Depends. You could be looking at the worst tab on earth, which is just lines representing strings and numbers representing frets, which pretty much require that

Depends. You could be looking at the worst tab on earth, which is just lines representing strings and numbers representing frets, which pretty much require that you be listening to the song and reading the tab for it to make any sense.or you could be looking at tablature alongside sheet music, which is much more enlightening. Some folks even have MIDI enabled tablature with sheet music, which is awesome [0], but is not merely tab. [0]: https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/metallica-one-tab-s444 https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/metallica-one-tab-s444