History of Praise and Worship TABS
For those who would like to know how we got Praise and Worship TABS,
here's a brief history. Tablature has been around for hundreds of years.
It was a popular form of notation during the Middle, Renaisance and Baroque
Ages. Click here for a brief history of Praise and Worship TABS.
How to read Praise and Worship TABS
As shown in the diagram below, tablature has six lines. Each line represents
one string. The top string represents the first string on the guitar.
The bottom string represents the 6th string. For a bass guitar, the praise
and worship TABS would have just four lines, representing the four strings.
The
frets for praise and worship tabs are represented with numbers. 0 is
no fret, or the open string. 1 is the first fret, 2 is the second fret,
etc.
E- - - - - -3- 3 - 5- 5- -3 - - -
B- -1- 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Do you recognize this tune? It starts
on the second string, first fret. Play it twice than jump up to the
first string, third fret. Like a
book, tablature reads from right to left. This first example was
a single note
melody. For chords, you just stack the numbers.
E- - - -2 - - - -
- - - - - - - - -
B- - - -3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G- - - -2- - - - - - - - - - - - -
D- - - -0- - - - - - - - - - - - -
A- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Do you recognize this chord? It's
a D chord, a common one in praise and worship tabs.
There are other
symbols that you could encounter in praise and worship tab. Two are
the hammer on, h, and pull off, p. These
are both made
with the left hand, or hand holding down the strings.
A hammer
on is when you pluck the initial note with your left hand, but make
the next note sound by hammering on it with
a finger from
your left
hand. Here's a blues scale with hammer ons.
BLUES SCALE...
E- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - 0h3- - - - -
B- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0h3- - - - -
- - -
G- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0h2- - - - - - - - -
- - - -
D- - - - - - - - - - - -0h2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
A- - - - - - -0h2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
E- - 0h3- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
Pluck the 6th string open, then with
all your strength hammer it with the 3rd finger of
your left hand, hit the third fret, etc.
Pull offs are just the reverse. Again plug the note
using your right hand, but then plug it with the finger
you're using to hold the note, on the left hand. You'll
see both these symbols in praise and worship tabs.
Here's that scale in reverse, using pull offs.
E- - 3p0- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
B- - - - - - 3p0- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
G- - - - - - - - - - - 2p0- - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
D- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2p0 - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
A- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2p0- - - -
- - - - -
E- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3p0- - - -
Bends, b, and returns, r, work best on electric
guitars. If you see, for example 11b13. That means
to pluck
the 11th fret, then bend it to the pitch that would
sound on the 13th fret. That's easy on electric guitars
because the strings are so thin. Not as easy on higher
tension acoustic guitar strings. The r stand for
releasing the bend.
Slides are written with either an
s or a slash, / or \\\\. A slide is again where you
pluck the first
note
with your right hand, but get to the next note
by keeping the weight down with your left hand and
literally
sliding
it to the next note. You'll hear all the notes
between them. 5/8 would mean to pluck the 5th fret,
then
slide up to the 8th fret with the finger holding
the string
down.
A v stands for vibrato, shaking the note with
your left hand. A t stands for tap. You tap with
the strumming hand. And the x stands for a muted string.
Resouces for Praise and Worship Tabs
Tablature is a system of notating music as described
above. In modern usage, people will often refer to
songs with chords at tablature. There is a blending
of praise and worship tabs with praise and worship
chords. That said...here are praise and worship tabs
links.
Christian
Guitar Network This site was originally
called Jars of Christian Guitar Tabs. Now the site
is a complete archive with praise and worship tabs
from different archives on the web. There are over
100 praise and worship tabs and lessons done personally
by Brian Germer that are exclusive to this site.
Christian
Guitar The largest resource for praise and worship
tabs. You can find 7,416 guitar tabs here.
Because of copyright laws, they had to remove most
of the lyrics of the songs, but you can still see
the chord progressions. There are also praise and worship
tabs for the bass guitar.
Christian
Praise Tabs and Music This is home to over 300
Christian praise and worship tabs, matching standardized
overheads, powerpoint slides for your projector.
Very nice site!
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