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View synonyms for tablature
tablature
[ tab-luh-cher, -choor ]
noun
- 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.
tablature
/ ˈtæblətʃə /
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tablature1
1565–75; < Middle French, Latinization (influenced by Latin tabula board) of Italian intavolatura, derivative of intavolare to put on a board, score
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tablature1
C16: from French, ultimately from Latin tabulātum wooden floor, from tabula a plank
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Example Sentences
As Walther sings Sachs takes it down in tablature, calling out to him what sections are next required.
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This set of thoughts is like the tablature prescribed to the singing animal above mentioned.
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Robinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.
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It may be necessary to say, that these tunes are written in an obsolete notation called tablature.
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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.
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