tablature

English

Staff notation (above) and tablature (below).

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæblətʃɜ/

Noun

tablature (countable and uncountable, plural tablatures)

1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
2. (countable) An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
3. (anatomy) A division of the skull into two tables.

Synonyms

• (musical notation): tab

Translations

form of musical notation

• Czech: tabulatura f
• Esperanto: tabulaturo
• Finnish: tablatuuri, tabulatuuri (fi)
• French: tablature (fr)
• Japanese: タブ譜 (tabufu), TAB譜 (tabufu), タブラチュア (taburachua)
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• Maori: tohu puoro
• Portuguese: tablatura (pt) f
• Spanish: tablatura f