How to play Ode to Joy

Beethoven

This tab has 62 notes, across the G, B and high e strings, open strings up to fret 3, at 100 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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100BPM at full speed
62notes
0 to 3fret 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.

Ode to Joy tab, 62 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. E4 open high e string
  2. E4 open high e string
  3. F4 high e string, fret 1
  4. G4 high e string, fret 3
  5. G4 high e string, fret 3
  6. F4 high e string, fret 1
  7. E4 open high e string
  8. D4 B string, fret 3
  9. C4 B string, fret 1
  10. C4 B string, fret 1
  11. D4 B string, fret 3
  12. E4 open high e string
  13. E4 open high e string
  14. D4 B string, fret 3
  15. D4 B string, fret 3
  16. E4 open high e string
  17. E4 open high e string
  18. F4 high e string, fret 1
  19. G4 high e string, fret 3
  20. G4 high e string, fret 3
  21. F4 high e string, fret 1
  22. E4 open high e string
  23. D4 B string, fret 3
  24. C4 B string, fret 1
  25. C4 B string, fret 1
  26. D4 B string, fret 3
  27. E4 open high e string
  28. D4 B string, fret 3
  29. C4 B string, fret 1
  30. C4 B string, fret 1
  31. D4 B string, fret 3
  32. D4 B string, fret 3
  33. E4 open high e string
  34. C4 B string, fret 1
  35. D4 B string, fret 3
  36. E4 open high e string
  37. F4 high e string, fret 1
  38. E4 open high e string
  39. C4 B string, fret 1
  40. D4 B string, fret 3
  41. E4 open high e string
  42. F4 high e string, fret 1
  43. E4 open high e string
  44. D4 B string, fret 3
  45. C4 B string, fret 1
  46. D4 B string, fret 3
  47. G3 open G string
  48. E4 open high e string
  49. E4 open high e string
  50. F4 high e string, fret 1
  51. G4 high e string, fret 3
  52. G4 high e string, fret 3
  53. F4 high e string, fret 1
  54. E4 open high e string
  55. D4 B string, fret 3
  56. C4 B string, fret 1
  57. C4 B string, fret 1
  58. D4 B string, fret 3
  59. E4 open high e string
  60. D4 B string, fret 3
  61. C4 B string, fret 1
  62. C4 B string, fret 1
Plain text tab
e|-0--0--1--3--3--1--0--------------0--0--------0--|
B|----------------------3--1--1--3--------3--3-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-0--1--3--3--1--0--------------0-----------------|
B|-------------------3--1--1--3-----3--1--1--3--3--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-0--------0--1--0--------0--1--0--------------0--|
B|----1--3-----------1--3-----------3--1--3--------|
G|-------------------------------------------0-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|-0--1--3--3--1--0--------------0-----------|
B|-------------------3--1--1--3-----3--1--1--|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: E4, open high e string, 18 times.

Strings
G, B and high ethree strings
Frets
0 to 30 is an open string
Lowest note
G3open G string
Highest note
G4high e string, fret 3
Open strings
19of 62 notes
Tempo
100 BPM50 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 (50 BPM), 0.75x (75 BPM) or 1x (100 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 25 to 28, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 1, 3, 0, 3 across the 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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