How to Use the Jamtab Viewer

A quick guide to the controls. The tab scrolls in time with the music so you can jam along.

Audio Bar (bottom)

Play / Pause

Start and stop the song. The tab follows along as the audio plays.

Fast Backward / Fast Forward

Skip back or jump ahead through the song.

Restart

Jump back to the beginning and start over.

Settings (gear)

Show or hide the toolbar controls above the tab.

Navigation

Section

Jump straight to any part of the song — Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge — matching the colored section bar.

Speed

Slow the song down (e.g. 50%) to learn a tricky part, or bring it back up. 100% is the original tempo.

Play Type

Default

Click anywhere on the tab to move the playback marker to that spot.

Sequence

Isolate a single sequence and focus on it while the rest of the tab stays still.

Loop

Repeat a chosen section over and over — perfect for drilling one passage until it sticks.

Display

Font Size

Make the tab numbers and labels larger or smaller for easier reading.

Chords (Shown / Hidden)

Show or hide the Chord Shapes panel with finger positions for each chord in the song. Click a Chord Shape to hear it play.

Screen Mode (Min / Max)

Switch to Max for a full-screen, distraction-free practice view — and back to Min for the standard layout.

Tuning

String headers (left side)

The letters down the left show this song's tuning: BD-Hf-SN-FT-T2-T1-Rd-HH-CC. Tune your instrument to match before you start.

Cents badges

Some recordings sit slightly above or below standard pitch: tape speed, an A432 master, or a band that simply tuned to itself. A blue badge on the guitar icon (e.g. −50¢) shows how far the whole recording is from A440. An orange badge on a single string means that string is tuned a little differently from the rest, relative to the song. A 100-cent change is one semitone, so −50¢ is a quarter step flat.

Tip: When learning a new song, slow the Speed down, turn on Chords, and use Sequence or Loop to drill the hard parts.