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black_legion
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30 Apr 2008, 6:28 am

i asked my teacher to explain it to me but i didnt understand it at all anyone able to explain how to read them?



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30 Apr 2008, 11:39 am

Try this.


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02 May 2008, 5:09 am

Heh. . . yes, woot for the internet.

I also like this one.

http://guitar.about.com/library/blhowtoreadtab.htm


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03 May 2008, 1:07 am

Fogman... that's a great way to teach tab, thanks for posting it.

Jainaday... I have seen other pages that guy has posted for guitar and I found several I really liked also.

Yeah.. this internet is a really cool thing. As an amateur musician myself, I have really enjoyed and benefitted from using the internet. :wink:


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03 May 2008, 11:19 am

I'll just explain it. The tabs mimic a guitar neck when you're looking straight down at it. The one at the bottom of the tabs is the lowest string; the one at the top is the highest. The numbers signify which fret to play. Hope that helped!