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Guitar tablature is a great help for beginners to learn melodies. In this guitar lesson you will learn to read tab staff notation. We will use the popular song Yesterday as an example.

First, let us take a look at a guitar tablature staff:

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These six lines is a visualization of the six strings on your guitar. The top line represents the first string on your guitar. It is the string with the highest pitch. On these lines you will find numbers telling you which frets to press down to play a melody, chord or something else.

Here is an example:

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The number 1 on the second line tells you to press down the first fret on the second string. The number 0 on the first line means that you play the first string without pressing down a fret. This is also called to play an open string.

Now it is time to try to play the first notes of Yesterday by Beatles with the help of guitar tabs. I will show you the first line of lyrics and below the corresponding melody written with guitar tab notation.

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away

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A great way to play this melody is to assign your left hand fingers to play the specific frets in this manner:

First fret: index

Second fret: middle finger

Third fret: ring finger

Fourth fret: pinkie

This will make it easier to minimize your left hand movements and also help you find your way around easier on the guitar fretboard. Yes, I know it is a bit tricky at first but have patience!

Now it looks as though they're here to stay

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Oh, I believe in yesterday

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Now we have tried the first verse. The second verse have the same melody so we will jump right into the bridge:

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say

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I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

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After this you can complete the melody by playing the verse again. If you want to play more melodies by Beatles you can buy books on the net with sheet music notation and guitar tablature.

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Practicing consistently and well is a much harder thing to do then it seems and there are many reasons why this is the case. Before I go on, I just want to say that bad practice habits affects even the most experienced blues players but it can be overcome with some help. Here are some of the issues that you may face when practicing and here are some usable solutions:

1) Problem: Getting stuck in a rut. This is a very common problem that affects nearly all guitarists at some point in time. You end up playing the same riff and lick over and over every time you play and you can't seem to move on to anything new.

Solution: I am a firm believer that you should aspire to play everything perfectly. But, if you are stuck on this one thing and you feel like practice is getting a little stale, you should really advance to something else that inspires you. It is so important to be inspired in your practice and you can always come back to something later when you are in the right mood. Jamming over to blues backing tracks will also help in your creativity and inspiration.

2) Problem: Progressing to new skills too rapidly. Also a very common problem, moving on too quickly will without doubt, eventually turn you into a "jack of all trades and a master of none".

Solution: This problem is the opposite of the last problem we looked at. You can now see that there is a balance between too much and not enough emphasis on perfecting a song. My suggestion is that you should master each thing before you go on to the next, but if you are finding a particular skill impossible to master and you are dying of boredom trying, maybe that skill is a little out of your reach. In this case, it is best to go back and learn something less difficult.

3) Problem: Becoming narrow minded in relation to the different areas of learning within musicianship. Some people get into the situation where they are practicing only one style and neglecting everything else.

Solution: Try splitting your playing into parts. For example, I might spend 5 minutes practicing new blues scales or chords, 10 minutes working on writing new music for myself and maybe 15 minutes learning a new song or part of a song. This way, your practice never gets boring and you can achieve a lot more.

4) Problem: Playing things too fast when learning them. This can cause you to become disillusioned with your playing when you are trying to learn a new song.

Solution: A fairly obvious solution here - Slow down. Most blues guitarists, including myself try playing a song or new skill at a slow speed before trying it at a fast pace.

Practicing properly and regularly is the best way to become good at anything including playing the guitar. This requires discipline; not only discipline to practice regularly, but also discipline to stay focused and on track when you are practicing. A great way to keep the passion in practicing is to jam to professional blues backing tracks. There are great compilations of jam tracks from companies such as 50Blues. If you stay disciplined with your playing you will develop into an excellent player.

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