tablature
noun
tab·la·ture
ˈta-blə-ˌchu̇r 
-chər,
-ˌtyu̇r,
-ˌtu̇r
: an instrumental notation indicating the string, fret, key, or finger to be used instead of the tone to be sounded
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Along with tracking dozens of websites that updated in real time, players had to solve lute tablature puzzles, decode messages written in Base64, reconstruct 3D models of island chains that spelled out messages, and gather clues from newspaper and TV adverts across the US.
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WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022
Smith also offered some of the earliest—and useful—guitar tablature.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
At the same time, the market has been expanded by startups, like Yousician, which posts step-by-step video tutorials of tablature for bedroom guitarists and local bands looking to learn how to play popular songs.
—Steve Knopper, Billboard, 3 June 2019
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WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022
Smith also offered some of the earliest—and useful—guitar tablature.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
At the same time, the market has been expanded by startups, like Yousician, which posts step-by-step video tutorials of tablature for bedroom guitarists and local bands looking to learn how to play popular songs.
—Steve Knopper, Billboard, 3 June 2019
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“Tablature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tablature. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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