Bends? Dead Notes?

[WallsOfJarrow]

How do I play this 6b8 or 3b6? I know they are bends but you you hammer-on from 6 to 8 and then do a bend? Explain.




When I see something like this: X
2
2
2
0
X
I'm assuming that I dont play the 1st and 6th string?



Thanks in Advance.

[Mark U.]

When you see 6b8 it means you will bend 6 up to 8 which is a whole step bend.

The same with 3b6, you will just bend it up 1 1/2 steps.

You want the first note to reach the pitch of the second note through the bend.

The X means a muted string either with a palm mute for left hand mute.

In this case
2
2
2
0
X

the low E string is palm muted and the high E string is not played.