Tablature

[angusd]

I'm very new at learning guitar and am reading up on tablature. But I am confused by one thing that nothing I've read seems to answer. Tablature shows the fret and the digit. But I don't understand how chords are handled. It appears to me that it only conveys information for fretting individual strings. Am I missing something here?

I'd really appreciate a reply

[Gulder]

well chords are handled by putting the position of frets above each other. Here's an example
a normal E chord :
E|-0-
B|-0-
G|-1-
D|-2-
A|-2-
E|-0-

and a random normal powerchord :
E|---
B|---
G|---
D|-5-
A|-5-
E|-3-

It's that simple. I hope I answered your question

Latz, Gulder

[seasoned_chicken]

i also got a bit confusd when i first read over it in my haste to get playing, but when i read over it again, it was really simple. Its just like the belgian beer lover said( :) ). But there is also the grid way. Heres an extract from the thing i downloaded to learn TAB.


Reading grids is about the same. The 6 lines represent the strings of the guitar.
The double line on the left is the nut. The numbers on the lines are the finger numbers and the single lines represent frets.(The 0 on the D string means let that string ring out with the chord.)
This is a grid representation of an open D chord.

E||-----|--2--|-----|----||
B||-----|-----|--3--|----||
G||-----|--1--|-----|----||
D0|-----|-----|-----|----||
A||-----|-----|-----|----||
E||-----|-----|-----|----||



thats the extract, and basically the double line at the right hand end means its closed and they all get played together not after eachother. At least thats how i
understood it. :)

[angusd]

Thanks guys, that clears up my understanding.By the way, I'm not familiar with Belgian beer...but I could just go a limey Robinsons light ale just now.
Thanks again.