The notation

How to read a TabuNation diagram

Chord box

Guitar neck facing you, nut on top. Left string is low E. Right string is high e.

e ---●---     0 = open string
B ---●---     x = don't play
G ---●---     ● = fingertip
D ---1---     number = finger (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky)
A ---2---
E ---3---

Tab

Low string on the bottom, same as standard printed tab. Numbers are frets. h hammer-on, p pull-off, / slide up, \ slide down, <12> harmonic.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Rhythm slashes

When a page says “D D U U D U”, D is a downstroke and U is an upstroke. Count 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +.