Song books: Guitar tab?

Question

What is Guitar tab? Im trying to get a metalica song book for my boyfriend, and he's only had his electric guitar for a few months.

Answer 1

Tablature is a way of transposing guitar on the web. The numbers represent the fret you're supposed to play, and different symbols represent certain actions. The hypens are strings, and more often than not the strings are eBGDAE, or highest to lowest varying by tuning and number of strings