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T0002500 (tăb′lə-cho͝or′, -chər)n.1. An engraved tablet or surface.2. Music A system of notation using letters, symbols, or other visual cues instead of standard notation to indicate how a musical piece is to be played. For example, guitar or banjo tablature typically consists of a diagram of the strings with finger positions indicated by numerals corresponding to the appropriate frets.

[French, alteration (influenced by Latin tabula, table) of Italian intavolatura, from intavolare, to put on a board : in-, in + tavola, table, board (from Latin tabula).]

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(ˈtæblətʃə) n1. (Music, other) music any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering2. (Art Terms) an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface[C16: from French, ultimately from Latin tabulātum wooden floor, from tabula a plank]

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n. any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played. [1565–75; < Middle French, perhaps alter. of Italian intavolatura, derivative of intavolare to put on a board, score]

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murals or ceiling paintings, collectively.Example: a tablature of splendid hues and imposing forms, 1819.

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tablature - a musical notation indicating the fingering to be usedmusical notation - (music) notation used by musicians

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(tăb`ləcho͝or), in music, a generic system of musical notationmusical notation,
symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds.

Two different systems of letters were used to write down the instrumental and the vocal music of ancient Greece. In his five textbooks on music theory Boethius (c.A.D. 470–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. indicating actions that the player must take, rather than "representing" the music itself that will result from those actions. Tablatures have been in use in the West since the early 14th cent., mostly for keyboard and plucked string instrument. Most used a horizontal grid read from left to right, with letters or numbers indicating the production of pitches, and rhythmic signs above. In the 16th and 17th cent., differing systems existed in Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Tablatures are used today to notate music for guitar and ukulele. These have vertical lines representing strings of the instrument, horizontal lines for the frets, and dots to show the position of the fingers.

Bibliography

See W. Apel, The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900–1600 (4th ed. 1953).

Tablature

a system of musical notation with letters or numbers, in use from the 15th to the 17th century. Tablature existed in several national variants, and the tablatures for individual instruments, such as the lute, organ, and harpsichord, also had their own distinguishing features. In organ tablature, the letters or numbers designated notes, and they were written on a staff assigned to an individual part; music for several parts was written on several staffs. In lute tablature, the letters or numbers designated the positions at which the strings were pressed to the fingerboard. The duration of the sounds and pauses was indicated by special symbols. Tablature was gradually replaced by the simpler and clearer staff notation (seeNOTATION).

tablature

1. A tabular surface or structure. 2. A painting or design on a part of an extended surface, as a ceiling.

tablature

[tab´lah-chur] separation of the chief cranial bones into inner and outer tables, separated by a diploë.

tab·la·ture

(tab'lă-chūr), The state of division of the cranial bones into two plates separated by the diploë. [L. tabula, tablet]

tab·la·ture

(tab'lă-chŭr) The state of division of the cranial bones into two plates separated by the diploë. [L. tabula, tablet]

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noun a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used

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