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Question: What are Tabs!? Are they easy to read!?
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I find tabs easy to read!
--------------- E (1st string)
----2--------- B
-------------- G
--------------- D
--------------- A
--------------- E (6th String)
The numbers are the frets! (e!.g!. 2nd string 2nd fret) When theres and 0 it means you play the open string!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Tabs are a lot easier to read than sheet music and offer far greater and easy to understand articulation for electric guitar!.

When I was starting out on guitar and in college - when they first came out (about 1990) and when I had my meeting with my music professors!.!.they asked which way I was going (at the end of the music course) said I had discovered tab and am going to learn a hell of a lot of songs using this!.

They actually thought I meant acid and looked absolutely appalled!.
lol!.!.
You should train your ear and learn to read music to though!. Tab is not a substitute for a proper music education!.!.and you won't get any professional jobs because you can read tabWww@QuestionHome@Com

tabs are fairly easy to read if you look there are 6 lines, the top line is your bottom e string as you look at your guitar, the second is your b string, third your g, fourth your d, fifth a, sixth top e, an o on a string means strike the string open, numbers on the tab normally denote which frets your fingers should be on to make the chord shape give it a go i use tabs all the time they are great oncw you get the hang of it!. try this website out for tabs of your favourite songs its pretty good
http://www!.guitaretab!.com/Www@QuestionHome@Com

They tell you what to play and when!. I have a 7 year old daughter who reads both drum and guitar tabs, no problems!. I guess once you have had it explained to you they are simple enough!.
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tabs are guitar tabs they mean like the single notes/strings instead of chords theyre quite easy too read but depends which way it is set out!. :o) Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think soWww@QuestionHome@Com

yeah they tell u what string and fret to playWww@QuestionHome@Com