• From: New York...NY..NY..NY
  • Registered: 2006-11-06
  • Posts: 7

Topic: reading tabs??? not sure what this means!

hi all:

my apologies if this is a duplicate, but i did try to search and find an answer...
I have used chordie for some time now, but have not posted.. your help is appreciated

i know how to read music and most tabs, but i cannot figure this tab out from the dire straits, so far away from me:
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.u … ;id=147104

it looks like this:
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riff 1 pick lightly
|-------------------------------|


|-2-7-9-7--9-5------------------|


|-2s7-7-6--6-4------------------| x2


|------------------2h4h2h4-2----|


|------------------0------------|


|-------------------------------|
*****************************************


... seems unusual!!  or maybe i just don't know!
BTW is there a resource which might have this type of info archived??


many thanks Byron

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  • From: Scotland.
  • Registered: 2006-07-13
  • Posts: 218

Re: reading tabs??? not sure what this means!

I'm not sure what part you are having problems understanding.  So if I'm stating the obvious, my apollogies. 

The h means you hammer on. i.e, play the 2 and hammer your finger onto the 4th fret. Probably using your 1st and and 3rd finger.
The s means you slide from one note to the next. i.e, from the 2 to the 7. Play the note on the 2nd fret and slide your finger upto the 7th fret.

Hope that helps. smile


Craig.

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  • From: New York...NY..NY..NY
  • Registered: 2006-11-06
  • Posts: 7

Re: reading tabs??? not sure what this means!

thanks for reply:

i think what i was misinterpreting was the unlabelled lines--- i thought each stood for the whole riff...ergo the confusion... i now see that there are 6 lines for each riff, and this must be the 6 strings... didn't seem obvious to me, but that is the only thing it can be!

so the following (annotated with string letters) must be??
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E  |-------------------------------|


B  |-2-7-9-7--9-5------------------|


G  |-2s7-7-6--6-4------------------| x2


D  |------------------2h4h2h4-2----|


A  |------------------0------------|


E  |-------------------------------|
*****************************************

Thanks again
Byron

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