can someone explain this

[mato]

Improvisation
http://www.cyberfret.com/improvisation/101/index.htm

The following are the your first phrases in this new language. Memorize them so that you do not have to look at the screen to play them.
Lick #1
(picture)

Lick #2
(picture)


the first two notes are played by barring your first finger across strings 1 and 2 at the fifth fret

I'm not sure how to read the pictures (on the site)
what do the 5 and the 7 mean?
Thanks, mato

matod@adelphia.net

[The Fury]

Hi.

The vertical lines represent the strings and the numbers (5 and 7 in this case) represent the fret number(s)

Example:

el----------------------
Bl-------------------
Gl--------------------
Dl--------5----7------
Al----7--------------
El----------------------

This means play the A string on fret 7 and play the D string on frets 5 then 7

Check this out www.cyberfret.com/reading/index.php

[cyberfret]

Here is how to read the scale chart in that lesson.
http://www.cyberfret.com/scales/primer/index.htm

Here is how to read the tablature.....the lines and numbers.
http://www.cyberfret.com/reading/internet-tab/index.htm

--Shawn