Tablature Files

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Tablature is used to show players of stringed instruments where to place there fingers instead of using musical notation.

A table is used to show the for example the six strings of a guitar Then usually the fret used and often Letters used to denote either the duration or whether slides, harmonics, hammer ons and pull off's are used.

An example of this is.

      S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  
E||--15-12-------15-12-------15-12-------15-12-------|
B||--------15-13-------15-13-------15-13-------15-13-|
G||--------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------|

Here are a few example of the legends used for certain techniques.

h hammer on
p pull off
b bend string up
r release bend
/ slide up
\ slide down
v vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t right hand tap
s legato slide
S shift slide
* natural harmonic