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How to learn tabs on the ukulele

This is how you play tabs on the Ukulele.

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So tabs can be kind of hard to figure out at first, but I'm here to help!

So this is a rather crappy picture quality but usually tabs have 4 lines, the top one is the A string then the E, then C, and finally G. There are also numbers.

So this is a rather crappy picture quality but usually tabs have 4 lines, the top one is the A string then the E, then C, and finally G. There are also numbers.

The numbers are a reference to the fret. A Frey is the space between the bars.

Let's say the tab says 3 on the A string, this is what it would look like.

Let's say the tab says 3 on the A string, this is what it would look like.

Okay a harder one. There's a 2 on G and a 1 on A. This is what it looks like.

Okay a harder one. There's a 2 on G and a 1 on A. This is what it looks like.

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