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How to Read Guitar Tabs

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Whole bends, half bends, releases and vibratos are all techniques you can use to read guitar tabs in this free video series that will have you fluently reading guitar tabs in no time.

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Summary: So you're learning how to play guitar are you? Great! We are happy to help. Every guitarist should be able to read tab. This is a much easier version of sheet music for guitar players only that uses lines to represent strings and numbers to represent frets. There are very different symbols to represent techniques than on normal sheet music so we are here to help guide you through each of them.

Our expert will show you many of the symbols associated with a piece of tab music including half, whole and even two-step bends. He will show you how to read different levels of vibrato, palm muting, raking and even double picking. Looking at a piece of tab, it might seem daunting but trust us, our expert will not let you down. Watch these videos and you'll be flying across the neck in no time!

About the Expert

Expert: Bryan Billhimer is the lead guitarist for Platinum selling rock/pop band Blessid Union of souls. Brya is also a songwriter and engineer

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