Dont think ive ever seen someone explain this so clearly an easily. For someone that doesn't know this. You have made it so easy an clear. But then again im not surprised. You always make things this way. So too anyone thats learning guitar. Lauren Bateman is the way to go.
OMG!!! I ordered a beginner guitar inspired on this video… the more I see your videos the more I want to learn guitar … it’s going to be very fun to start to play guitar for me at my 65 (years old) finally my dreams will be accomplish it I am determined to do it because of you!!!Finally I got it… Thanks Lauren!!!!
Thank you so much! I'm 57 and finally trying to learn after a life time of being to busy. Struggling heavy due to memory problems from crash. But this is helping. Your awesome!
Thank you, there is no better and more thorough explanation of this method! I wish, around 40 years ago, when I first saw tablature, you and your videos had existed. For many years I have watched videos and written down the frets on tab sheets I made myself. That's how I still learn solos, licks and scales to this day. I hope many will learn from your video as it will be a wonderful resource for anyone interested in tablature. Kind regards, Rudi.
I always had trouble which string to play. I think I was using the top string as the heavy not of E. That’s why the songs didn’t sound right. Than you come along show us that the top E is the high pitch. So I was playing in reverse. So I’ve learned so much today that I’ll go back & play the songs the the right way. Thanks for an Excellent Tutorial.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hi Lauren, I know of you from VRA and have really learned a lot by watching your videos. You are a great teacher. I’ve been playing guitar over 30 years. I used to teach about 15 years ago.Now along with my RUclips channel, I’m getting back to teaching again. For whatever reason, I’ve never really been into tab but now that I’m bringing on new students, I’m probably going to start using tab more. Thanks again. I’m very inspired by what you are doing so thank you!!
So very helpful! Many people assume that guitarists understand tabs and/or understand the new way tablature is written. I didn't. I was a "band geek" (Yay! Band Geeks! :) ) throughout school and took additional classes in musical theory, earned distinction in local, state, and national honor band. So I know how to sight read music-- I'm rusty after all these years, but I can do it. The new version of reading tab though left me with a "WTF?", so thank you so much for having done this video. It so needs a bump or a pin or something so others looking through your videos knows it's available. And once again, you explain it so well!
Thanks Lauren - after watching this, I think it may be helpful (to me) to write the names of the notes besides the numbers - which will help me learn the notes on the neck as I’m reading/learning the TABS.
That's an excellent idea. I can read notation for piano, but applying it to guitar more difficult so I think this will make tabs less confusing and notation easier to read, too. Both wins for me.
So impressed with your teaching, I am brand new on guitar . at the ripe age of 73 and really enjoying the way you teach and your enthusiasm , thank you very much
I tell everyone I see that ask me why David are you so happy 😀 and I tell them all about your show on RUclips and how fun you make guitar! Thanks again for your help today please keep helping us learners and God will keep blessing you
One way to understand the low string on the bottom of the tab/top of the guitar confusion is to look at the tab as if it were a guitar hanging on the wall. If you think of turning the tab a quarter turn clockwise, so that the lines run vertically, rather than horizontally; it reads low to high from left to right just like a guitar hanging on the wall.
Lauren, the reason that TAB has the highest strings on top is because that is the way you see your fretboard from the playing position as you look down.
Thank you so much teacher. Start from today remember that you are my teacher and I am your guitar student ok, don’t forget it ok. And I will try my best as I am your student. I try not to put you in shame. I will not promise you that I will be a famous guitar player in the world,but I will do my best.
I find learning tabs a lot easier for me, as now let's say I'm a senior I can't get some of the normal guitar chords. But playing tabs still enjoyable to me.
LOL I'm learning guitar, but before now, I never played a musical instrument - _except_ Ode to Joy. I love Beethoven's 9th, so I learned to play Ode to Joy on every instrument that came near me in my life. I can't play jack squat else, but I can pick out Ode to Joy on guitar, piano/keyboard, recorder, xylophone, and violin (pretty badly on violin). It just tickled me that it was the example chosen for reading tablature.
I am in my 40’s relearning guitar and you have been a GODSend!! If I’d like to pursue lessons, do you do zoom for remote lessons? You’re awesome thank you for breaking everything down! ♥️
Hi Lauren! I’ve bin watching your videos recently and they’re helping a lot. But I have one question about reading Tab. Sometimes in tab you can se / and \ even some times the letter b or h (can’t remember really). For example 4/6, 5h7 or 5b7 not sure which letter.
Lauren, where did you hide this, my son got me on the tabs awhile ago and I just came across your tab lesson. I'm not going to say forget chords but tabs help you get going while you struggle with chords.
