Guitar Lessons - Guitar Tabs

We are going to talk about guitar tablature or "tab" for short. Guitar tab is basically a nice convenient way to write music. When reading guitar tab chart, the 6 strings on a guitar are represented by six horizontal lines. The bottom line is the thick E-string and the top line is the thin "e" string. The numbers on the horizontal lines tell you what fret to put your finger on and it is read from left to right. A tab chart looks like this:
e:--7----------
B:----5--------
G:------7------
D:--------7----
A:----------5--
E:------------5

One thing to keep in mind is that the tab chart doesn't give you the rhythm of the song, so you will have to be familar with the song before attempting to play the tab.
Now lets talk about some of the advanced symbols you may see on tab charts.

Vibratos "v or ~" - vibratos are bends of the note to produce avibrating sound.
Ex. D:-------12vvvvv----- or D:-----------11~~~~~----

Hammer-ons "h" - hammer-on means pressing down on a note without picking the string
Ex. D:------12h14-------------

Pull-offs "p" - this is the opposite with what you do with a hammer-on
Ex. D:------14p13-------------