HOW TO READ TABS (BEND, SLIDE, HAMMER-ON, PULL OFF) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar tab, for you beginners, is a "six-line staff that graphically represents the guitar fingerboard, with the top line indicating the highest sounding string (high E). By placing a number on the appropriate line, the string and fret of any note can be indicated. The number 0 represents an open string. first string (High e)[--------------|-------------------------|----0------] second string b [--------------|---------10--------------|----0------] third string g [--------------|----------9--------------|----1------] fourth string d [--------------|-------------------------|----2------] fifth string a [----3---------|-------------------------|----2------] sixth string (Low e)[--------------|-------------------------|----0------] 5th string, | 3rd string, 9th fret | an E chord 3rd fret | & 2nd string, 10th fret | | played together | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BENDS 1. Normal Bend Play fret 5, bend the string (at fret 5) to reach the pitch of fret 6. [----------5(6)--------------] 2. Pre-Bend strike note in bent step, then release. [---------(7)5---------------] 3. Bend & Release Play fret 8, then bent to the pitch of fret 8, unbend until it reaches the normal pitch of fret (8). All three notes are tied, only the first note is struck. [---------5(7)5--------------] SLIDES 1. Slide 1 Strike the first note and then with the same left hand finger move up the string to the second note. The second note is not struck. [--------5/7-----------------] 2. Slide 2 Slide up/down to the note indicated from a few frets below/abowe. (The starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear). [--------/7--or--\7----------] HAMMER-ON Strike the first (lower) note, then sound the higher note with another finger by fretting it without picking. [--------5--h7-----------------] PULL OFF Place both fingers on the notes to be sounded. Strike the 1st (higher) note, then sound the lower note by pulling the finger off the higher note while keeping the lower note fretted. [--------7p5-----------------]