Lara great beginning lessons. I'm 73 and have taken up the guitar. Your the first person that has actually started at the beginning. I have gained belly weight. The belly pushes the bottom side of the guitar out. Which makes it harder to fret. And the angle changes as I play. Do you have any suggestions for old fella. Thank you
If you can sight read, you might notice the similarity of the Tab to sheet music. The TAB goes from low to high, just like a conventional music staff. If you play an Octave from Middle C , the whole notes go smoothly up the staff. Similarly, if you start at the A-string on the TAB, you can get a pattern like: (A-string) Fret3, (D-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2 - Fret3, (G-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2, (B-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2 ...
Thank you so much for everything literally. But I have a question, what does it mean when tabs are in the form of a chord but there’s a number on each one of the 6 string . Is it a chord ? How am I supposed to play it ?
Thank you.This is great explanation.But harder...and impossible is...to hear some nice song on radio.And to write or get right tabs for it.There are few softwares that do that,but they are not always free and accurate.
WOW LAUREN is there anything you cannot teach simply on guitar? You make learning the guitar so simple and fun! (BTW TY for your tip on guitar picks, recently got the DUNLOP .60 orange picks and I noticed a BIG difference, my guitar sounds like YOURS now!)
Hi Lauren do you think I should go to big Apple Music for sign up the class there or just learn with you? Right now I know how to play some chords and very beginning strumming patterns. And do you accept online student and how much for the price of you class? Thanks.
Hello! It’s really up to what you think will work best for you. I do have an online course that contains about 9-12 months of materials for $297. You can learn more about that here: www.laurenbatemanguitar.com/courseyt
Excellent clear and easy to follow instructions without any tangent or incomplete information. 5 ⭐️ your best in guitar show and learn how to play guitar with Award Winner Lauren Bateman on RUclips!
Hey! I just wanna say I've learned a lot from watching you for the past two days. i tried to play the music you showed in the video and whenever i hold my e string down it just dosnt sound the same as yours, like no matter how lightly i press it sounds like its being held down at the 13th fret or something. is that normal or should i maybe loosen my e string a little?
As long as timing and time signatures are not an issue; i.e. is the "3" on the first string on the chart a half note or a quarter note? Is the song played in 4/4 or 3/4 or maybe 6/8 time? Charts show you the notes, music shows you the music.
I agree that the higher notes are high and lower notes low and that is consistent with sheet music, but TAB is also consistent with looking down at your guitar and seeing the strings in front of you.
@@LaurenBateman , I read somewhere that “TAB’ stands for treble and base. So another way to orient oneself while reading tab is when you read the word “TAB’ at the left side, the line at the top (above the letter T) is treble (high E string) and the line at the bottom (below the letter B), is the low E string. Thanks for the lesson. Very concise and effective!
GREAT GUITAR VIDEOS REALLY GREAT. No disrespect a very very good guitar teacher and a very beautiful GIRL can't loose there. Keep Teaching I'll keep Watching. Thank You. DC
TAB is short for 'tablature' - the system she's explaining here. It is a way of reading music simply if you are not yet proficient at sight reading notes. Cheers!
If you are just NOW first time into guitar I mean this is the first you have ever picked up or tried, LEAVE the Family/Friends out of your guitar circle, Yes they mean well and have no understanding. Pick a discipline, by that Bateman, Marty, whatever teaching YOU wish to follow, JUST ONE the different styles can be a cluster bomb, of confusion. I got wondering on the learning friends, family different you tubers, PICK ONE grasp their knowledge then if you wish to climb or lateral it will be easier for you, you will not get frustrated as fast or hit the wall or burnout due to the different styles of accomplishing the exact same thing. Just my opinion.
Hey Lauren, here's a stat that you've probably already seen: 16 million americans learned to play guitar in the last two years. What do you think about that?
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Dont think ive ever seen someone explain this so clearly an easily. For someone that doesn't know this. You have made it so easy an clear. But then again im not surprised. You always make things this way. So too anyone thats learning guitar. Lauren Bateman is the way to go.
Awww thanks Bobby!
This is the way. Wonderful Said. 👍💐🎸
OMG!!! I ordered a beginner guitar inspired on this video… the more I see your videos the more I want to learn guitar … it’s going to be very fun to start to play guitar for me at my 65 (years old) finally my dreams will be accomplish it I am determined to do it because of you!!!Finally I got it… Thanks Lauren!!!!
Blanca you got this!!!
Thank you so much! I'm 57 and finally trying to learn after a life time of being to busy.
Struggling heavy due to memory problems from crash. But this is helping. Your awesome!
