Tablature (or tab for short) is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering or the location of the played notes rather than musical pitches. Tablature is common for fretted stringed instruments such as the guitar, lute or vihuela. Tablature was common during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and is commonly used today in notating many forms of music.

5,631 pages of tablature for guitar in free PDF

1/ 1,710 pages of tablatures for classical guitar

If you’re looking for easy-to-use guitar tabs, you’ll find them in the first two sections (a, b) below. They can help beginner guitarists quickly learn and play their favorite songs.

a/ 10 Very Easy Song Tabs for Classical Guitar
Anon. – A la claire fontaine
Anon. – Au clair de la lune
Anon. – Frère Jacques
Anon. – J’ai du bon tabac
Anon. – Jig
Anon. – La tête bizarde
Anon. – Old Mac Donald
Anon. – Une souris verte
Anon. – Sur le pont d’Avignon
Patty & Mildred J. Hill – Good-Morning To All / Dionisio Aguado – Leccion 5a

b/ 2 Books of very easy and easy tablatures of songs for classical guitar
Classical guitar tablature for Early Beginner, grade 1, 72 pieces, 100 pages
Classical guitar tablature for Beginner, grade 2, 70 pieces, 50 pages

c/ Method
Francisco Cimadevilla – Hispania guitar method in tablature to learn without a teacher – 106 pages

d/ Books of intermediate and advanced tablatures of songs for classical guitar
Gaspar Sanz – 34 Tablatures for guitar – Tab – 28 pages
Gaspar Sanz – 16 Tablatures for guitar – Tab – 20 pages
Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D for classical guitar – Tab – 3 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Solo Lute Works Arranged for Guitar – Tab – 110 pages – 2,1 Mo
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lute suite 3 BWV 995 Tab – 21 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lute suite 1 BWV 996 Tab – 21 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lute suite 2 BWV 997 Tab – 21 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude Fugue and Allegro BWV 998 Tab – 15 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude BWV 999 Tab – 3 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue BWV 1000 Tab – 8 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lute suite 4 BWV 1006a Tab – 23 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Bourrée BWV 996 – Tab – 2 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne BWV 1004 – Tab – 10 pages
Silvius Leopold Weiss – Fantasia SW 9- Tab – 7 pages
Anonyme – Scarborough Fair – Tab – 2 pages

Classical Masterpieces for Guitar – Tabs – Book 1 for Beginner guitarists, 70 pages – 0,8MB
Fernando Sor – 20 Studies – Tab – 62 pages
Fernando Sor – Exercice opus 35 no.22, Segovia no.5 – Tab – 3 pages
Fernando Sor – Allegretto opus 44 no.2 – Tab – 1 page
Matteo Carcassi – Etude opus 60 no.3 – Tab – 3 pages
Matteo Carcassi – 25 Studies opus 60 Tab – 54 pages
Anonyme : Romance – Melodía de Sor – Tab – 4 pages
Niccolò Paganini – Ghiribizzo no.23 – Tab – 2 pages
Niccolo Paganini – 9 Tablatures for guitar – Tab – 20 pages

Christmas Carols for Classical Guitar – Tab, 18 pages
Alfred Burt : Caroling Caroling – Anonyme : Angels we have heard on high, Auld lang syne, Away in a manger, Deck the halls, Good King Wenceslas, O Tannenbaum, What Child is This – Charles Wesley : Hark The Herald Angels Sing – Franz Xaver Gruber : Stille Nacht – James Lord Pierpont : Jingle Bells – Miguel Llobet : El Noi de la Mare.

Coventry Carol – Christmas Carol for Classical Guitar – Tab – 2 pages

Spanish Romance – Tablature for classical guitar – Tab – 2 pages
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias opus 47 – Tab – 8 pages
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho árabe – Tab – 12 pages
Francisco Tárrega – Lágrima – Tab – 2 pages
Francisco Tárrega – 12 Tablatures, Easy, Intermediate – 14 pages
Agustín Barrios Mangoré – La catedral – Tab – 12 pages

