Percy asked:


The song “Hey Laura” by Single File doesn’t have any guitar tabs poster online surprisingly! I really want to learn it, but I only know how to read guitar tabs. Can someone map it out for me?

I know there may be two guitars in the song, but only a mapout of the lead is necessary.
Thank you all Very much!

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Music ought to have life in it. A guitar is the instrument that brings life and its the heart of music. How much life it can bring will whatsoever depend on the guitarist skill. Mastering this skill can be developed by anybody with a passion for music and this instrument in particular.

Every bit of information is available in the Internet relating to learning various parts of a guitar. In fact if you have a strong will and a quick learner, the Internet is one of the best way to learn guitar. Most enthusiasts argue that it’s difficult to learn to play a Guitar without any guidance but that’s not the case.

Guitar tab plays a major and important role in guitar playing. There are different tabs arranged in a proper sequence so that the outcome sounds good. More information on this can be found in guitartab dot com. It gives information on many tabs and acoustic treats. For Example, amazing grace, hotel California, jingle bell rock, sweet home Alabama and more. Its a very easy site to navigate. Top of this site you will find Guitar Tab. On the left panel there are also different links like TABROBOT dot com, A-Z Archive, Guitar Chords and Lyrics, All-Guitar-Tabs.Net and so on. You can also get Top Tabs frequently visited by users.

In a page with nearly 1,739,318 tabs in 911tabs.com, guitar tab is the third option. Bass tab, drum tab, piano tab are amongst others available. However, just next to all tabs there’s a search engine provided which needs brand name or song name. Plain white, Rihana are some of the top 7 guitar tabs available. e-chords.com also gives information about all tabs and you can download the entire tab.

By: Peter Gitundu

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The two most common forms of guitar music notation available to either the aspiring or master guitarist are what are referred to as guitar tablature (tabs) or traditional sheet music. Depending on what you want to accomplish, you can use either to great effectiveness.

First off, it is not necessary to learn about musical notation to play an instrument such as the guitar. A quick search on the Internet for guitar tablature will result in a wealth of information for many popular songs for the guitar. Think about it: as opposed to being able to comprehend and use musical notation (where all of the notes have been documented EXACTLY as the composer intended) you can be able to play and be able to enjoy a song or two with as few complications as possible.

Guitar tablature (also known as “tabs”) is breaking down musical notation into finger positions on your guitar’s fretboard and strings. As a beginner on the guitar, or even a veteran, guitar tablature gives you a great shortcut to musical enjoyment. However, it can make you more prone to error if you have not heard a particular piece of music before. Tablature gets a beginner playing quickly without getting involved with sometimes boring (but valuable) musical notation knowledge. As a beginner you will likely want to see results right away – guitar tablature is excellent for being able to play songs with a minimal time investment. Descriptions of tablature are easier to understand if you have the original song to listen to; you can make a better distinction what particular tab notations mean with the original material. Tabs are available all over the place. Just do a search on the Internet for a song that you’d like to learn, more often than not you find it!

Musical notation on the other hand gives a more theoretical understanding as to what actually goes into the construction of a song. Rather than just a surface understanding that one might get with guitar tablature, you can see the underlying construction of a piece of music. Musical notation is also much more accurate than tablature, as you are playing the actual notes that a composer wrote. Ever wonder why a lot of people playing Beethoven or Bach all sound the same? More than likely they are using sheet music with musical notation as their playing source material. In saying this, sheet music notation is the traditional form of writing music. Most instructors may even consider this the “correct” way. If you understand musical notation, you do not have to have even heard a piece of music to play it and have it sound right. Notation can also shorten practice periods; if you know where all the notes are and know how to play them, then it’s basically all you need as opposed to remembering sometimes complicated finger positions.

From a beginner’s standpoint, you can see the value in being able to play and enjoy songs very quickly. It keeps you interested; without interest the desire to learn can fade or die off completely. Guitar tablature can keep the interest strong in the beginning. Who knows – you may use tablature as a stepping stone to being able to read sheet music. If you learn by hearing and being able to duplicate a sound, perhaps this is best for you. If however, you would like to learn musical theory and how to properly play any song regardless of whether you have heard it or not, musical notation is your best bet. Whichever you feel is best for you, know that you are enriching your life through the sounds of music.

By: David Korasa

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In this article I will try to give a few examples of guitar tabs for beginners. Before I do that, just a quick run through of just what these are.

Music comes in two forms. Firstly written or sheet music. Secondly is tablature which is shortened to tabs. The notation is different but tablature is easier to use. When looking at a music sheet you will see six horizontal lines. They represent the guitar strings. Secondly you will see a series of 0, 1, 2 at various places on the lines. These numbers refer to finger placement and fret positions on the guitar stock. As the song progresses the places to put your fingers changes. I won’t go into detail here at the moment. You will need to look elsewhere for learning how to actually play and read music.

So to a few of my favorites of mine.

The Star. yes that’s right Twinkle, twinkle little star how I wonder what you are..

From the Poem by Jane Taylor.
The first verse would look something like this below.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky!


This would be represented like this on a musical tab.

Third string down or G, ——–2-2–4-4-2–0-0—————–

and the forth string or D,–0-0——————–4-4–2-2–0h–


Now you would think all musical songs would be written or tabulated in the same way. I am afraid this not the case.

The arts world loves to create. Take the simple tune of Happy Birthday for example. Easy enough you would think. So did I until I started looking around.

It would appear the tab for this is not as straight forward as I thought.

I found several different interpretations of this very basic tune. Even the way the score was shown was different in some cases. May be the atmosphere at the parties had something to do with it.

I am sorry to say it’s not something you can pick up over night and play the next day with ease.
Reading, understanding and playing music needs to be learnt or taught to the person wishing to play.

Another part of learning to play is practice, practice and yet more practice. I supposes it like anything you want to do really well at.

Well I hope this little article shed a little light on the subject.
Happy playing.

By: Malcolm Ross

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John B asked:


I was just wondering if there was a FREE program that would allow me to type up guitar tabs that I could print out. I’m not looking for a site that allows me to post my tabs, just something that I can type, and print. Any suggestions?

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