Glad it helps Scott
Thank you, there is no better and more thorough explanation of this method! I wish, around 40 years ago, when I first saw tablature, you and your videos had existed. For many years I have watched videos and written down the frets on tab sheets I made myself. That's how I still learn solos, licks and scales to this day. I hope many will learn from your video as it will be a wonderful resource for anyone interested in tablature. Kind regards, Rudi.
Glad it helped!
I always had trouble which string to play. I think I was using the top string as the heavy not of E. That’s why the songs didn’t sound right. Than you come along show us that the top E is the high pitch. So I was playing in reverse. So I’ve learned so much today that I’ll go back & play the songs the the right way. Thanks for an Excellent Tutorial.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hi Lauren, I know of you from VRA and have really learned a lot by watching your videos. You are a great teacher. I’ve been playing guitar over 30 years. I used to teach about 15 years ago.Now along with my RUclips channel, I’m getting back to teaching again. For whatever reason, I’ve never really been into tab but now that I’m bringing on new students, I’m probably going to start using tab more. Thanks again. I’m very inspired by what you are doing so thank you!!
Hey Clay, that's awesome. Thanks for the kinds words. Definitely give it a try.
So very helpful! Many people assume that guitarists understand tabs and/or understand the new way tablature is written. I didn't. I was a "band geek" (Yay! Band Geeks! :) ) throughout school and took additional classes in musical theory, earned distinction in local, state, and national honor band. So I know how to sight read music-- I'm rusty after all these years, but I can do it. The new version of reading tab though left me with a "WTF?", so thank you so much for having done this video. It so needs a bump or a pin or something so others looking through your videos knows it's available. And once again, you explain it so well!
Glad to help!
Thanks Lauren - after watching this, I think it may be helpful (to me) to write the names of the notes besides the numbers - which will help me learn the notes on the neck as I’m reading/learning the TABS.
Thanks for the suggestion Ted.
That's an excellent idea. I can read notation for piano, but applying it to guitar more difficult so I think this will make tabs less confusing and notation easier to read, too. Both wins for me.
Great idea Lauren. I don't read music. I just read tabs. It's a fantastic alternative, genius, practical experience. Thanks Lauren 🎶🎶🎶
Amen
That is super better to learn, I can practice this quite easily. Thank you so much, Lauren! 😊
You're so welcome!
Quick and easy explanation of tablature and how to use it! Well done!
You're welcome!
So impressed with your teaching, I am brand new on guitar . at the ripe age of 73 and really enjoying the way you teach and your enthusiasm , thank you very much
Awesome, thank you!
I tell everyone I see that ask me why David are you so happy 😀 and I tell them all about your show on RUclips and how fun you make guitar! Thanks again for your help today please keep helping us learners and God will keep blessing you
Aww so happy to help
One way to understand the low string on the bottom of the tab/top of the guitar confusion is to look at the tab as if it were a guitar hanging on the wall. If you think of turning the tab a quarter turn clockwise, so that the lines run vertically, rather than horizontally; it reads low to high from left to right just like a guitar hanging on the wall.
Perfect
It's like putting your guitar on your lap and looking at the fretboard from above.
Lauren, the reason that TAB has the highest strings on top is because that is the way you see your fretboard from the playing position as you look down.
Someone else mentioned that. See every I learn new things all the time!
Thank you so much teacher. Start from today remember that you are my teacher and I am your guitar student ok, don’t forget it ok. And I will try my best as I am your student. I try not to put you in shame. I will not promise you that I will be a famous guitar player in the world,but I will do my best.
You are very welcome! I'm glad you found my video lessons helpful. You can do it :D
Thanks Lauren From mature beginner in Scotland🎸🤘🏻🙏
Rock on! Hello Scotland!
I find learning tabs a lot easier for me, as now let's say I'm a senior I can't get some of the normal guitar chords. But playing tabs still enjoyable to me.
Oh My words cant express how glad I'm that I found your video's. I'm going to your classes to look into the course. TY
Wonderful! Thank you so much!
LOL I'm learning guitar, but before now, I never played a musical instrument - _except_ Ode to Joy. I love Beethoven's 9th, so I learned to play Ode to Joy on every instrument that came near me in my life. I can't play jack squat else, but I can pick out Ode to Joy on guitar, piano/keyboard, recorder, xylophone, and violin (pretty badly on violin). It just tickled me that it was the example chosen for reading tablature.
Oh fantastic!!! It's a good beginner song.
Super helpful! Thank you! 😊
You’re welcome ☺️
So beautiful the way you present this lesson thanks a lot madam.
