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You can learn to play the popular Christmas song Silent Night on your guitar even if you don’t master sheet music. You will use guitar tablature that will show you where to put your fingers!

What is guitar tablature!

It is a way of showing you how to play a melody on your guitar without using sheet music notation. Instead you will use digits indicating the strings to play and frets to use. Ordinary guitar tab notation uses a staff with six lines representing the six strings.

In this guitar lesson you will only use digits. I have found that staff notation can be distorted on article sites so the following notation is safer. You will find ordinary guitar tablature notation on my site capotastomusic.

As mentioned the Christmas carol Silent Night is a popular song and you will find Christmas sheet music for this song and other carols all over the internet. It’s harder to find easy guitar tab notation for these type of songs. We will first take a look at the modern English lyrics of the first verse.

Silent night, Holy night

All is calm, all is bright

Round yon virgin Mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

You will now learn the melody on your guitar one line at a time with the help of guitar tablature. Let’s start:

Silent night, Holy night

0/3 2/3 0/3 2/4 0/3 2/3 0/3 2/4

0/3 means that you play the third string without pressing down a fret. 2/3 tells you to press down the second fret on the third string. In other words, the digit before the slash indicates the fret to press down and the one to the right of the slash tells you which string to play.

Let’s continue with your guitar tablature melody:

All is calm, all is bright

3/2 3/2 0/2 1/2 1/2 0/3

Which left hand fingers should you use?

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In this guitar lesson you will learn to read a special type of guitar tablature. We will use the song White Christmas as an example. You will learn to play the melody and the chords on your guitar.

Guitar tabs show you how to put your fingers on the guitar fretboard in order to play a song, chords or something else.

A very common type of tabs has a staff with six lines representing the six string on the guitar and numbers showing which frets to press down.

In this lesson we will use a form of tablature with numbers telling you which fret and which string to play. Here is an example:

24

The first number tells you which fret to press down and the second number which string to play. These two numbers tell you to press down the second fret on the fourth string.

Let us take a look at the first line of the Christmas carol White Christmas and the corresponding melody written with this type of guitar tabs:

(C)I’m dreaming of a (Dm)white (G7)Christmas

24 34 24 14 24 34 44 03

As you can see the first note to play is the second fret on string four. The last note 03 tells you to play the third string without pressing down a fret.

I have also included chord suggestions in brackets in the lyrics immediately before the appropriate syllable.

The chords C-major, D-minor and G7 can be played as follow:

C: 35 24 03 12 01

Dm: 04 23 32 11

G7: 36 25 04 03 02 11

Time to continue with the next tabs:

(F)Just like the (G7)ones I used to (C)know

23 02 12 32 12 02 23 03

I suggest that you assign your left hand fingers to play specific frets on your guitar fretboard according to this table:

index: first fret

middle finger: second fret

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Westlake Village, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2008

Music gear retailer Guitar Center invites the public to attend the Apple Logic Sessions, an educational seminar designed for anyone who creates, performs, or produces music–including guitar players, keyboardists, drummers, singers, film and TV composers, audio engineers, and songwriters. Attendees will learn how to write, record, edit, and mix music using Apple’s music software and sound library package, Apple Logic Studio. Apple Product Representatives and Clinicians will focus on the new features of Apple Logic Studio and will conduct the two classes. The June 24 event will take place at the Guitar Center store in Northridge, California, at 6 p.m. The July 8 event will take place in the Manhattan, New York, store at 6 p.m. Both sessions are free; however, capacity is limited.

Instructors will show how Logic Studio’s included software, Apple Logic Pro 8, simplifies music production. Guitar Center offers the latest Apple Logic Pro 8 Music Software Update for users upgrading from Logic Pro Platinum/Gold 5 and 6 software. The Apple Logic Studio Tour will also cover integration with Apogee and Euphonix products such as the new Euphonix MC Mix, also available at Guitar Center stores, Apogee Symphony, or Apogee Duet, which is available online as a standalone unit or with the Apogee Duet Recording Package. The Apogee Duet Recording Package is a complete home recording setup that combines the Apogee Duet FireWire Interface with Apple Logic Express 8 Software along with two versatile Audio-Technica microphones, tripod stands for both, two Fostex PMO Monitor Speakers, and cables to connect it all.

Guitar Center’s Sessions will feature informative panel discussions and hands-on tutorials, and will provide musicians with an opportunity to network with peers and learn tips for using their favorite music gear. Visit Guitar Center for more information on upcoming classes.

About Guitar Center:

Guitar Center, Inc. is the leading United States retailer of guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and recording equipment. Their retail store subsidiary presently operates more than 210 Guitar Center stores across the United States. In addition, their Music & Arts division operates more than 95 stores specializing in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students.

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