subject: Easy Guitar Tabs - The Basics [print this page] Guitar tabs, or more specifically easy guitar tabs, is a phrase often thrown around when the subject of beginner sheet music and beginner guitar help comes up. There are many things to know and understand about easy guitar tabs that beginner guitar players must know in order to better get it together and learn some easy songs here and there in their learning process. These aspects include things like what they are and how to read them, among others.
So what is an easy guitar tab anyway? Easy guitar tabs are small diagrams of music notes that help the beginner guitar player to recognize and associate notes with different strings on the guitar. Six horizontal lines make up the diagram with each line representing both a different note and the string of the guitar on which that note can be found.
Reading an easy guitar tab is, as you may expect, quite easy to do. All you have to do is look at the lines for a number on one of the lines. The line that the number is on is the string you will hold down, while the number itself is the fret you hold it down in. This also enables you to understand what note you are playing in relation to which string you are holding down.
Finding easy guitar tabs is almost as easy as reading easy guitar tabs and for several reasons. One of these is that, because they are so easy to read and utilize especially for beginners, there are easy guitar tabs available for almost every song you could think of.
The best place to find easy guitar tabs for beginners is the internet. By using search engines and databases found online you can easily find a few dozen beginner songs in easy guitar tab form to use for your practicing and learning needs. All you have to do is search using beginner and guitar tab-related keywords and you'll be surprised at the results you get.
There are a few ways easy guitar tabs can help you. One of these is of course to give you an easier option than reading sheet music when you are just trying to get the finger placement for each note down. Another way they help is by giving you a chance to practice looking at music of some form on paper as you play, preparing you for your future in reading sheet music for more complicated pieces.
