What are tabs in guitar?

Answer 1

Well there is this thing called tablature (tabs), and there is also sheet music. Sheet music has actual musical notes. Tablature does not, it has 6 lines(signifying the 6 strings of your guitar), and uses numbers (signifying the fret you will use) for you to read the music. Tablature is much easier to use, especially for beginners. There are websites that teach you how to read tablature.

Answer 2

tabs are what tell Guitarists what to play .. think of tabs as reading but instead of letters its numbers that represent the fret and those frets are on lines which tell you the string to play the fret on

Answer 3

Tab, or tablature, notation is commonly known as a method of noting guitar music using six (6) horizontal lines to represent the strings on the guitar, then noting the fret number on the string to be played.

Here's an example of the opening riff for "California Dreaming";

e--O--1--O-----------------------------------

B--------------3--1--3--1--O----------------

G---------------------------------2--O--1----

D-----------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------

The O represents an open string.

The same tab notation is used for bass Guitars as well.