Tablature is an alternative method of writing bass guitar music, where each line represents a string on the bass guitar. The top line represents the first string (the G string) and the bottom line represents the fourth string (the E string).
The numbers written on these lines represent a fret number, where 1 represents the first fret, etc. A zero represents an open string, which is when a string is played with no finger on a fret. Read these numbers from left to right, just like reading a book.
When traveling from one fret to another, for example if traveling from fret 5 to fret 3 in the first song, try using different (left hand) fingers for each note. Beginner players tend to like to only use one finger, but it is recommended that you begin playing songs with more than one finger as soon as you can.
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Use the fret markers, or dots, on your bass guitar neck to help you find the numbers quickly. The first four markers are odd numbered frets, on most guitars, frets 3, 5, 7, and 9. Then there is typically a double-dot at fret 12 which represents the octave, and then the single-dots continue on odd numbered frets.
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