Question:
Guitar??????
Okay so I am trying to learn how to play a song on a guitar, I have never played guitar before, so I have no idea how to read the tabs or even how to strum the thing .... please help
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It all depends on the type of song it is. If it's a slow song, then the tabs should be easy, but if you're trying to play Stairway To Heaven, I would wait a little while.
Ok, now on to how to read tabs. It's fairly simple. Whichever number it says on the line, that's the fret you put your finger on. And whichever the line is, that's what sting you play. Most of the time, the tabs will have a little letter beside the line saying which string it is.
|---0-2-5-3-0-----------------...
|-1-----------1---------------...
|---------------2-------0-----...
|-----------------4-4-4---4-4-...
|-----------------------------...
|-----------------------------...
For example, see how it says 1 on the secound line, that means you play the secound line with your finger on the 1st fret. If it says a '0', that means that it's an open string and you don't put any fingers on the string.
If this doesn't help you, I'm sorry.