Learning to read guitar tabs is an essential skill that every guitar player that is serious about playing should learn. And the good thing about guitar tabs is that it’s probably the easiest method to read guitar notes available. I´m going to show you a few examples below, which will show you just how simple this is.
One the picture below you will see the basic setup of tabs. The 6 horizontal lines represent the guitar string, and the numbers on the lines represent which fret you should place your fingers.
If there is a zero on one the string that means you should place that string open. So to play this you simply play open E, then place your finger on the second fret on the A string, then open E again. Pretty simple stuff.
One the next two pictures you will see tabs that represent chords, first one is G and the second one is C.
The next picture might look complex but don’t be intimidated by the all the numbers, just play at your own pace and as you start to get the hand of it increase the speed.
This is an old exercise I used, simply play the fret until your all the way down the go back up but go backwards now 4 3 2 1 instead of 1 2 3 4. When you reach the top string again move one fret forward and continue. So go down, up, then one fret forward, down, up, one fret forward. You get the idea.
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