

The whole note is the only note whose duration depends on the time signature.Įighth note.

If the piece is in 3/4, hold the note for 3 beats. If the piece is in 4/4, hold the note for 4 beats. Hold the note for the duration of 1 measure. They attempt to introduce rhythm into guitar tabs. Symbols for duration are unique to guitar tab applications like Guitar Pro and Power Tab. The strings should be strummed upward, highest notes first. The strings should be strummed downward, lowest notes first. This is where the edge of the palm of the picking hand is placed at the very base of the strings.ĭown stroke. The most popular method is probably the palm mute. The string should be "muted" to produce a very suppressed tone. The first note is the played normally, and the second note is the one which the bent note's pitch should be raised to. Most of the time this symbol is placed between two notes. The first note indicates which note to play normally, the second note indicates which note to slide up to.īend. This symbol usually occurs between two notes. Sometimes the tab will indicate how many times to vibrate by indicating multiple v's, ~'s or ='s.

It's a vibration effect produced by bending the note back and forth. It also usually occurs between two numbers, where the first number represents a note to be played normally, and the second number represents a note mean to be played by "pulling" off with another finger. Since the string is already vibrating from playing the previous note, the hammer on will produce a very strong tone. The note after the "h" should be played simply by "hammering" down on the note with another finger. The First number represents a note that is to be played normally. Usually this symbol occurs inbetween two numbers.
