By John Ellis
Guitar tabs are written on a graph that features six lines
representing strings of a guitar. Guitar players find this type of notation
easier to read. Guitar tabs for beginners is a way of writing music for a specific
instrument.
Guitar tabs for beginners (or tabulature, or tab for short) is a form of
musical notation indicating instrument fingering rather than musical
pitches. Guitar Tabs for beginners is a system of notation using letters,
symbols, or other visual cues instead of standard notation to indicate how a
musical piece is to be played. For example, guitar or banjo guitar tabs for
beginners typically consists of a diagram of the strings with finger positions
indicated by numerals corresponding to the appropriate frets.
Guitar tabs for beginners is common for fretted stringed instruments such as
the lute, vihuela, or guitar, as well as many free reed aerophones such as the
harmonica. guitar tabs for beginners was common during the Renaissance and
Baroque eras, and is commonly used in notating rock, pop, folk, ragtime,
bluegrass, and blues music.
To distinguish standard musical notation from guitar tabs for beginners, the
former is usually called "staff notation" or just "notation".