Convert guitar tab positions to piano pitches

What the conversion means

A fret raises an open string by one semitone per fret. The converter starts from the selected string's open pitch, adds the fret number, and returns a note name with an octave. Different string-and-fret positions can produce the same pitch, so the result describes the sound rather than preserving a guitarist's fingering shape.

Two worked examples

1. On the A2 string, fret 3 is three semitones above A2: A♯2, B2, C3. Play C3 on the piano.
2. On the B3 string, fret 1 is C4. The same C4 appears at fret 5 on the G3 string. Either position maps to the same piano key, so a simultaneous unison needs only one key attack.

Read columns carefully

Vertical alignment in tab usually indicates notes that begin together, but horizontal column spacing is not a dependable duration system. Dashes often provide visual spacing rather than measured beats. Convert one onset group at a time, then obtain rhythm from notation, a recording, or explicit rhythmic stems when the source provides them.

Limits

This pitch map assumes standard tuning unless you change it. It does not infer bends, slides, harmonics, capo placement, sustain, articulation, or a complete piano arrangement. Guitar voicings may also exceed a comfortable piano hand span. Use the output as raw pitch information, then choose register, hand distribution, rhythm, and sensible handling of doubled notes.