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| − | + | |''v'' or ''~'' || Vibrato | |
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| − | + | | ''VVV'' or ''/\/\/\/'' || Wide Vibrato | |
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| − | + | | ''()'' || Sustain note | |
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| − | + | | ''h'' || hammer-on | |
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| + | | ''p'' || pull-off | ||
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| + | | ''<n>'' || natural harmonic with node at n | ||
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| + | | ''[n]'' || artificial harmonic | ||
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| + | | ''x'' || play muted string | ||
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| + | | ''pm'' || palm mute note | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | * ''t'' - tap-on note with right hand | ||
* ''b'' - bend to pitch of specified fret | * ''b'' - bend to pitch of specified fret | ||
* ''h'' or ''='''s - hold bend | * ''h'' or ''='''s - hold bend | ||
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* ''\n/'' - whammy bar dip n steps | * ''\n/'' - whammy bar dip n steps | ||
* ''/n\'' - whammy bar rise n steps | * ''/n\'' - whammy bar rise n steps | ||
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Revision as of 10:41, 16 April 2014
Basic tab example:
e------------------------------------------|---------------------------------x-- b------------------------------------------|--------------------<5>-[5]--\1/---- g------------------------------------------|-/5/7t12p7\5\--5s7------------------ d--------------------5b7==7r5----5b7--h7r5-|------------------------------------ a----------0h5h7p5p0-----------------------|------------------------------------ e-0-5~~-7-(7)------------------------------|------------------------------------
The letters on the left of each line indicate the tuning/string. If none are present, the tuning may have been indicated in the header above the tab. If not, assume standard tuning.
Tab reads like a book from left to right. Each line indicates a string. Each number indicates a note. The number indicates the fret number to hold on that string to give the note the appropriate pitch (but this gets confusing for bending, which is described below). If a number is surrounded by ()'s, this indicates to let the note ring, even if a note is being sounded simultaneously on another string.
Let's analyze each string.
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