fingerboard of your guitar. Most of the time there will be anywhere between 21 to 24 frets on the acoustic guitar. Their dots are just there to help you in positioning your fingers.

Take a look at the acoustic guitar tab and if all of the numbers are listed one after the other and all on one line, the numbers designate the fret to use on that string; only pluck that particular string. On the other hand, if you note that the numbers are stacked one on top of the other (in a vertical way) on the individual line, the acoustic guitar tab is instructing you to play these notes simultaneously, strumming all six strings at the same time

When researching tabs for acoustic guitar you will find things like hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends and slides. The letter "h" indicates a hammer-on. For example, you might see something like 7h9 on one of the lines. Pull-offs are noted in the same way by the letter "p". Bends are notated by "b" s and slides, "/" (slash).

After understanding how to read tabs, surf online for easy tabs for acoustic guitar and pick a familiar but simple tune and exercise performing it. Even if it might take a while for you to feel fully comfortable reading and performing tabs for acoustic guitar, you'll feel a great sense of accomplishment when everything falls into place.

It is best that you listen to the melody you are trying to study as it makes the studying easier. While you can remember how a tune goes, hearing it while you practice can help you with the rhythm and detail. Tabs for acoustic guitar make studying more enjoyable, and it will not take long to have a small repertoire you can trot out at parties or just jam around with in the privacy of your own house. - 23812

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