Tablature Basics

If you are not familiar with the concept of tablature or how to read it. may we suggest: Tablature Explained - A great resource for learning the basics and the advanced. The Guide to Tab Notation - Howard Wright's thorough explanation of the subject.

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1. Bass Tab Archive  (4.4 Stars · 81 Reviews)  Hosts the Bass OLGA archives, but also features lessons, classifieds, links, and...... (http://www.basstabarchive.com) · 309405 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 2. TabCrawler  (4.0 Stars · 37 Reviews)  Extensive archive and search engine, with access to over 80,000 guitar and bass ...... (http://www.tabcrawler.com/) · 134076 Hits · Last Modified: 6/2/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 3. Bass-Tabs.com  (1.6 Stars · 12 Reviews)  User-submitted tabs of current rock songs, with external links to lessons, artic...... (http://www.bass-tabs.com) · 93491 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 4. Talk Bass  (4.3 Stars · 12 Reviews)  Official mirror site of the Bass Tab Archive, and updated daily with user submit...... (http://www.talkbass.com/) · 85435 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 5. BassTabz.com  (2.5 Stars · 18 Reviews)  Large selection of bass tabs, with several lessons, reviews, news, forums, and m...... (http://www.basstabz.com/) · 65162 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 6. Albino's Punk and Ska Bass Tabs  (3.6 Stars · 14 Reviews)  Huge directory of punk and ska-related bass tabs. (http://www.divineweb.com/tabs/tab.html) · 53228 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 7. My Bass Tab Collection  (2.5 Stars · 12 Reviews)  Pretty extensive selection of tabs by current rock/alternative artists (http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/4874/tabs.html) · 45391 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 8. BassSick  (2.2 Stars · 4 Reviews)  Transcriptions, lessons, tabs, and much more to explore in this vast, but somewh...... (http://www.basssick.com/) · 38914 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 9. Jars of Christian Guitar Tabs  (1.3 Stars · 5 Reviews)  Large archive of Christian guitar and bass tabs, as well as a message board and ...... (http://christianmusic.org/guitar/) · 36107 Hits · Last Modified: 4/27/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource 10. BassLicks.com  (1.6 Stars · 17 Reviews)  Keith Rosier's website features info on his multitude of bass instructional book...... (http://www.basslicks.com/) · 31379 Hits · Last Modified: 4/29/00 by ActiveBass Rate/Review this Resource

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