tablature

[ tab-luh-cher, -choor ]
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noun
  1. Music. any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played.

  2. a tabular space, surface, or structure.

Origin of tablature

1
1565–75; <Middle French, Latinization (influenced by Latin tabula board) of Italian intavolatura, derivative of intavolare to put on a board, score

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tablature

/ (ˈtæblətʃə) /


noun
  1. music any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering

  2. an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface

Origin of tablature

1
C16: from French, ultimately from Latin tabulātum wooden floor, from tabula a plank

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