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	Harmony Central - Guitar: Tablature
		If you are a beginner and are not familiar with reading tablature, read the Tablature Explained Web Page or the plain text The Guide to Tab Notation (33K).
		Specializes in guitar tablature for '60s and '70s music.
		The Ultimate Band List has a listing of band related pages that contain guitar tablature which include some tablature you won't find in the OLGA.
	www.harmony-central.com /Guitar/tab.html (323 words)

	Tablature
		The rhythmic symbols of tablature tell when to start a note, but often there is no indication of when to stop sounding it, so duration is at the discretion of the performer to a greater extent than is the case in conventional musical notation.
		In tablature, a bend can show how far the string is to be bent, when the string is to be released (denoted by an r), or that it is a bend to an unspecific note.
		Other variants of lute tablature use numbers rather than letters, write the stops on the lines rather than in the spaces, or even invert the entire staff so that the lowest notest are on top and the highest are at the bottom.
	www.mp3.fm /Tablature.htm (1737 words)

	Reading Guitar Tablature
		A tablature is a form of music notation that is designed for a particular musical instrument, for example by specifically indicating keys or fingerings.
		Obviously, tablatures aren't as generally useful as standard notation, since they can only be easily read by players of one particular kind of instrument.
		In guitar tablature, each line represents a particular a string, and the spaces between the lines are not used.
	cnx.org /content/m11905/latest (582 words)

	Reading Banjo Tablature
		Tablature provides an easy way to read and write music as it is played on the banjo, guitar, or other stringed instruments.
		The tablature staff looks much the same as standard notation, but instead of each line representing a particular note, each line represents a string on the banjo.
		The letters on the lines on the left side of the tablature (D-B-G-D-G) represent the tuning of each string when it is played "open" (without holding the string down at a fret with the left hand).
	ezfolk.com /banjo/Tutorials/Reading_Tablature/reading_tablature.html (977 words)

	Welcome to Mel Bay's Dulcimer Sessions® Web Magazine
		Tablature was very popular for three centuries but then declined in the nineteenth century, only to be revived in the mid-twentieth century by American folk- and country-musicians with their guitars, banjos, mandolins, and mountain dulcimers.
		Tablature and staff notation have a superficial similarity to the eye in that they both use a background of parallel horizontal lines.
		Tablature lines and numbers make it very easy to know where to put your fingers on the strings to play the individual notes, but they don't tell you how long a particular note should last.
	www.dulcimersessions.com /feb04/HowtoRead.html (1524 words)

	Cyberfret.com: Reading guitar tablature found on the Internet
		Tablature or Tab for short, is a system of notation for the guitar.
		Tablature for a standard 6 string guitar will consist of 6 lines, one for each string of the guitar.
		Some tablature will have 7 lines if a 7-string guitar is being used, or 4 or 5 lines for bass.
	www.cyberfret.com /reading/internet-tab/index.php (594 words)

	Tablature notation
		Tablature staffs follow the same rules as non-tablature staffs for using time values from the previous chord if no time value is specified on the current chord.
		A slide is indicated on output on tablature staffs as a slanted line between 2 fret numbers on a string.
		Since ties are not printed on tablature staff, and input notation for tablature slides is like what is used for slurs on ordinary staffs, if you want a curved line like a tie or slur on a tablature or tabnote staff, you have to use a phrase mark.
	www.arkkra.com /doc/uguide/tabstaff.html (1981 words)

	Mandolin Tablature
		Tablature is one of the oldest forms of written music...it is a visual approach to reading music that gives you an exact position of finger placement on your instrument's fingerboard.
		There are many advantages of tablature that many are not aware of...for instance, if you use different tunings, tablature does not deviate from the standard number positioning; whereas, standard notation has to be re-learned for every tuning.
		Upon learning tablature, you can cross reference any place you may be on the staff and learn more about standard notation.
	www.folkofthewood.com /page129.htm (805 words)

