How to play Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

This tab has 52 notes, across the A, D, G, B and high e strings, open strings up to fret 8, at 72 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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72BPM at full speed
52notes
0 to 8fret range
Intermediatelevel

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.

Stairway to Heaven tab, 52 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. A3 D string, fret 7
  2. C4 G string, fret 5
  3. E4 B string, fret 5
  4. A4 high e string, fret 5
  5. G#3 D string, fret 6
  6. E4 B string, fret 5
  7. C4 G string, fret 5
  8. B4 high e string, fret 7
  9. G3 D string, fret 5
  10. E4 B string, fret 5
  11. C4 G string, fret 5
  12. C5 high e string, fret 8
  13. F#3 D string, fret 4
  14. D4 B string, fret 3
  15. A3 G string, fret 2
  16. F#4 high e string, fret 2
  17. F3 D string, fret 3
  18. C4 B string, fret 1
  19. A3 G string, fret 2
  20. C4 B string, fret 1
  21. E4 open high e string
  22. C4 B string, fret 1
  23. A3 G string, fret 2
  24. B2 A string, fret 2
  25. A2 open A string
  26. A2 open A string
  27. A3 D string, fret 7
  28. C4 G string, fret 5
  29. E4 B string, fret 5
  30. A4 high e string, fret 5
  31. G#3 D string, fret 6
  32. E4 B string, fret 5
  33. C4 G string, fret 5
  34. B4 high e string, fret 7
  35. G3 D string, fret 5
  36. E4 B string, fret 5
  37. C4 G string, fret 5
  38. C5 high e string, fret 8
  39. F#3 D string, fret 4
  40. D4 B string, fret 3
  41. A3 G string, fret 2
  42. F#4 high e string, fret 2
  43. F3 D string, fret 3
  44. C4 B string, fret 1
  45. A3 G string, fret 2
  46. C4 B string, fret 1
  47. E4 open high e string
  48. C4 B string, fret 1
  49. A3 G string, fret 2
  50. B2 A string, fret 2
  51. A2 open A string
  52. A2 open A string
Plain text tab
e|----------5-----------7-----------8--------|
B|-------5--------5-----------5-----------3--|
G|----5--------------5-----------5-----------|
D|-7-----------6-----------5-----------4-----|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|----2--------------0-----------------------|
B|----------1-----1-----1--------------------|
G|-2-----------2-----------2--------------5--|
D|-------3-----------------------------7-----|
A|----------------------------2--0--0--------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|----5-----------7-----------8-----------2--|
B|-5--------5-----------5-----------3--------|
G|-------------5-----------5-----------2-----|
D|-------6-----------5-----------4-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------0-----------------|
B|----1-----1-----1--------------|
G|-------2-----------2-----------|
D|-3-----------------------------|
A|----------------------2--0--0--|
E|-------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: C4, G string, fret 5, 6 times.

Strings
A, D, G, B and high efive strings
Frets
0 to 80 is an open string
Lowest note
A2open A string
Highest note
C5high e string, fret 8
Open strings
6of 52 notes
Tempo
72 BPM36 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 (36 BPM), 0.75x (54 BPM) or 1x (72 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 11 to 14, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 5, 8, 4, 3 across the D, 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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