How to play Come As You Are

Nirvana

This tab has 31 notes, on the low D and G strings, open strings up to fret 2, at 120 BPM. The record is in D standard, so tune every string down a whole step to play along. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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120BPM at full speed
31notes
0 to 2fret range
Beginnerlevel

The tab

D standard

Each line is a string: high d on top, low D at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes. Tune every string down a whole step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Come As You Are tab, 31 notes, d standard. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. D2 open low D string
  2. D2 open low D string
  3. Eb2 low D string, fret 1
  4. E2 low D string, fret 2
  5. G2 open G string
  6. E2 low D string, fret 2
  7. G2 open G string
  8. E2 low D string, fret 2
  9. E2 low D string, fret 2
  10. Eb2 low D string, fret 1
  11. D2 open low D string
  12. A2 G string, fret 2
  13. D2 open low D string
  14. D2 open low D string
  15. A2 G string, fret 2
  16. D2 open low D string
  17. Eb2 low D string, fret 1
  18. E2 low D string, fret 2
  19. G2 open G string
  20. E2 low D string, fret 2
  21. G2 open G string
  22. E2 low D string, fret 2
  23. E2 low D string, fret 2
  24. Eb2 low D string, fret 1
  25. D2 open low D string
  26. A2 G string, fret 2
  27. D2 open low D string
  28. D2 open low D string
  29. A2 G string, fret 2
  30. D2 open low D string
  31. Eb2 low D string, fret 1
Plain text tab
D standard

d|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-----0--------------2--------2-----|
D|-0--0--1--2-----2-----2--2--1--0-----0--0-----0--|

d|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-----0--------------2--------2--------|
D|-1--2-----2-----2--2--1--0-----0--0-----0--1--|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: D2, open low D string, 10 times.

Tuning
D standardTune every string down a whole step: D G C F A d
Strings
Low D and Gtwo strings
Frets
0 to 20 is an open string
Lowest note
D2open low D string
Highest note
A2G string, fret 2
Open strings
14of 31 notes
Tempo
120 BPM60 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (60 BPM), 0.75x (90 BPM) or 1x (120 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 4 to 7, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 2, 0, 2, 0 across the low D and G strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to D standard

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