Guitar tablature is a unique and simple way of learning how to play the guitar, a song, or riff. Tablature is set up to tell you what fret to play on what strings to play. The top line of tablature is the first string (bottom E string). The next line from the top is your second string (B) and it goes on so forth till you reach the bottom line which is your sixth string (top E string). Brief example:
E|---1---| 1st String
B|-------| 2nd String
G|-------| 3rd String
D|-------| 4th String
A|-------| 5th String
E|-------| 6th String
The example above tells you to play the 1st fret on the first string (bottom string). Do this by placing your index finger (finger 1) just before the first fret on the first string and pluck the string. The black dot on the diagram above will show you where to place your finger.
Tab goes into more detail and has ways of showing hammers, slides, etc. As you progress through the lessons you will start to see more explanations on tablature.
Guitar Finger Exercises
If you are an absolute beginner you should start here. Here will start with some simple tablature and play on one string. Once you get that down we will move onto to the other strings. This an easy foundation to get your fingers used to playing the guitar. It takes a while to get used to using different fingers to play different notes. Learning to pick through notes is also an absolute base to getting your fingers ready to play solo's. (If you're just starting, don't get to excited yet!)
Open Strings
Tab
E|--0--------| 1st String
B|--0------| 2nd String
G|--0------| 3rd String
D|--0------| 4th String
A|--0------| 5th String
E|--0------| 6th String
How to play
1. Pluck the bottom E string.
2. Use finger 1 to press down on fret 1 of the bottom string and pluck the string.
Try playing the open string for about a second then the 1st fret for about a second (One.....Two....).
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