	Tablature
		In tablature, these chords inherit their length from the length of the previous chord and the rhythm flag is omitted in the printed output (unless you explicitly ask for a flag on every note with %%taballflags).
		Like tablature chords, rests inherit their length from the previous chord or rest and they are only drawn if they explicitly have a rhythm factor.
		Here are some examples for tablature slurs: Please note, that the first tie in the second example is not possible in music because the opening parenthesis in the chord is not immediately closed in the next note.
	www.lautengesellschaft.de /cdmm/userguide/node8.html (2277 words)

	Guitar tablature and chords for keyboard players
		Because of the simple way that guitar chord shapes and tablature can be represented in plain ascii files, there is a huge amount of guitar music (tab and chords) on the internet.
		Tablature is read from left to right (again, the same as standard notation) - i.e notes that appear to the right of another note are played after the first note.
		If we continue through the complete tablature example, we find that it corresponds to an Emajor chord (low to high: EBEG#BE), followed by a different Emajor chord (EG#BE), then the notes E F# G# F# E D# and finally a repeat of the second Emajor chord.
	www.jmdl.com /howard/music/keyboards.html (1032 words)

	Banjo Tablature
		Tablature is one of the oldest forms of written music...it is a visual approach to reading music that gives you an exact position of slide placement on your instrument's slideboard.
		For instance, a 1 2 3 4 would be counted out evenly as beats...If you were to tap your foot in a rhythmic manner as you count to four methodically, you have the beat of the piece.
		Each downbeat would be a thumbstroke with your right hand or middle finger; each off beat, represented by the "and" symbol, would be played with an upstroke with your right hand index finger...(unless you're left handed and then you would be picking with your left hand).
	www.folkofthewood.com /page132.htm (875 words)

	Acoustic guitar Tablature (Tab) & Midi - Downloads Page
		Tablature is an excellent way in which to put guitar compositions and arrangements onto paper for learning and teaching purposes, and also to enable you to remember tunes from one year to the next, a definite factor if a tune isn't played for a year or two.
		One of the major complaints about tablature used to be that it didn't show any timing value so you had to have heard the tune first before you could use the 'finger-map' of the tablature to play it.
		Tablature is no different no matter what the tuning; it still shows the fret numbers which show where you are to put your fingers of your fretting hand (left for most of us!) onto the guitar neck/fretboard.
	www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk /guitar/tab.htm (1529 words)

	Tablature, history and development of tablature for guitar, lute, vihuela and other stringed intruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Tablature is an ancient system of music notation for stringed instruments that is still in use today.
		French tablature differs from the Spanish and Italian systems in that it uses letters instead of numbers to indicate which fret to play and that the highest line of tablature represents the highest pitched course of the instrument.
		The source of the original lute tablatures is the Tab Server at Dartmouth College.
	sologuitarist.net /tablature.htm (926 words)

	Tablature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Tablature, or ‘tab’ for short, is really not a new concept.
		Spanish and Italian lute tablature were more like the modern tabs of today, using the numbering system.
		Tablature makes it easy to read and write music as it is played on the Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin and Dobro.
	www.jaybuckey.com /tablature.htm (1262 words)

	Classical Guitar Midi Archives - Tablature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Tablature is an old notation system created to write the music composed for the vihuela.
		In Spanish and Italian tablatures, the top string is represented by the bottom line, while in French and English tablatures, the reverse would be the case.
		Tablature will (usually) not tell you the note lengths of the notes - so in most cases you will have to listen to the song yourself, with the tablature in front of you to work out the ryhthm of the notes.
	www.classicalguitarmidi.com /tablature.html (617 words)

	Index of Folk Music Tablature
		Tinwhistle tablature is available for most of the songs, sometimes with variations for whistles in more than one key.
		It means you can print the tablature to help you learn the songs but that you can't use the tablature in a workshop, club newsletter, or reprint it in any other publication without prior written permission.
		Note that all of the tinwhistle tablature is for a D whistle unless otherwise noted.
	www.guitarnut.com /folktablature (1018 words)