It's my pleasure
I am in my 40’s relearning guitar and you have been a GODSend!! If I’d like to pursue lessons, do you do zoom for remote lessons? You’re awesome thank you for breaking everything down! ♥️
Thanks for watching! Please try our crash course and let us know how it goes: www.laurenbateman.com/crash-course/
Absolutely true, for me it's easier learn seeing you play, much easier
Me too
Wow, that was so helpful, I've always played using chords above the words. Thank you so much. Blessings from Kruger Park SA.
You got it
Hi Lauren! I’ve bin watching your videos recently and they’re helping a lot. But I have one question about reading Tab. Sometimes in tab you can se / and \ even some times the letter b or h (can’t remember really). For example 4/6, 5h7 or 5b7 not sure which letter.
Yep, those represent slides hammer-ons, bends, pull-offs, etc.
This worked great! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Nice ma'am.God Bless you
Same to you
your energy level is superb Lauren. great teacher.... also, I'm so touching to hear Amazing grace here :D
Wow, thank you!
Lauren, where did you hide this, my son got me on the tabs awhile ago and I just came across your tab lesson. I'm not going to say forget chords but tabs help you get going while you struggle with chords.
Thank you for watching! Glad it helped.
Thank you!
Lara great beginning lessons. I'm 73 and have taken up the guitar. Your the first person that has actually started at the beginning. I have gained belly weight. The belly pushes the bottom side of the guitar out. Which makes it harder to fret. And the angle changes as I play. Do you have any suggestions for old fella. Thank you
Yeah that can be tough. Playing to the side with a strap could be helpful.
Thanks, keep the good stuff coming!
More to come!
Thank you for doing, it is really nice of you. Appreciated! 🙏
My pleasure!
Excellent explanation Lauren, Tabs work well with guitar, I sight read piano but prefer tabs for guitar, it just feels right
Thanks Darren. Yeah I could see tab working well on piano 🤣
If you can sight read, you might notice the similarity of the Tab to sheet music. The TAB goes from low to high, just like a conventional music staff. If you play an Octave from Middle C , the whole notes go smoothly up the staff. Similarly, if you start at the A-string on the TAB, you can get a pattern like: (A-string) Fret3, (D-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2 - Fret3, (G-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2, (B-string) 'Fret0' - Fret2 ...
Thank you. You made it easy to understand
You are very welcome!
Hey Lauren as always i follow all your good tips. Thank you for sharing 👌👌
You're welcome
Very well explained Madam,thanks a lot
You're so welcome!
Watching from the Philippines!😊
So cool!
The best teacher ❤ I owe you a lot of money 💰 I will send as soon I can thank you !!!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for everything literally.
But I have a question, what does it mean when tabs are in the form of a chord but there’s a number on each one of the 6 string . Is it a chord ? How am I supposed to play it ?
It is a chord.
After trying to decipher this I'm definitely gonna have to do a few lines. Good lawdy
Thanks for watching!
Excellent explanation
Glad you liked it
Great and very clear explanation. Thanks.
Any time
Thank you.This is great explanation.But harder...and impossible is...to hear some nice song on radio.And to write or get right tabs for it.There are few softwares that do that,but they are not always free and accurate.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the video Lauren. You make it so easy to learn. A tip of my hat to your T-shirt game! I love your shirts! You rock...
You are so welcome!
Well done teacher..thankfully a piano teacher taught me how to read music..very well explained:
Great!
You done good Girl, I use tabs a lot. You explain things so well.
Aww thanks Greg
Wonderful
Thank you! Cheers!
WOW LAUREN is there anything you cannot teach simply on guitar? You make learning the guitar so simple and fun! (BTW TY for your tip on guitar picks, recently got the DUNLOP .60 orange picks and I noticed a BIG difference, my guitar sounds like YOURS now!)
Oh that's great!!!! So happy for you
👌 Great!Cool!Supper Helpful!Thanks😉
You’re so welcome!
Top notch teaching 👌.
Thanks Leo
Hi Lauren do you think I should go to big Apple Music for sign up the class there or just learn with you? Right now I know how to play some chords and very beginning strumming patterns. And do you accept online student and how much for the price of you class? Thanks.
Hello! It’s really up to what you think will work best for you. I do have an online course that contains about 9-12 months of materials for $297. You can learn more about that here:
www.laurenbatemanguitar.com/courseyt
You have opened my eyes and now I understand. Thank you ! ;-)
Glad to help!
Your awesome teacher
Thanks!
Lauren, what kind of strings do you use on that guitar?
D'Addarrio Phosphor Bronze custom light.
Well explained Lauren. Thank you 🙏
You're welcome Ian
thank you
You're welcome
You're the best Lauren!
Aww thanks!
