Re: Help with Reading a Tab



On 24 Jul 2005, wannabe1 <gkg620@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:15VEe.5321$U%6.662@xxxxxxxx:

> Do I pick each individually, or is it a strum -- and not sure how to
> strum a 30? But having trouble picking -- doesn't sound right.
> Thanks...

The horizontal axis represents time. The vertical axis represents the
note to be sounded. If the notes are lined up vertically one above the
other, as in the first 0-2-2, they are played simultaneously as a
chord. If the notes follow each other horizontally, as in 3-0 and 7-4,
they are played in succession.

By the way, "2b(4)0" means to pick the second note on the G string
(that is, A), then bend it up to a the pitch that normally sounds on
the 4th fret on that same string (that is, B), then play the G string
open.


> E Dsus4 A
> E|-------------30----------------------------------|
> B|---333---------30-----------333------------------|
> G|---222--222------2b(4)0-----222--222-------------|
> D|2--000--222--------------2--000--222-------------|
> A|2-------000--------------2-------000-------------|
> E|0------------------------0------------74-75-76-77|

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