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How to Read Guitar Tab

beginner guitar

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Step 4 of 39 in Beginner guitar

  1. 1 Holding the Guitar, Posture, & Hand Positions
  2. 2 How to Tune Your Guitar
  3. 3 Guitar Pick Hand Study
  4. 4 How to Read Guitar Tab — you are here
  5. 5 Intro to Alternate Picking- Guitar Up next
  6. 6 Guitar Timing Study
  7. 7 Pick Hand Exercise

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There are two basic parts of reading tabs: 1) The notes themselves, 2) The timing of each note! Let's learn to do both.

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