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What do the lines on guitar tabs mean?
Tab Lines. A tab staff will always have the same number of lines as your instrument has strings. So, a six-string guitar will have six lines, and a four-string bass will have four lines. A lower line means a lower note. On the tab staff, the bottom line is the lowest (or 6th) string of the guitar.
What does 1 mean in tabs?
The numbers represent which fret of that particular string needs to be played. 0 means open string, 1 means first fret, 2 means second fret, and so on. Also, tabs are read from left to right. ... This is the way chords are written in tabs.