Baden Powell de Aquino All pdfs are from BrazilOnGuitar : A Lenda Do Abaete ● A Primera Vez ● Abismo De Rosas ● Acalanto Das Nonas [berceuse] ● Alcantara ● Alem Do Amor ● All The Things You Are ● Alo Ernesto ● Apelo ● Apelo 2000 ● Aria Morrer ● As Flores ● Asa Branca ● Asa Delta ● Baixo De Pau ● Baixo De Pau Bass ● Berceuse A Jussara ● Berimbau ● Bom De Dedo ● Branca ● Brasiliana ● Brisa Do Mar ● Cancao Do Amor Ausente ● Cantico Nordestino ● Canto De Iemanja ● Canto De Ossanha ● Canto De Xango ● Carinhoso ● Carinhoso 1971 ● Chanson De Ladieu 1970 ● Chanson De Ladieu 1971 ● Chanson Hiver ● Chao De Estrelas ● Chao De Estrelas 2 ● Chara ● Choro Para Metronomo ● Consolacao ● Crepusculo ● Das Rosas ● Deixa ● Dindi ● Dora ● E Dei Lei ● El Dia Que Me Quieras ● Espirito Santo ● Estorias De Alcantara ● Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar ● Euridice ● Euridice 02 ● Euridice Intro ● Euridice Intro 1979 ● Euridice Intro Japan ● Falei E Disse ● Filho ● Filho De Furinha ● Fim Da Linha ● Fluido De Saudade ● Garota De Ipanema ● Gente Humilde ● Horizon ● Ingenuo ● Insonia ● It Was A Wonderful Year ● Itsuki-No-Komoriuta Single ● Itsuki No Komoriuta ● Jesus Alegria Dos Homens ● Jongo ● Kommt Ein Vogel Geflogen ● Lembrancas ● Linda ● Lotus ● Lotus Bass ● Manha De Carnaval ● Manha De Carnaval 1971 ● Manha De Carneval 2 ● Marcha Escocesa ● Maritima ● Na Baixa Do Sapateiro Pt ● Naquele Tempo ● O Astronauta ● O Mar ● O Que Tinha De Ser ● Pastorinhas ● Pausa Para Meditacao ● Petite Valse Part1 ● Petite Valse Part2 ● Poema Dos Olhos Da Amada ● Por Causa De Voce ● Pour Clo ● Pour Sonia ● Pra Dizer Adeus ● Pra Valer ● Preludio A Minor ● Preludio A Minor 2 ● Preludio Ao Coracao ● Retrato Brasileiro ● Revendo O Passado ● Rosa ● Round About Midnight ● Round About Midnight2 ● Samba Do Aviao ● Samba Em Preludio ● Samba Em Preludio 2000 ● Samba Triste ● Saudades De Marcia ● Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce ● Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce 2 ● Sentimentos ● Serenata Do Adeus ● Sermao ● Shadow Of Your Smile ● Simplesmente ● So Por Amor ● Solitario ● Sons De Carilhoes ● Swimming Bossa Nova ● Tapiilraiauara ● Tema Triste ● Tempo Feliz ● Tributo A Um Amigo ● Tristeza ● Tristeza E Solidao ● Ultimo Porto ● Um Carioca Portenho ● Valsa Sem Nome ● Valsa Sem Nome 2 ● Velho Amigo ● Velhos Natais ● Vento Vadio ● Viagem ● Violao ● Waltzing. – 865 pages

Jean-François Delcamp : Viviane, opus 1 – Tab ● Isabelle, opus 23a – Tab ● 8 Tablatures opus 33 ● 12 Tablatures opus 35 ● 12 Tablatures opus 36 ● Suite sans chichi opus 38 – Tab ● Prélude opus 40 – Tab ● Valse noire Opus 43 – Tab ● Berceuse rouge, opus 43b – Tab ● Valse simple opus 45 – Tab ● Samba, opus 48 – Tab ● Passage, opus 49 – Tab ● Trois pièces faciles, opus 53 – Tab – 86 pages

2/ Facsimile of tablatures in PDF format to download for free, 3,921 pages

Facsimiles of old tablatures for 4-string renaissance guitar (515 pages), from 1546 to 1554. In chronological order.

Alonso Mudarra – Tres libros de musica en cifras. Sevilla, 1546, 12 pages 4MB

Melchioro de Barberis – Fantasie per sonar sopra la chitara a da sette corde. Venice, 1549, 6 pages 2MB

Adrian le Roy – Premier livre de tabulature de guiterre, contenant plusieurs chansons, fantasies, pavanes, gaillardes, almandes, branles, tant simples qu’autres. Paris, 1551, 48 pages 3,7MB
Adrian le Roy – Second livre de guiterre, contenant plusieurs chansons, en forme de voix de ville. Paris, 1551, 48 pages 4MB
Adrian le Roy – Tiers livre de tabulature de guiterre, contenant plusieurs Préludes, Chansons, Basse-dances, Tourdions, Pavanes, Almandes, Branles, tant doubles que simples. Paris, 1551, 49 pages 4,4MB
Adrian le Roy – Cinqiesme livre de guiterre, contenant plusieurs chansons, à trois et quatre parties. Paris, 1554, 48 pages 4,5MB

Grégoire Brayssing – Quart livre de tabulature de guiterre, contenant plusieurs fantasies, pseaulmes, & chansons. Paris, 1553, 56 pages 5MB

