Bass Lessons - Bass Tab Timing bass tab

If you have trouble reading tabs because of the timing this might

be for you.

A tab is made up of measures.

4 quarter notes makes one measure.

8 eighth notes makes one measure

16 sixteenths makes one measure.

Each dash(-) you see is a sixteenth of a measure.

This in my opinion all tabs should be the length of a tab parts

seen below or divided at least.

One Measure Two Measures

G|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|

A|----------------| OR A|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|

Examples of note length:

Quarter notes have about one second in between them.

1 2 3 4

G|0---0---0---0---|

D|----------------|

A|----------------|

E|----------------|

Eighth notes read as 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

D|----------------|

A|----------------|

E|----------------|

Sixteenth notes read as 1 E & A 2 E & A 3 E & A 4 E & A

1E&A2E&A3E&A4E&A

G|0000000000000000|

D|----------------|

A|----------------|

E|----------------|

Same thing except spaced to make it easier on the eyes.

1 E & A 2 E & A 3 E & A 4 E & A

G|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|

D|- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|

A|- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|

E|- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|

If a tab is longer than sixteen dashes you could just divide it

into measures for timing

(asuming that they have the timing done right).

I know I spelled one or two words wrong. I do not have enough time

to go back and correct them.