tablature
[ tab-luh-cher, -choo r ]
/ ˈtæb lə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /
noun
Music.
any of various systems of music notation using letters, numbers, or other signs to indicate the strings, frets, keys, etc., to be played.
a tabular space, surface, or structure.
Origin of tablature
1565–75; < Middle French, Latinization (influenced by Latin
tabula board) of Italian
intavolatura, derivative of
intavolare to put on a board, score
Words nearby tablature
tabetiform,
tabi,
tabinet,
tabla,
tablas,
tablature,
table,
table bay,
table board,
table corn,
table cut
Example sentences from the Web for tablature
As Walther sings Sachs takes it down in tablature, calling out to him what sections are next required.
Richard Wagner |John F. RuncimanThe first time he asked admittance to show you the tablature, and you did not want to receive him, I persuaded you to do so.
Barbara Blomberg, Complete |Georg EbersRobinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.
This set of thoughts is like the tablature prescribed to the singing animal above mentioned.
Theodicy |G. W. Leibniz
British Dictionary definitions for tablature
tablature
/ (ˈtæblətʃə) /
noun
music
any of a number of forms of musical notation, esp for playing the lute, consisting of letters and signs indicating rhythm and fingering
an engraved or painted tablet or other flat surface
Word Origin for tablature
C16: from French, ultimately from Latin
tabulātum wooden floor, from
tabula a plank
Medical definitions for tablature
tablature
[ tăb′lə-chur′, -chər ]
n.
An engraved tablet or surface.
The cranial bones considered as two laminae separated by the diploe.