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A guitar tablature is a diagram of the strings with finger positions indicated by numerals corresponding to the appropriate frets. Tablature is sometime referred to in the short form "tab". Learning to play the acoustic guitar can be greatly eased by using tablature it corresponds more to how you actually play the guitar than standard musical notation.

Learning To Play The Acoustic Guitar Using Tablature

Guitar tabs are standardized, but various publishers of sheet music may use different styles writing guitar music. Guitar magazines, songbooks and journals will provide a legend to specify the style they are using.

The acoustic guitar evolved from classic guitars. The strings of an acoustic guitar are typically made from steel rings, as opposed to the nylon or catgut strings used for classical guitars. That is why an acoustic guitar is sometime called a steel-stringed guitar. Acoustic guitars have a clearer and louder sound due to a much stronger construction than other guitars.

The type of construction and the materials used influence the price and sound quality of an acoustic guitar. A guitar with solid sides, back and top will be more expensive than one with laminated sides and back. The solid type guitars are generally made using maple, mahogany or Indian rosewood, whereas cheaper guitars are build with laminated woods. The neck and fingerboard are made with denser woods like cedar and ebony. The tone of the guitar is defined by the combination of woods used in the manufacture. To make the guitars a little less expensive, some manufacturers use alternative materials such as graphite and plastic.

Vertical lines on the tab represent the strings, horizontal lines represent the frets and the dots show the finger positions. For an acoustic guitar it is a six line staff with the lines numbered. Take note that the tablature is written "upside down" with the higher notes at the top and lower ones at the bottom to correspond to standard music notation. The numbers indicate which fret should be used.

The six line guitar tab has several advantages over standard musical notifaction that use a five line staff for learning to play acoustic guitar. It is much easier to interpret guitar tab and new players can pick it up quickly. So go ahead, get some of your favourite songs in tab format and play away!

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Another first in guitar history happened later that same year when Fender introduced the Precision Bass. The Precision Bass was different from the usual basses at the time because they were portable, you can play them like a guitar and they could be amplified. The usual Double Basses (Upright Bass) that were used at this time were hard to transport and often hard to hear over top of other instruments.

A few years later in 1954, Fender came out with the Stratocaster (Strat). Fender went out and asked professional guitarists and Fender staff what they wanted in a guitar so he could improve the Telecaster. Instead, they ended up creating an upscale model to go along with the Tele. Some of the main characteristics of the Strat were the addition of another single coil pickup and a double cutaway body design to make it easier to play notes higher down the neck. Another important addition to the Strat was the tremolo bridge, which was originally made to bend the strings to duplicate the sound of the pedal steel guitar.

Due mainly to Leo Fender's poor health, the company was sold to CBS in 1965. Even though Fender continued to grow with the new owners over the following years, the company realized the importance for management that understood music and musicians. This led to the hiring of William Schultz in 1981.

In 1985, CBS decided to sell off all of their non-broadcast media businesses including Fender. A group of investors and Fender employees purchased the Fender Company and put William Schultz in charge. With the ownership including people that have such a passion for guitars, like the Fender employees, Fender got even better.

Fender still thinks like this today and continue to give their customers the best Fender guitar that they can make. This is why I think that Fender is one of the most famous guitars ever made. Some of the great guitar players that love their Fender guitars are Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, John 5, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Richie Kotzen, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Fender also introduced many other models to their lineup over the next decade including the Jaguar, Jazzmaster, and Jazz Bass. Guitars and Basses were not all that Fender produced during this time. They also released the Twin Reverb amp.

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The inventor of the Fender guitar, Leo Fender, developed a solid-body guitar in 1951 called the Broadcaster. The name was later changed to Telecaster (Tele) and became the first solid-body Spanish style electric guitar to be mass-produced.

History of the Fender Guitar

1987 marked the year that the Fender Custom Shop opened for the first time. The Fender Custom Shop is located in Corona, California where they make custom guitars for professional guitar players and guitar enthusiasts. This Custom Shop was an obvious move for Fender because they have always understood the importance of listing to their customers and giving them exactly what they want.

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