Today, when you look up that new solo, don't just memorize the numbers. Once you do that, you won't just be playing TABs—you'll be making music.
But tools are only as good as the craftsman using them.
This draft is written in a blog/review style, assuming the reader is an intermediate guitarist looking to improve their use of TAB. If you have been playing guitar for more than a week, you have almost certainly used TAB (tablature). It is the great democratizer of our instrument—allowing beginners to play "Smoke on the Water" within hours and metalheads to shred sweeping arpeggios without reading a single dot of traditional sheet music.
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But here is the problem most guitarists face:
