tablature
pronunciation
How to pronounce tablature in British English:
UK [ˈtæblətʃə(r)]
How to pronounce tablature in American English:
US [ˈtæbləˌtʃʊr, -tʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
Word Origin
- tablature (n.)
- type of musical notation for lute or stringed instrument, 1570s, from French tablature (1550s), from Italian tavolatura (also Medieval Latin tabulatura), from Late Latin tabulare, from Latin tabula "table, list, schedule" (see table (n.)). "It differed from the more general staff-notation in that it aimed to express not so much the pitch of the notes intended as the mechanical process by which on the particular instrument those tones were to be produced" [Century Dictionary].
Example
- 1. For the science that we are imagining , it is a completely different tablature .
- 2. Thirty classic jazz and blues solos transcribed in guitar tablature and standard notation , complete with helpful notes on technique and style .
- 3. To clear plume in room , adopt green muddled and found him the precious treasures , like don 't release tablature hands .
- 4. Furthermore , to make the high-level guitar music input feasible , the user-friendly gui of tablature staff of six lines for both folk and classical guitar is specifically designed .
- 5. The first chapter is a general discussion on dynamic , including its physical features , its absoluteness and relativity in music , its tablature , its meaning in music and the history of its application .