How to read a ukulele tablature
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tablature is a method of writing down music played on stringed
instruments like the guitar or the ukulele. It uses ordinary ASCII
characters and numbers, making it easy to understand and ideal for
places like the internet. It's a visual representation of the
instrument's fretboard
Here is what it looks like. :
/ for a slide up
\ for a slide down
h for a hammer
p for a pull-off
Rhythm and timing :
Tablature notation lacks accurate information on rhythm and timing (it will not tell you exactly lengths of the notes), and in most cases you will have to listen to the song to find out when to play upstrokes and downstrokes, or how long to strum a chord...
Here is what it looks like. :
C
A|---------2--3---2h3p2-----------|
E|-------3----0----------3/5------|
C|-----2------0-------------------|
G|---0--------0-------------------|
How to read a ukulele tablature :
The 4 lines correspond to the strings of the instrument,
The Numbers show you where to fret the strings (a zero means to play the open string),
Like in standard musical
notation, you must read a ukulele tab from the left to the right to find out when to
play the notes. If two or more notes
are to be played together, they are written on top of one another.
Each letter above the tablature denotes the root note of a chord,
Extra letters or symbols between the notes
to indicate how to play them,
/ for a slide up
\ for a slide down
h for a hammer
p for a pull-off
Rhythm and timing :
Tablature notation lacks accurate information on rhythm and timing (it will not tell you exactly lengths of the notes), and in most cases you will have to listen to the song to find out when to play upstrokes and downstrokes, or how long to strum a chord...
