Hi, beginner, I have a question

sorry but it means something else

each line is a string eadgbe being the open note of each string
each number is a fret.
this is what is really meant by tablature (tab) and shows us picking patterns.

search on youtube for guitar lessons to see strumming techniques or look at the resources section

happy strumming

thanks Sumelton1, for the link, that explains it pretty well.

thanks guitarpix, great video explaining the tab structure.

I have another question for the experts or others here.

I've learned a few different strums, and can do them ok. The problem I have is when to change chords?

Do you wait for a natural break in the strum to change, or does the song itself dictate when to change chords?

For instance, I have this strum down pretty well:

Down Skip Down Up Down Up

I think that's one of the basic strums or rhythms. Do I change chords always after an upstroke, or can chords be changed anywhere in the strum? If the latter, doesn't it throw the strum out of whack?

Also, when playing a song, does one keep strumming the same rhythm throughout the whole song? Like in the strum above - Down Skip Down Up Down Up - when playing a song on the guitar, do we just repeat this same strum through the song? (if it's the correct strum for that song).

Do songs have specific strum patterns that everybody knows and uses? Or is everybody unique in the way they strum?

I'm finding it hard to find a strum that fits throughout a whole song. I'm working on 'Wonderful Tonight' by Clapton, and I can strum the chorus ok, but the rest seems very difficult for me to find a strum that works.

The strum I use in the chorus just doesn't work for the rest, which is why I'm asking about how unique strums are in relation to the songs.

Do you guys just stop strumming completely in parts of the song, then resume, or do you always keep strumming throughout the whole song without ever pausing?

Also, I need a strap for my guitar, but it only has a place to hook it on the back end. Where does the front part of the strap connect?

Do I have to have someone put on another knob to hook it on in front?

sorry for rambling, thanks everybody

ps. I'm paraplegic, so I can't tap my foot. Do you think it'll be hard to play the guitar well if I'm paralyzed from the chest down? I can't tap my foot, etc, and am starting to wonder if being paraplegic will prevent me from progressing with guitar playing.

Oh and go to your nearest guitar store and ask about metronomes and how they work, they'll do the foot tapping for you

Dear yank, I play for 30 years now, as far as I know this is called "tab(lature), showing you where to put your fingers and on which string.
I play and electric and acoustic. I can play pretty well, but it is only now, since a few weeks, that I try playing tabs. I even don't know what "category" of electric guitar player I'm in.
Every guitarist is a rhythm guitarist, but some of them are specialised in solo guitar, not 10 minute solos, but listen to some CD's and you will understand what I mean. I am more a kind of "lead" guitarist, only using riffs and licks, and mini solos. If you go to a guitar store, you will probably hear 5 guitar players, who play only "solo", others jazz. I love to play in such a way that people recognise the song.