How to play Nothing Else Matters

Metallica

This tab has 48 notes, across the low E, G, B and high e strings, open strings up to fret 7, at 69 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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69BPM at full speed
48notes
0 to 7fret range
Beginnerlevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E 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.

Nothing Else Matters tab, 48 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. E2 open low E string
  2. G3 open G string
  3. B3 open B string
  4. E4 open high e string
  5. B3 open B string
  6. G3 open G string
  7. E2 open low E string
  8. G3 open G string
  9. B3 open B string
  10. E4 open high e string
  11. B3 open B string
  12. G3 open G string
  13. E2 open low E string
  14. G3 open G string
  15. B3 open B string
  16. E4 open high e string
  17. B3 open B string
  18. G3 open G string
  19. E2 open low E string
  20. G3 open G string
  21. B3 open B string
  22. E4 open high e string
  23. B3 open B string
  24. B4 high e string, fret 7
  25. E2 open low E string
  26. G3 open G string
  27. B3 open B string
  28. E4 open high e string
  29. B3 open B string
  30. G3 open G string
  31. E2 open low E string
  32. G3 open G string
  33. B3 open B string
  34. E4 open high e string
  35. B3 open B string
  36. G3 open G string
  37. E2 open low E string
  38. G3 open G string
  39. B3 open B string
  40. E4 open high e string
  41. B3 open B string
  42. G3 open G string
  43. E2 open low E string
  44. G3 open G string
  45. B3 open B string
  46. E4 open high e string
  47. B3 open B string
  48. B4 high e string, fret 7
Plain text tab
e|----------0-----------------0-----------------0--|
B|-------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------0-----------------0-----------|

e|----------------0-----7-----------0--------------|
B|-0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------|
G|----0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----0--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------0-----------------0-----------------0-----|

e|----0-----------------0-----------------0-----7--|
B|-0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|
G|----------0-----0-----------0-----0--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------0-----------------0-----------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: B3, open B string, 16 times.

Strings
Low E, G, B and high efour strings
Frets
0 to 70 is an open string
Lowest note
E2open low E string
Highest note
B4high e string, fret 7
Open strings
46of 48 notes
Tempo
69 BPM35 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 (35 BPM), 0.75x (52 BPM) or 1x (69 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 23 to 26, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 0, 7, 0, 0 across the low E, G, B and high e 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.

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