This document describes a standard notation for transcribing music for the guitar in ASCII. Currently this includes tablature (TAB) and chording. It can also be used as a tutorial to learn tab.

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Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction
2.0 In General
3.0 Chording
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Notation
3.3 Example: Chords Only
3.4 Example: Chords and Lyrics
3.5 Example: Chords, Lyrics and Shapes
4.0 Tablature
4.1 Introduction/Basics
4.2 Tuning
4.3 Formatting
4.4 A Simple Example
4.5 Chords
4.6 An Example
4.7 Special Notation
4.8 Notation Variations
4.9 An Example Using Special Notation
Appendix A File Naming Conventions
Appendix B Chord Fingerings
Appendix C Chord Database


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