Hi Bill

Could you provide a specific lesson so we can see the tab,??

Keith

Bill G wrote:

Hi there,
On many sample of TABS on AM, I see two fret numbers with a line from each joined together with a horizontal bold line.
Some others just have vertical lines. They all have a meaning but I’ve no idea what that is.

Bill, are you talking about musical notation symbols as it relates to rhythm? TABs without any rhythm component would be impossible to interpret what the rhythm is so you either have to learn musical notation values and what they look like or use your ear to figure out the rhythm. It doesn’t really take long to do a crash course on musical notation as it pertains to rhythm. You can do an internet search on the topic to get more info on it.

The single lines that connect notes together that are straight across are 8’th notes. If you see two lines connecting notes, that’s usually 16’th notes. Three lines is 32’nd notes which is pretty fast.

If no lines connect the notes and the note has a solid body, that’s a quarter note. If the body of the note is not solid, then that is a half note. A note that has no stem on it is a whole note.

The vertical lines on notes are called stems. Sometimes there is a curved line that connects them indicating that the two notes are tied together and not played separately but instead, the first note is played and you let it ring out for the length of time that the two notes make together.

You can customize the tab view. With the last button (more settings) on the tab bar, you can, for example, set the tabs with or without stems, or hide the classical notation. I hope this helps you a bit.

Dieter