Originally Posted by: Jon Broderickon every lesson there is a thing called the "info bar" and on the info bar is a button with a "?" on it. click that.

r means release bend
~~~ means vibrato

Cool! Learnt something new today!
I thought the question mark was just to explain the difference between the text/flash tab...but it explains quite a bit more.

I think I know what vibrato means (pressing down the string but moving the hand) am not sure, so will do a search on that.

Thanks,
Mag