Understand Tabs....

[4hisglory]

I'm not a Bassist but I tried to put together some simple tabs to the first part of Amazing Grace.  Is this how it is suppose to be done???

|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|------|-------|-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-|-------|-------|-------|-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-|
|------|-3-3-3-|-------|-------|-3-3-3-|-------|-5-5-5-|-------|-------|
|--3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|-5-5-5-|-------|-------|-------|

[floaded27]

thats basically it in a nutshell. just remember that the each number is a note played and the horizontal lines signify a bar (measure). the hardest things to do in TAB are indicate length of notes and timing. sometimes spacing helps.

[bass_asaph]

floaded27 cud u just break down the bar lines and how u count them cos i know that the numbers represent the frets right?

[floaded27]

the numbers represent the frets, horizontal lines represent each string, and the vertical lines (i said it incorrectly in my last post) are the bar lines

G|-----------5--|
D|--------5-----|
A|-----5--------|
E|--5-----------|

the vertical lines should end the bar (measure) so if the song was in 4/4 time, that would be 4 beats. so every space between the vertical bars would be over 4 beats