How to play Wonderful Tonight

Eric Clapton

This tab has 32 notes, across the G, B and high e strings, frets 7 to 13, at 96 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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96BPM at full speed
32notes
7 to 13fret 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.

Wonderful Tonight tab, 32 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. B4 high e string, fret 7
  2. A4 B string, fret 10
  3. G4 B string, fret 8
  4. A4 B string, fret 10
  5. B4 high e string, fret 7
  6. A4 B string, fret 10
  7. G4 B string, fret 8
  8. E4 G string, fret 9
  9. B4 high e string, fret 7
  10. A4 B string, fret 10
  11. G4 B string, fret 8
  12. A4 B string, fret 10
  13. B4 B string, fret 12
  14. C5 B string, fret 13
  15. E5 high e string, fret 12
  16. D5 high e string, fret 10
  17. B4 high e string, fret 7
  18. A4 B string, fret 10
  19. G4 B string, fret 8
  20. A4 B string, fret 10
  21. B4 high e string, fret 7
  22. A4 B string, fret 10
  23. G4 B string, fret 8
  24. E4 G string, fret 9
  25. B4 high e string, fret 7
  26. A4 B string, fret 10
  27. G4 B string, fret 8
  28. A4 B string, fret 10
  29. B4 B string, fret 12
  30. C5 B string, fret 13
  31. E5 high e string, fret 12
  32. D5 high e string, fret 10
Plain text tab
e|-7-------------7------------7---------------------12--10--|
B|----10--8--10-----10--8--------10--8--10--12--13----------|
G|-------------------------9--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-7-------------7------------7---------------------12--10--|
B|----10--8--10-----10--8--------10--8--10--12--13----------|
G|-------------------------9--------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: A4, B string, fret 10, 10 times.

Strings
G, B and high ethree strings
Frets
7 to 13
Lowest note
E4G string, fret 9
Highest note
E5high e string, fret 12
Open strings
Noneevery note is fretted
Tempo
96 BPM48 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 (48 BPM), 0.75x (72 BPM) or 1x (96 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 7 to 10, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 8, 9, 7, 10 across the 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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