| Even if you haven't played guitar | | | | fret. This is what the previous guitar |
| tablature before you can impress or | | | | tablature notation is telling you. |
| maybe shock your friends by playing | | | | Let's play the first notes of Twinkle, |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Let's | | | | Twinkle, Little Star with guitar |
| start playing guitar tab! | | | | tablature: |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a | | | | 1. |
| popular English nursery rhyme with the | | | | ------------0--0------------------------ |
| French melody Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman. | | | | -- 2. |
| You can play this song on the first | | | | ------3--3-------3----1--1--0--0-------- |
| three strings on the guitar. | | | | -- 3. |
| The text is from a poem, "The Star", by | | | | 0--0-----------------------------2--2--0 |
| Jane Taylor. It was first published in | | | | -- |
| 1806. Here you have the English lyrics: | | | | If you want to use your left hand in a |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I | | | | professional way you can play the guitar |
| wonder what you are! Up above the world | | | | tab notes on the first fret with your |
| so high, Like a diamond in the sky. | | | | first finger, notes on the second fret |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I | | | | with your middle finger and the notes on |
| wonder what you are! | | | | the third fret with your ring finger. |
| We will use guitar tablature so you will | | | | Now it's only one guitar tablature part |
| not need to read sheet music. You will | | | | left: |
| only use the thinnest strings on the | | | | 1. 3--3--1--1--0--0----- 2. |
| guitar. The string with the highest | | | | ------------------3-- 3. |
| pitch is called the first string or | | | | --------------------- |
| E-string. Look at the following guitar | | | | After having played this part twice, go |
| tab: | | | | back and play the first guitar tablature |
| 1. 0-0-0-0----------------- 2. | | | | part and the melody is complete. |
| --------1-1-1-1--------- 3. | | | | Now when you understand guitar tablature |
| ----------------2-2-2-2- | | | | notation you can find many songs written |
| This is a tablature staff and the four | | | | this way on the internet. Search for |
| number 0 indicate that you play the | | | | guitar tab or guitar tablature. A |
| first string four times without pressing | | | | complete guitar tablature staff has six |
| down any finger on your right hand. This | | | | lines representing the six strings. |
| is called to play on an open string. | | | | If you have an ukulele hanging somewhere |
| The four number 1 coming after is played | | | | you can use the previous tablature too. |
| on the second string pressing down your | | | | The first three strings on an ukulele is |
| first finger on the first fret. Then you | | | | tuned the same way as on the guitar. |
| will play the third string four times | | | | Just one more thing for you to do. Play |
| pressing down the string on the second | | | | the song for your friends! Good luck! |