Tablature

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Tablature (or tab for short) is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering or the location of the played notes rather than musical pitches. Tablature is used for certain fretted stringed instruments such as the steel-string or electric guitar, lute or vihuela, as well as for certain free reed aerophones such as the harmonica. Tablature was common during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and is often, but not exclusively, used today, in addition to standard notation, for notating rock-era pop music. Three types of organ tablature were used in Europe: German, Spanish and Italian. To distinguish standard musical notation from tablature, the former can also be called standard notation, staff notation, or just notation.

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