Palm mute is a technique where you slightly muffle the strings with the palm of your right hand and then pick the notes or chords. But if you do see it, it will look like the example above. It’s not common to see this symbol because the vibrato technique is used often in guitar playing. In tablature the “~” symbol is used to represent vibrato. Vibrato is when you slightly bend and release the note to produce a shaking like effect. In the second measure we have a slide down from the 5th to 3rd fret on the B string, sliding down from the E to D note. In our example above, the first measure depicts a slide up from 3 to 5 on the B string, this is sliding up from the D to E note. A slide up is depicted by the up slanting line. Slide up or downĪ slide is when you slide up or down (in pitch) from one note to another. In this example the 3rd fret on the G string (Bb) would already be bent a whole-step to C before the note was played. In this example the bent note is released to the 1st fret on the B string, a C note.Ī pre-bend is depicted with a vertical up pointing arrow as follows:Ī pre-bend is when the string should already be bent prior to playing the note. This indicates that after the note is bent, it should be held and sustained.Ī release of a bent note is depicted with a curved down pointing arrow as follows: In the above example the note on the 3rd string 7th fret (D) is initially bent a half-step to Eb, and then that note is bent a full whole-step to F.Ī full bend can also be appended with a horizontal line. In some cases you’ll even see multiple intervals in a single bend, like so: Commonly used bend intervals are “full” (whole-step), “½” (half-step) and “1 ½” (one and half-steps). The bend interval will be depicted just above the arrow head. In this example the 5th fret on the G string, a C note, is bent a “full” (one whole-step) to D. BendsĪ standard whole-step bend on the guitar is depicted with a curved up pointing arrow as follows: The first double-stop has the notes C and E (open string) and the second has D and F. In the example above we have two double-stops. Notice that tabs for double-stops look just like tabs for chords. Double-stopsĪ double-stop on guitar is when you play two notes at the same time. The notes represented by the tab (from bottom to top) are A (open string), E, A, C, E (open string). In the example above the chord is an A minor chord. ChordsĬhords in a guitar tabs are written as a stack of numbers.Ġ will refer to playing the open string. In our example above it would be the open 3rd (G) string. A number 0 indicates that you play the open string. The second note in the tab is played in 2nd position on the 4th (D) string. ![]() This means you would play the note in 3rd position (just above the 3rd fret) on the fifth (A) string. So in the example above, the first number is 3 on the 2nd line. ![]() The numbers inside a tab measure correspond to the string and fret position that needs to be played. The vertical line divides the tab into bars of music (or measures). The second line corresponds to the fifth (A) string, and so on. The bottom line corresponds to the sixth (E) string on the guitar. Guitar tabs provide a map of instructions as to which notes to play.Ī tab will display six horizontal lines corresponding to the six strings on a guitar. In this post I’ll cover the following 9 most commonly used guitar tab symbols: You can find tabs for many popular songs by Googling for “ song title tab”. Tabs are a great tool to help you learn songs and guitar solos. All without needing to know the names of notes on the guitar or how to read music notation. Guitar tabs are an easy way for guitarists to know which notes or chord shapes to play on the guitar.
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