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Question: How do you read these guitar tabs!?!!?
Intro repeat this x2
e|---|--------------------------------!.!.!.
B|---|-----------------------4-7-4---4!.!.!.
G|---|-------------------6-4-------4--!.!.!.
D|6--|------6--------4-7--------------!.!.!.
A|6--|--4-7---7-4-7-------------------!.!.!.
E|4--|--------------------------------!.!.!.

I'm trying to teach myself to play guitar this summer!.!.!.i can play but finding it hard to figure out this kind of tab music!! I'd appreciate some help!!xxWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The numbers represent theposition on the fret board!.

so to start you would put your first and second fingers on the 6th fret on the D and A strings and your third finger would be placed on the 4th fret on the E string, since they are all in straight line you strum them all together, nect you put your finger on the 4th fret of the A string then the 7th fret of the a string, so on and so on,
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the easiest way to understand this is this!.
there are Six strings that you see there !.
and in each string there is a number: the number indicates to you the fret!. usually it runs from left to right !. I play it and it sounds like a minor pentatonic scale or a harmonic minor
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E=Thickest/lowest sounding string
e=thinnest/highest sounding string

numbers refer to fret fingering on specific string!. read left to right for order!.

numbers on top of each other mean you play the relevant notes/strings at same time!.

takes time to get used too but easier than notation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Check this out for some help:

http://guitar!.about!.com/library/blhowtor!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com