Tab Notation Symbols


    Here you have the guitar strings corresponding to the
    below lines:  

       
E ||--1st string E highest pitch--------------------------------------------------|
B ||--2nd string B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ||--3rd string G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D ||--4th string D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A ||--5th string A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E ||--6th string E lowest pitch --------------------------------------------------|


    This is an Em chord picked one note at a time.
    (read left to right)

    Numbers are written on the line corresponding to the string 
    to be fretted.

    The numbers indicate fret number. (left hand)
    0=play open string

    Em
E ||------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
B ||----------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
G ||--------0-------0---------------------------------------------------|
D ||------2-----------2-------------------------------------------------|
A ||----2---------------2-----------------------------------------------|
E ||--0-------------------0---------------------------------------------|


    Here are some additional symbols you may see in TAB:

h - hammer on 
p - pull off 
b - bend string up 
r - release bend 
/ - slide up 
\ - slide down 
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~) 
t - right hand tap 
x - damp the note
 

   Here are some symbols used in my TAB fingerpicking:
  
d=down with pick
u=up with pick
p=pinky
r=ring finger
m=middle finger


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