	Guitar Lesson 9 guitar chords, reading tablature, guitar chords illustrated in tablature
		Since we are learning the Am pentatonic scale, it's a good idea that we learn the chords that blend in with this scale.
		Your assignment is to fill in the missing open position chords in tablature above using the wheel below for your reference.
		Tablature is an alternative way of reading and writing music.
	guitarsecrets.com /guitar_lesson_9.htm (923 words)

	Tablature Guitar Stringed Instruments Music Arts
		the 26-year-old has a soulful flair that transcends the tablature zombies who memorize scales and learn to play them fast up and down the guitar's fretboard.
		According to Gary Boye, an early-guitar specialist at Appalachian State University, the earliest printed tablature for guitar appeared in a book for the vihuela...
		- Tablatures for flamenco and classic guitar, many in Guitar Pro format and images of scores, sometimes with MIDI or MP3 files.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Guitar/Tablature (1599 words)

	Tablature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While the "tabulature" is closer to original latin word, and thus more correct emytologically, the adapted version "tablature" seems to be more wide-spread in modern English.
		As of 2006, Google searches indicate that word "tablature" (~7 000 000 hits) is used 32 times more frequent than "tabulature" (~209 000 hits).
		Some are solely for tablature, while others also write lyrics, guitar chord diagrams, chord symbols and/or staff notation (Power Tab, Guitar Pro or TablEdit).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tablature (3652 words)

	TablEdit Tablature Editor
		This portion of the dialog allows you to choose your general display mode (not to be confused with View mode, the scale width of the measures).
		This, too, can be combined with the first two options allowing multitrack display of notation only or tablature only or both (you can not display the notation from one module and the tablature from another).
		This means that the lines of the tablature grid cross the center of the numbers.
	www.tabledit.com /help/english/general_options.shtml (593 words)

	:: Music Enthusiast! :: Guitar Tablature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In my opinion tablature is a learning tool to excel one’s own skill level and enables interaction among us guitar players.
		Tablature isn’t 100% accurate as compared to sheet music scores so what is the big fuss?
		This is wrong to have an organization such as the Music Publishers Association to regard tablature as infringing on their publications.
	www.music-enthusiast.com /tablature.php (270 words)

	Bass Tab at ActiveBass
		If you are not familiar with the concept of tablature or how to read it.
		Tablature Explained - A great resource for learning the basics and the advanced.
		Note: The Bass Tab Archive and the OLGA provide tablature for a wide variety of songs, many of which are copyrighted.
	www.activebass.com /tab/default.asp (370 words)

	Guitarsecrets.com: Guitar tablature and guitar tablature instruction
		Guitar Tablature Instruction: A six line staff that represents the guitar fretboard.
		When you read tablature, each line equals each string on the guitar.
		We still need to practice some finger exercises and understanding tablature will make the exercises that much easier to work on.
	guitarsecrets.com /tablature.htm (698 words)

	Tablature: NSA Song Player, Guitar Sidekick, Guitar Shed, ...
		You can import tablature and hear it played to the Metronome speed you choose, or create your own songs and progressions.
		Includes a tablature editor/composer that can display your work in tab and standard notation.
		Tabmaster is a guitar tablature creating/editing program with a user interface specifically designed for quick and easy creation of tab files.
	www.fileedge.com /all/tablature (476 words)

	Guitar Tab at WholeNote
		Note: The OLGA provides tablature for a wide variety of songs, many of which are copyrighted.
		WholeNote does provide links to these files as a service for private study, scholarship, and research only, and these links may or may not be active.
		Guitar Tablature Explained - A great resource for learning the basics and the advanced.
	www.wholenote.com /tab/default.asp (299 words)

	!Tab! Tab! Tab! 1000 Great Guitar Sites on the Web: Tablature (GuitarSite.com)
		Instab is a FREE program which allows guitarists to easily and quickly generate ASCII tablature files.
		Band Guitar Tablature Directory directory of over 250 link to various web site dedicated to the tablature of an individual band or artist.
		WWW Tablature Ring is a member of the Webring
	www.guitarsite.com /tab.htm (2144 words)

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