Printable Blank Guitar Tab Paper (Compact)
More room for longer pieces: nine tab staves per page and no pre-printed bar lines, so you can divide bars however the music needs. Two pages.
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What’s inside
- 2 pages, 9 staves per page
- No bar lines: draw your own
- String names and TAB clef on each staff
How to use it
- Print as many copies as you need at 100% scale.
- Write in pencil so you can fix mistakes.
- Keep finished sheets in a binder: your own songbook.
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Questions
Why no bar lines?
So you can fit bars of any length: a fast bar of sixteenth notes needs more room than a bar with one chord.
How do I print it at the right size?
Open the PDF and print at 100% or "Actual size", not "Fit to page", so the lines and boxes keep their spacing. It is designed for US Letter and also prints fine on A4.
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