Warm Up Exercise #1

In this lesson we will learn how to read tablature (TAB):

TAB is the gift to all those guitarists who don't have time to do their rudiments and learn how to sight read.  TAB tells the guitarist which string, and which fret to play and in what order.  TAB gives you a vague idea of the rhythm without actually telling you the duration (beat) of each of each note.

In Warm Up #1 we begin at Position Seven which means we place our index finger on the Seventh Fret, our middle finger on the Eighth Fret, our ring finger on the Ninth Fret and our pinky on the Tenth Fret.  We will travel UPWARDS on the Treble Clef as we start on the LOW E string and finish on the HIGH E string.

[E/1]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
[B/2]---------------------------------------------------------------------------7----------7-8-10--
[G/3]------------------------------------------------------7-----------7-8-10---10-8-7-----------
[D/4]-----------------------------------7----------7-8-10---10-8-7-------------------------------
[A/5]-------------7-----------7-8-10----10-8-7---------------------------------------------------
[E/6]----7-8-10-----10-8-7------------------------------------------------------------------------
             1 2 4   1    4 2 1  1 2 4   1  4 2 1  1 2 4   1   4 2 1   1 2 4  ...
The numbers at the bottom tell us which finger to use on our left hand

1 - index finger
2 - middle finger
3 - ring finger
4 - pinky finger