browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
tablature |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tablature \Tab"la*ture\, n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See {Table}.] 1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence a picture in general. --Shaftesbury. 2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes. The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. --Evelyn. 3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as the tablature of the cranial bones. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tablature n : a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
more about tablature
This work is licensed under a
