Guitar Tab Paper
Blank six-line tablature: each line a string, each number a fret, with the bar lines ruled if you want them.
Blank six-line tablature: each line a string, each number a fret, with the bar lines ruled if you want them.
Choose Guitar Tab Paper from the list. It opens with the usual size already set.
Pick the paper size, the grid and the orientation. Customize holds colours, margins and more.
Download the ready PDF, or print straight from the page at 100% scale.
Standard notation tells you which pitch to play and leaves the fingering to you. Tablature does the opposite: it tells you exactly which string and fret, and says nothing about rhythm. On a guitar, where the same note exists in four places with four different tones, that is often the more useful instruction.
The top line is the thinnest string, the high E, and the bottom line is the low E. That feels upside down until you notice it matches how the neck looks when you are holding the instrument.
Pre-ruled bars keep a piece tidy when you already know the metre; leaving them off suits transcribing something whose structure you have not worked out yet.
Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.
The bottom one. Tablature is drawn as though you are looking down at the fretboard while playing, so the thinnest string is at the top.
Yes. Use the top four lines for a ukulele or the bottom four for a bass and ignore the rest — or narrow the string spacing so six lines take less room.
Four is the usual choice and fits most riffs comfortably. Use two for dense passages with a lot of numbers, or turn bars off entirely while transcribing.
