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Or you didn't watch enough Sesame Street.Tabs tell you what fret of what string each note is played on. If you can't read that you've got serious issues.
Tabs tell you what fret of what string each note is played on. If you can't read that you've got serious issues.
... I know how to read tablature, I'm saying I need to learn the notes on the frets so I don't have to keep looking up and down between the fret and tablature...
Done being a jackass yet?
Spend more time on your real guitar than you do on Guitar Hero and you might get somewhere. "OMGx0rz, I got 99% on Guitar Hero but I can't even tell you how to play an E5 and I've had my real guitar longer than the game!" You deserved that one.
Most internet tabs suck. Use real tab books and you'll learn something. Use Google to search for "how to read musical notation" and then compare the tab to the musical notation written above it...learning rhythmic notation will help even more. Above that you'll see what chord you're playing in. Here's a trick. Learn the note of each open string and then count the notes up the fret board. Using either E string as an example, E-F-F#/Gb-G-G#/Ab-A-A#/Bb-B-C-C#/Db-D-E and then the 12th fret is one octave higher than the open string. If you want to learn, learn. You have to actually pay attention and put forth some amount of effort. You'd be surprised what even 30 minutes of focused practice a day will do for you. The best way to learn where the frets are by feel is learning and playing scales. That teaches your fingers the muscle memory they need to perform the task. There's no substitute for spending hours with your instrument and taking it seriously. Oh that's right, being serious is for losers. Fun people are never serious about anything.
By the way, if you actually don't know, an E5 is the open 6th (low E, bottom) string and the 5th (A) string fretted at the second fret (B).