You must have a genius IQ. you seem to make things so understandable. I have had difficulty understanding TABS. TY for what you do.
You're welcome!
Dear all, where can i obtain tabulature sheets for Praise and Worship songs? Thank you.
Sheetmusic.com probably
Excellent clear and easy to follow instructions without any tangent or incomplete information. 5 ⭐️ your best in guitar show and learn how to play guitar with Award Winner Lauren Bateman on RUclips!
Oh wow thank you!!!
Hey! I just wanna say I've learned a lot from watching you for the past two days. i tried to play the music you showed in the video and whenever i hold my e string down it just dosnt sound the same as yours, like no matter how lightly i press it sounds like its being held down at the 13th fret or something. is that normal or should i maybe loosen my e string a little?
Oh no. Yes loosen it up.
As long as timing and time signatures are not an issue; i.e. is the "3" on the first string on the chart a half note or a quarter note? Is the song played in 4/4 or 3/4 or maybe 6/8 time? Charts show you the notes, music shows you the music.
I chose not to show the rhythmic notation in these examples to keep it simple. But you can have rhythm symbols on tablature.
@@LaurenBateman right you are!
Totally looking into the pdf file and then I’ll look into the full program
Thanks for watching!
What does it mean when there are letters above the tabs ?
Those are most likely the Chords played under the tab.
Excellent
😎
"Open G String" Giggity
Thank you for watching!
Hay!😁🤸🎸
Hello
Morning,Yep!😁👊
Morning
Hello Lauren thanks for sharing and I still want that camera on the table
Awww. Maybe you can find one in an antique shop. That's where I got mine!
Thanks for teaching me something I had a mental block against.
You're welcome!
I agree that the higher notes are high and lower notes low and that is consistent with sheet music, but TAB is also consistent with looking down at your guitar and seeing the strings in front of you.
Ahhh didn't think of that!
@@LaurenBateman , I read somewhere that “TAB’ stands for treble and base. So another way to orient oneself while reading tab is when you read the word “TAB’ at the left side, the line at the top (above the letter T) is treble (high E string) and the line at the bottom (below the letter B), is the low E string.
Thanks for the lesson. Very concise and effective!
U are brilliant at explaining tabs .thank you for that ..t.c.b.🤘☠
You got it
i was wondering if you can do a tutorial of the song the hanging tree from the hunger games... i would love to learn how to play it...
I won't have a definite time when will I be able to do it. But I will definitely keep this in mind :) Thanks for the suggestion
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Thanks!!!
Thanks but how we know the time for each note on tablature please give an explanation success👌
Depending on the tab, you can have rhythmic notation. These examples don't. Perhaps another lesson.
❤😊thanks
You're welcome 😊
And the grand adventure begins.
Enjoy!
GREAT GUITAR VIDEOS REALLY GREAT. No disrespect a very very good guitar teacher and a very beautiful GIRL can't loose there. Keep Teaching I'll keep Watching. Thank You. DC
Thanks David!
why is it being taught backwards on the fret board?
Thanks for watching! We'll have this checked thank you!
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Is that "Cobra" or Nobra, on your t-shirt? I'm in favor of one of them.
Cobra Kai 🐍
@@LaurenBateman thank you Lauren, for clearing up that question!
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What is TAB
TAB is short for 'tablature' - the system she's explaining here. It is a way of reading music simply if you are not yet proficient at sight reading notes. Cheers!
What Jim said!
I bet you’re wearing your Rock Revival jeans in this video!
Nope. Kuhl pants
My little ✋hand does not fit on my guitar when I but on the CABO🙄🤔😒🙄🤣😅😂🤨😏😒🙄
I mean on the country song's practice not this one
Hello beautitul great good morning
Hello 😊
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If you are just NOW first time into guitar I mean this is the first you have ever picked up or tried, LEAVE the Family/Friends out of your guitar circle, Yes they mean well and have no understanding. Pick a discipline, by that Bateman, Marty, whatever teaching YOU wish to follow, JUST ONE the different styles can be a cluster bomb, of confusion. I got wondering on the learning friends, family different you tubers, PICK ONE grasp their knowledge then if you wish to climb or lateral it will be easier for you, you will not get frustrated as fast or hit the wall or burnout due to the different styles of accomplishing the exact same thing. Just my opinion.
Thanks for sharing!
Pls Montgomery I swear song guitar lesson
Oh good one!
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Yep
Hey Lauren, here's a stat that you've probably already seen: 16 million americans learned to play guitar in the last two years. What do you think about that?
I think that's pretty amazing. I think everyone should have music in their life.
where did you get that stat from?
@@richardb8104 the news, a study by Fender. Several places.