Christmas Guitar Tabs

- Tablatures (tabs for short) are musical notations designed for stringed instrumentsSolo Guitarist Network: Tablature - History and Development How to Tune a Guitar: Reading Guitar Tab
- Achieved popularity during the RenaissanceSolo Guitarist Network: Tablature - History and Development
- Guitar tabs are easier to learn than standard notationYour Guide to Jazz Guitar: How to Read Guitar Tablature?
- Most guitar tablatures online aren't accurateBBC News: Song sites face legal crackdown (December 12, 2005)
- Guitar tabs and song scores found on the Internet are illegalBBC News: Song sites face legal crackdown (December 12, 2005)
- The staff for guitar tablatures has six lines representing each string of the guitarGuitar Lessons Central.com: How to Read Guitar Tabs
- Notes are represented on the staff as numbers or letters and indicate which strings and frets are to be played Solo Guitarist Network: Tablature - History and Development Guitar Lessons Central.com: How to Read Guitar Tabs Your Guide to Jazz Guitar: [http://www.jazzguitar.be/how_to_read_guitar_tablature.html How to Read Guitar
- When notes are played together, they are called chords, represented on the staff as numbers lined together vertically on the staffYour Guide to Jazz Guitar: How to Read Guitar Tablature?
- The rhythm, as well as the duration of a note, cannot be read on guitar tabsYour Guide to Jazz Guitar: How to Read Guitar Tablature?
- Strokes are also not mentioned on guitar tabsGuitarConsultant.com: How to Read Guitar Tablature

This page will provide useful links to Christmas pieces for the guitar.
Tablature Symbols
Some of the more commonly used symbols in guitar tabs are:How to Tune a Guitar: Reading Guitar Tab
- h - hammer on
- p - pull off
- b - bend string up
- r - release bend
- / - slide up
- \ - slide down
- v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
- t - tap (with strumming hand)
- x - muted, struck string
Popular Christmas Songs