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