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Tablature was first invented in the 15th century by English lute players who were looking for a quick and easy way to transmit their music from one person to another. Since tablature relies on transmitting string and fret numbers, it's only good for fretted stringed instruments, so during the rise in popularity of keyboard and orchestral music, tablature fell out of favor in popular music circles. Until now. Tablature is making a comeback in a big way, interestingly enough, through the internet.
It requires no formal musical knowledge or training to write guitar tablature. It's just a convenient and easy way for guitarists to transmit musical ideas back and forth.
The best way to practice learning a song with guitar tablature is to get a recording of the song you want to learn and listen to it while you're practicing your new-found guitar parts. When you can play the tab perfectly in time with the recording, you know you're on to something!
Musicnotes.com's online catalog of digital guitar sheet music and tablature now offers nearly 40,000 popular pieces available for instant printing - the largest selection of digital sheet music and guitar tablature available online! With a top-of-the-line search engine, this is your premiere resource for everything to do with guitar tablature.
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