tablature
Americannoun
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Music. any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played.
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a tabular space, surface, or structure.
noun
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music any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering
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an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface
Etymology
Origin of tablature
1565–75; < Middle French, Latinization (influenced by Latin tabula board) of Italian intavolatura, derivative of intavolare to put on a board, score
Example Sentences
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That diary mostly contains tablature notation, but one entry, from before quarantine, last December, reads: “Try to find resonances — textural miracles that are confusing as to structure but spinning and mesmerizing.”
From New York Times • May 1, 2020
Monkey Wrench was one of the first I learned how to play, reading tablature in Guitar World magazine.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2016
Everyone who purchases the game has access to at least two TV channels which stream music videos — overlaid with playable tablature.
From The Verge • Oct. 23, 2015
Someone offered a link to tablature in 3/4 time, which is incorrect.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2014
Robinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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