tab|la|ture

tab|la|ture
tab|la|ture «TAB luh chuhr», noun.
1. an old name for musical notation in general, especially for systems differing from ordinary staff notation by using letters, numbers, or other symbols to indicate the strings and frets to be played: »

Organ tablature was a system of writing the notes without the stave by means of letters (Stainer and Barrett).

2. Obsolete. a tabular formation or structure having an inscription or design.
3. Obsolete. a painting; picture: »

He prefers the Saracen's head upon a signpost before the best tablature of Raphael (Henry H. Kames).

╂[< Middle French tablatura < Old French table, learned borrowing from Latin tabula slab for writing or painting]

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  • tab — ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era; ac·e·tab·u·lif·er·ous; ac·e·tab·u·lum; ame·tab·o·la; ame·tab·o·lism; an·ti·me·tab·o·lite; can·tab; ca·tab·o·lism; ca·tab·o·lite; ca·tab·o·lize; con·tra·tab·u·lar;… …   English syllables

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