Guillaume Morlaye – Le premier livre de, chansons, gaillardes, pavannes, bransles, almandes, fantaisies, reduictz en tabulature de guiterne par maistre Guillaume Morlaye joueur de lut. Paris 1552, 60 pages 2MB
Guillaume Morlaye – Le second livre de, chansons, gaillardes, padvanes, bransles, almandes, fantasies, reduictz en tabulature de guiterne par maistre Guillaume Morlaye joueur de leut. Paris 1553, 64 pages 2,3MB
Guillaume Morlaye – Le troysieme livre contenant plusieurs duos, et trios, avec la bataille de Janequin a trois, nouvellement mis en tabulature de Guiterne, par Simon Gorlier, excellent joueur. Paris, 1551, 54 pages 2MB
Guillaume Morlaye – Le quatriesme livre contenant plusieurs fantasies, chansons, gaillardes, padvanes, bransles, reduictes en tabulature de guyterne, & au jeu de la cistre, par maistre Guillaume Morlaye, & autres bons auteurs. Paris, 1552, 62 pages 2,5MB

Miguel de Fuenllana – Libro de Musica para Guitarra intitulado Orphenica lyra. Sevilla, 1554, 8 pages 3MB

Facsimiles of old tablatures for Vihuela (1710 pages), in chronological order :

Luys Milán – Libro de Música de Vihuela de mano intitulado El Maestro. Valencia, 1536, 214 pages 17MB

Luis de Narváez – Los seys libros del Delphin de musica. Valladolid, 1538, 214 pages 17MB

Alonso Mudarra – Tres libros de musica en cifras para vihuela. Sevilla, 1546, 261 pages 13MB

Enriquez de Valderrábano – Libro de musica de vihuela intitulado silva de sirenas. Valladolid, 1547, 224 pages 30MB

Diego Pisador 1552 – Libro de musica de vihuela. Salamanca, 1552, 196 pages 4MB

Miguel de Fuenllana – Libro de musica para vihuela intitulado Orphenica lyra. Seville, 1554, 366 pages 29MB

Esteban Daza – Libro de musica en cifras para vihuela, intitulado el Parnasso. Valladolid, 1576, 246 pages, 21MB

Facsimiles of old tablatures for 5-string Baroque guitar (1696 pages), from 1640 to 1732, in chronological order :

Angelo Michele Bartolotti – Libro Primo di Chitarra Spagnola. Firenze, 1640, 82 pages 5MB
Angelo Michele Bartolotti – Secondo Libro di Chitarra. Firenze, 1655, 110 pages 11MB

Carlo Calvi – Intavolatura di Chitarra e Chitarriglia. Bologna, 1646, 40 pages 5MB

Pietro Milioni – Vero e facil modo d’imparare a sonare la chitarra spagnola. Roma, 1647 – 32 pages 1MB

Robert de Visée – Livre de guittarre dédié au Roy Paris, 1682, 84 pages 7MB
Robert de Visée – Livre de pièces pour la guittarre dédié au Roy Paris, 1686, 65 pages 13MB
Robert de Visée – Suite en ré pour guitare. Paris, 1686, 16 pages 3MB
Robert de Visée – Recueil anonyme du XVIIIe siècle pièces originales et publications de l’époque, 374 pages 25MB

Jan Antonín Losy – Manuscrit Moravské zemské muzeum, 114 pages 11MB

Corbetta Francesco – La Guitarre Royalle. Paris, 1671, 112 pages 9MB

Ludovico Roncalli – Capricci armonici sopra le chitarra spagnola – Bergamo, 1692, 62 pages 10MB

Francisco Guerau – Poema Harmonico Compuesto de varias cifras por el temple de la guitarra espanola. Madrid, 1694, 70 pages 11MB

Gaspar Sanz – Instrucción de Música sobre la Guitarra Española, Tres libros. Zaragoza, 1697, 44 pages 6MB

François Campion – Nouvelles Découvertes Sur la Guitarre, Contenant plusieurs suittes de Pièces sur huit manières differentes d’accorder. Paris, 1705, 120 pages 14MB

François Le Cocq – Recueil de pièces de guitarre. Gand, 1729, 145 pages 18MB

Santiago de Murcia – Resumen de acompañar la parte con la guitarra. Madrid, 1714, 132 pages 7MB
Santiago de Murcia – Códice Saldívar No.4, Mexico, 1732, 96 pages 11MB

Facsimiles of old tablatures for 6-string Classical guitar (40 pages), from 1800, in chronological order :

Johann Traugott Lehmann, Nouvelle methode pour guitare – 40 pages – 6MB