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I've been trying to learn how to play my four string and I only found three string tabs. I am awaiting a response in another post how to convert 6 string to 3 string, but my question is why isn't there more 4 string tabs out there and why not more rock titles or even folk music? Thanks

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Comment by Edward Hardin on April 5, 2016 at 7:23am: My next build will be DGBE. I can use tenor guitar and baritone ukulele tabs. I'm also going to be using a piezo disc.

Comment by Sharecropper on April 5, 2016 at 7:11am: Thanks for the link on the tabs , Edward . I knew how to read tabs , just haven't had experience with them . My limited skills, and learning to read music, when I begin guitar have kept me from it. I need to see if I can learn to sight read tabs. , like I can simple sheet music. Tuned GDGB , one option is to tune ADF#B . The intervals between notes ADF#B are the same as DGBE . Then you can use standard tabs. and chord shapes . BUT....in a different key, the chord shape of D becomes an A chord . If you don't mind playing in a different key you are good to go. If not, you would have to transpose to the original key by going up the neck to the fifth fret for open strings DGBE with tabs. With chords I would transpose a chord chart so I know to make an A chord I need to make a D shape. I hope this is useful for you . It is one of the options I've considered, when deciding on what strings to use on my future build. Best of luck !

Comment by Edward Hardin on April 5, 2016 at 3:11am: https://youtu.be/jMNllTg5V6Y

This will help reading it

Comment by Sharecropper on April 5, 2016 at 2:50am: No offense intended to four stringers in my previous comment . Only bad humor it appears. I will be keeping one of the two, four stringer builds I have coming up. My true fear of the four stringer is it's relevance to the six and my known limited playing ability. Tabs. are great. I just don't have experience reading them.

Comment by Edward Hardin on April 5, 2016 at 1:17am: My tuning is GDGB

Comment by SlowHound on April 4, 2016 at 4:20pm: Nobody likes the bass player.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 4, 2016 at 3:59pm: And I just realized I didn't answer your actual question: why are there no rock titles or folk music 4-string tabs?

If you came looking for them here, you should have by now realized that many of the builds here are 3-stringers, designed to be tuned to GDg to play blues.

But think outside the box for a minute. If you already play six stringed guitars, that's like having a four stringer in the middle, and two side by side 3-stringers, or a 3-banger in the middle with two lower drones. Admittedly, in standard EADGBE tunng, this isn't quite the same (you don't mention what tuning your 4-stringer is in), but don't you see how this can be applied?

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 4, 2016 at 3:51pm: Prejudice against 4 stringers is ridiculous. They're just 3 stringers with a spare, which can be put to use as a drone, and also allow the accomplished six string guitarist to utilize chord shapes he / she has already learned, depending on tuning.

One way to learn to understand tabs, for those who don't, is to map the notes on your fretboard (it's really funny watching someone try to do this on a fretless slider).

As alluded to below, any 6-string tab can be adapted to 3 or 4 strings. It just requires a little bit of time and effort.

Oh, and the next time anyone disses a 4-banger, watch out for bass players. Their instruments are heavier, and they can play lower than you. If you play in a band, you'll learn to respect 4 strings.