Reading TAB Part 2

If you haven't read part one of reading TAB yet, scroll down this blog a little bit and read that first.


So you've learned basic TAB and now I'm going to teach you how to read more advanced tab. Timing is showed in tab by having notes certain distances apart; the further apart, the longer the wait between the two notes. Also, chords are shown in tab by having more than one note verticat of eachother like this:

E Chord

E---0---
B---0---
G---1---
D---2---
A---2---
E---0---

A tab with chords and timing may look a bit like this one, All Mixed Up by 311. Also, notice that during the chorus, there is a slash symbol (/). This means to slide you're finger from the first fret to the next.

Verse Chorus
E-3---4---66-66-666----------------------------------
B-3---4---66-66-666----------------------------------
G-3---4---77-77-777----------------------------------
D-------------------------3-3-3/4-4-4----------------
A-------------------------1-1-1/3-3-3----------------
E-----------------------------1/3-3-3----------------

Lastly, I'm going to show you what all the symbols for a TAB are:

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
x - mute note (Hit string with fingers resting on it, but not playing an actual note)