Blank guitar tab paper
Empty tab staves to write riffs and songs on.
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Example
Example: ukulele tab for a school music class, with the C major scale to copy
A music teacher hands out ukulele tab to a fifth-grade class. Settings: Instrument “Ukulele (4 strings)”, 10 tab staves per page, string names at the left, grey lines, US Letter portrait, Pages 3.
- Each staff has 4 lines, 3 mm apart, named A E C G from top to bottom: the top line is the A string, the one nearest the floor as you hold the ukulele.
- Write the fret number on the string’s line; 0 is the open string. The C major scale, left to right, is in the table.
- The lines run 187 mm (7.4 in) across the Letter page, with a bar at each end and TAB down the left.
| Note | String (line) | Fret |
|---|---|---|
| C | C | 0 |
| D | C | 2 |
| E | E | 0 |
| F | E | 1 |
| G | E | 3 |
| A | A | 0 |
| B | A | 2 |
| C | A | 3 |
tablature-ukulele.pdf: 3 identical pages of 10 empty staves. Choose guitar and each staff has 6 lines, e B G D A E; choose bass and it has 4, G D A E.
How it works
- Choose guitar, bass or ukulele.
- Choose how many staves go on a page.
- Keep the string names at the left if you are still learning which line is which.
- Download the PDF and print.
Frequently asked questions
- Which line is which string?
- The top line is the highest string, as tab is always written: e B G D A E for guitar, G D A E for bass, A E C G for ukulele in standard tuning.
- How do I write a chord in tab?
- Stack the fret numbers in one column, one on each string that sounds: a ukulele C chord is 3 on the A line and 0 on the E, C and G lines. Write the chord name above the staff if you like.
- Can I fit more staves on a page?
- Yes: 6, 8, 10 or 12 a page. With 12 guitar staves on portrait Letter the lines close up to 2.5 mm apart; bass and ukulele staves keep 3 mm.
- Is there music staff paper too?
- Yes — the music staff paper page prints five-line staves.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The paper is drawn in your browser. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the last page.
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