For newcomers to tablature(tab) for the guitar

• Tab is a method of transcribing guitar music.

• The buskers' method takes the following format

• Six lines are drawn across the page to represent the guitar strings.
• The thinnest string (the first string) is at the top of the page.
• Numbers representing frets played are displayed on the lines.
• A zero means play the string un-fretted or open.

                           C

1. ---------------------------------------0----
   
2. ------------------------------0---1---1----
   
3. ---------------------0---2------------0----
   
4. -------0---2---3----------------------|----
   
5. ---3-----------------------------------3---
   
6. ---------------------------------------------
   

• The above represents the C Major Scale followed by the C Major chord.
• Time signatures can be added.
• Chords can be played by stacking fret numbers and joining them with a line.
• Chords are usually named above their occurrence.
• Other decorations and instructions will generally be described on a tab sheet.
  
  
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