THE SLIDER
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1972 Album THE SLIDER)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=84
N.C. E
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
1st Verse
E A
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-(2)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2---------2-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0---------0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|-----------------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|-----------------||
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-(0)---0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------3-(3)-------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------2-(2)-------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-1-|-1---1-----------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-|-2---2-----------||
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-------------|-2---2---2-2-2-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-||
Chorus
A7 N.C.
E E H E E Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-----3--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2----2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2----2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----------|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E H E E Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-----3--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2----2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2----2-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----------|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| W E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-3--3-3-2-(2)----|-1--1-1-0-(0)----|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2nd Verse
E E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------3-(3)-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------2-(2)-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-1-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
A E A7
E E E E +Q E E H E E E E E E H E E
|------------------|----------------||-----3--------|
|------------------|----------------||-----2--------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)--2-2-|----------------||-----2----2-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)--2-2-|-2------2-2-2-2-||-----2----2-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-2------2-2-2-2-||-0-0----------|
|------------------|-0------0-0-0-0-||--------------|
|
| E E E E +Q E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E
|-------3-(3)------|----------------||-----3--------|
|-------2-(2)------|----------------||-----2--------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)--2-2-|-1--1-----------||-----2----2-0-|
|-2-2-2--------2-2-|-2--2-----------||-----2----2-0-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-||-0-0----------|
|------------------|-0--0---0-0-0-0-||--------------|
N.C. E
Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E E S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------2-----2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------1-1-1-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------2-2-2-------|
|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|--2-2-4-2-2-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--0-0-0-0-0-------------|
|
| Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|--2-2-4-2-2-2---4---2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E +H E E E E +H W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3--3-3-2-(2)----|-1--1-1-0-(0)----|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
Interlude
E
W +H S S E E E H E S S S S S S
|-0---------------||-(0)---------0-------|-0-----------0---0-----|
|-0---------------||-(0)---------0-------|-0---------0---2-----2-|
|-1---------------||-(1)---------1-------|-1---------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------4-2-|-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------0-0-|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||--2--2-4-2-2---2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2---4---2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---|
A E
W E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
| H H
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E S S E E E H E S S S S S S W
|-----------0-------|-0-----------0---0-----|-0---------------|
|-----------0-------|-0---------0---2-----2-|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-------2-2-|-----------------------|---------0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-----------------------|-----------------|
| H E E E E
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-2---2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2---4---2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
A
~~
Q Q E Q E +H E S +S Q
|---------------------||-----------------14pb16r(14)-12--|
|--------9-12--12b14==||=(12)r---------------------------|
|----/9---------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------||---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| W E E E E +H
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------||---------2-2-(2)-----------------|
|-1-------------------||---2---2-------------------------|
|-2-------------------||---2---2-------------------------|
|-2-------------------||---0---0-------------------------|
|-0-------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------||---------------------------------|
N.C.
~~~~~
Q. E +H
|---------------------------|
|-12b13-----11b12==(11)r----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
| Q. E +H
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--3---------2------(2)-----|
|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--3----3-3--2------(2)-----|
|---------------------------|
E
~~~~
Q. E +H E E E E E S S S S S S W
|-------------------------|-----------------0-----|-0---------------||
|-10b11-----9b10==(9)r----|-----------0-0-2-----2-|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-2-2-4-2-2-------------|-----4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-------------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-||
| Q E E E E E E
|
| Q. E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|--1--------0-----(0)-----|-2-2-4-2-2-2---4---2---|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||
|-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| E E E E +H W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
|--1----1-1-0-----(0)-----|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
3rd Verse
E A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-(2)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A E
E E E E E E E E Q H +E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|----2--------(2)-2-|---------------||
|-----------------|----2--------(2)-2-|---------------||
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0---------------0-|-2-------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0-------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q +E E E E Q H +E E
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----0----(0)---||
|-----------------|-2--2--(2)-2--0--1-|----1----(1)---||
|-----------------|-2--2--(2)-2--0--2-|----2----(2)---||
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0--0--(0)---------|-2--2----(2)-0-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|-0--0----(0)---||
Chorus
A N.C.
Q Q +E S +S Q Q. E +H Q. E +H
|---------------/14pb16r(14)-12--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2---(2)------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2---(2)------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2---(2)------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--0-----------------------------|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| +E E H. Q. E +H Q. E +H
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----2--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(0)----------------------------|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-3--3-3-2-(2)----|-1--1-1-0-(0)----|
|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----|-3------2-(2)----|-1------0-(0)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3--3-3-2-(2)----|-1--1-1-0-(0)----|-3--3-3-2-(2)----|-1--1-1-0-(0)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro
E
E E E E E E S S S S W E E S S E E. S S S S S
|---------------0-----|-0---------------|-------0---0----0---0-----|
|---------------0---2-|-----------------|-------0----------2-----2-|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-4-2---2---------|-------2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-----2----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0---------|-------0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-----0----------------|
| Q E E E E E E
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4---2---|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4---2-2--2---4---2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0--0---0---0---|
W Q. E E E S S S S E Q E +E S S S S E
|-0---------------|----------------0-----|-0-2---0-(0)-----0---0-|
|-----------------|--------------2-----2-|-------0-(0)-0h2---2-0-|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----4-2-2-2-4-2-|--------2---2---------|-----------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0------0---0---------|-----------------------|
| Q E E E E E E
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2--2-4-2-2-2-4---2---|-2-2-4-2--2--2---4---2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0--0--0---0---0-|
Q. E S S S S S S S S W +W
|-0--------0---------0-----|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-0--------0---0-0-2-----2-|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|--------------------------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
|--------------------------|----------|--------*|
|--------2-----------------|----------|--------*|
|--------0-----------------|----------|--------*|
|
| E E E E E E E E W +W
|--------------------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------------------|----------|--------*|
|--------------------------|----------|--------*|
|-2--2-4-2-2---2---4---2---|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--0-0-0-0---0---0---0---|-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
