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Thanks for checking out the new River City Guitar myspace page. I started this page because there is no where for local (Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky) fans to get guitar tab from their favorite local bands.
I hope to be getting some guitar tab from a few of the local rock bands posted very soon. Several bands have agreed to tab out some of there own riffs, solos, lessons, etc. As soon as I get it I will post it here. In the mean time check out the blogs.LOCAL BANDS- If you want your tab posted send me a message. *TOP FRIENDS IS SET TO RANDOMIZE

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Member Since: 5/14/2006
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Learning Guitar
How to Read Guitar Tablature
The following tutorial will help to explain to you the basic concept of reading guitar tab. Although it may seem complex, learning to read tab is quite simple, and you should find yourself reading tab easily in no time.
Guitarists are a unique breed. Chances are, if you play guitar, you are either self-taught, or have taken a small number of lessons via a friend or guitar teacher. If you were a pianist, however, you almost assuredly would've learned to play the instrument through years of private study, which would include both music theory lessons, and heavy focus on sight reading.
Nothing wrong with taking the more informal approach to learning music, but it does create some inherent problems when it comes to laborious duties like learning to read music. Learning to sight read takes a reasonable amount of work, without immediate benefit, and it is these sort of duties that self-taught musicians tend to avoid.
It's never too late to learn to read music... if you want to get serious about a career in the music industry, it really is essential. However, guitarists have created their own method of music notation, guitar tablature which, while admittedly flawed, provides a simple and easy to read way of sharing music with other guitarists.

A tab staff for guitar has 6 horizontal lines, each one representing a string of the instrument. The bottom line of the staff represents your lowest "E" string, the second line from the bottom represents your "A" string, etc. Easy enough to read, right?
Notice that there are numbers located smack dab in the middle of the lines (aka strings). The numbers simply represent the fret the tab is telling you to play. For example, in the illustration above, the tab is telling you to play the third string (third line) seventh fret.
Note: When the number "0" is used in tablature, this indicates that the open string should be played.
This is the concept of reading tab, at it's most basic.
For more help with tab check out the TAB HELP in BLOG SECTION.

Sounds Like: TUNE IT UP!Standard E Tuning VideoTune to Drop D by tuning the 6th string to the 4th.Drop C Tuning
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Arpeggio’s

An Arpeggio (Ar*peg"gio) is a chord whose notes are played individually and  in rapid succession as opposed to playing the notes all at once. Playing an arpeggio is also referred to as sweeping b...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Thu, 15 May 2008 06:05:00 PST

C major scale 5th position

The fifth position "C major scale". E:-------------------------5-7-8-7-5--------------------- B:-------------------5-6-8-----------8-6-5--------------G:-- -------------5-7------------------7-5------...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:54:00 PST

C major scale open

The open position "C major scale". E:-------------------0-1-3-1-0------------------------------ -B:-------------0-1-3-----------3-1-0----------------------- --G:---------0-2-----------------------2-0...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:53:00 PST

C major scale 2nd position

The second position "C major scale". E:----------------------1-3-5-3-1--------------------------  B:-----------------3-5--------------5-3--------------- ---- G:-----------2-4-5----------------...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:52:00 PST

Rock Scales

..TR>  Em Open Pos         &nb sp;         &nb sp;        &nbs...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:40:00 PST

TAB HELP 2

Here are some of the little details that you'll need to know to fully understand how to read guitar tablature. Be aware that some of these symbols vary, depending on who created the tablature. Hammer ...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:27:00 PST

TAB HELP 1

This too is a relatively simple process. When the tab displays a series of numbers, stacked vertically, it is indicating to you that it wants you to play all these notes at the same time. Hence, the ...
Posted by River City Guitar Tab on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:00 PST