tablature
Music. any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played.
a tabular space, surface, or structure.
Origin of tablature
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How to use tablature in a sentence
As Walther sings Sachs takes it down in tablature, calling out to him what sections are next required.
Richard Wagner | John F. RuncimanThis set of thoughts is like the tablature prescribed to the singing animal above mentioned.
Theodicy | G. W. LeibnizRobinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.
It may be necessary to say, that these tunes are written in an obsolete notation called tablature.
The first time he asked admittance to show you the tablature, and you did not want to receive him, I persuaded you to do so.
Barbara Blomberg, Complete | Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for tablature
/ (ˈtæblətʃə) /
music any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering
an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface
Origin of tablature
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