Tablature is the best invention for guitarists since sliced bread. Well, sliced bread wasn’t invented for guitarists, and tab wasn’t just invented for guitar players. Tab has been around for a very long time and was created for string players in general, although these days it is most associated with guitar players. Tab is a system of notation for guitar players that shows fret numbers on lines representing the strings of the guitar. It’s simple and to the point — just what us guitar players like to see. We don’t like complexity getting in the way of our playing. Lets check out some Guitar Riff Tabs.
A guitar riff is a musical figure that repeats itself throughout a song and is typically the foundation of a song. Think he bass riff in Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” or the riff in the Rolling Stones tune “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” These are two classic, easy to identify riffs. You can see them in the examples below, one as a bass tab and the other as a guitar tab. Riffs can be single notes, double stops, or even full chords.