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By Booth Tarkington

You have got a new acoustic guitar and are learning the basics, for example the parts of the guitar. The next thing which will come to your intellect is the simple way to play guitar tabs.

Learning to play guitar tabs is an exceedingly important part of guitar lessons, and serves as a base for advancing in the skill. It's all about understanding the proper placement positions of the fingers on the fretboard. If you'd like to learn how to play guitar tabs, you will have to know how to read the notations on the guitar tablature sheet and place the specific fingers on the fretboard.

Basics of Guitar Strings

On a common acoustic or electric guitar, there are six strings. Many have a misconception about the counting of the strings. They consider the thickest one the 1st string, because it is on the top ; and the thinnest one the last, as it is at the bottom. However , the truth is the thinnest string is the 1st one and the thickest one is the last. All these individual strings have a certain open sound. The first string has a high 'e' sound, the second has a 'B' sound, the 3rd one has a 'G' sound, the fourth has a 'D' sound, the fifth has an 'A' sound, and the last string has the lowest 'E' sound. You will be able to better comprehend if you refer to the figure given below.

E ( 1st ) ----------------------------

B ( 2nd ) ---------------------------

G ( 3rd ) ---------------------------

D ( fourth ) ---------------------------

A ( fifth ) ---------------------------

E ( 6th ) ---------------------------

Holding Notations on Guitar Fretboard

Now you have got an idea of the open sounds of all 6 strings, you can find out how to play guitar tabs. A guitar tab is a diagram of 6 horizontal lines that designate the six strings. And on these 6 lines, there are certain numbers. These numbers show on which fret you are supposed to place the fingertips. If there's a '0' shown on the string, it suggests that you need to play the string open without pressing any point on that particular string. If there is an 'X' shown on any string, it suggests you do not have to play that particular string at all or have to mute it with your strumming hand.

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