New Kid Here And needs Help ASAP

Hi, my name is Patrick. I am fifteen and just started playing a few months ago. I have many ?'s. One: What do the symbols like x and lets say 3/5 mean.

How Would I Play This:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+---4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4--------------
+-0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2--------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------

oh it's from Ac Dc's Long way To the top.
Any help would be appreciated.

hey patrick watsup, well first, welcome to guitartricks. anyway, i cant really help you play that, im not the best at tabs....but im sure someone here can, and if you take lessons with like a teacher, take it to him or her, and im sure they can help. welcome...again

X is a mute. You rest your hand (or finger) on the string it mentions (in this case A) and pluck. It'll sound flat and dull but it makes a percussive sound that you'll find important in a lot of rock stuff.

As for the / (like 3/5 or 5/7 etc.) this is a slide and if the tab said
----------3/5-------- then you would play the 3rd fret, then while the note's still ringing, slide that finger up to the 5th fret without picking again.

If you need any more help ask :)

Originally Posted by: pmillettHi, my name is Patrick. I am fifteen and just started playing a few months ago. I have many ?'s. One: What do the symbols like x and lets say 3/5 mean.

How Would I Play This:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+---4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4--------------
+-0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2--------------
+--------------------------------------------------------------------

oh it's from Ac Dc's Long way To the top.
Any help would be appreciated.

Yo Pat, welcome. Every number on the lines are representing what fret to play in. For example, the first note on there is a 0 so you would play that string open. The next is a chord, you would play in fret 2 on the A string and fret 4 on the D string at the same time. X means hit that string muted.

3/5 is a slide I belive, so just slide your finger up the string to that next note.

well, that was a lot of help. 'nother ?. If the
song comes a cross somthing like this:
------3------
------5------
------0------
------1------
------0------

how would i play that? How Do i know How Many Strings To hit on other songs like on somthing like this:
--------------
--------------
------7-------
------1-------
--------------
--------------

Originally Posted by: pmillettwell, that was a lot of help. 'nother ?. If the
song comes a cross somthing like this:
------3------
------5------
------0------
------1------
------0------

how would i play that? How Do i know How Many Strings To hit on other songs like on somthing like this:
--------------
--------------
------7-------
------1-------
--------------
--------------

Wow!! Thats An Impossible Stretch. For Me Anyway. My Cousin Would Love That. You Would Probably Want To Hit Just Those Two Strings.

How the heck am i supposed to play this:

|--------------^0---------^3------^0---------------------------|
|-----------1--^1-3-1-----^3------^1-3-1-^0----0-^1-1----------|
|-0-------0----^0---------^4--0-0-^0-----^0-^2---^0---0--------|
|---2---2------^2-----2S4-^5------^2-----^2-^2---^2-----2------|
|-----3--------^3-----0---^5------^3-----^3-^0---^3-------3~~~-|
|-------------------------^3-----------------------------------|



|----------------^0------------^3------^0------------------------------|
|------------^1--^1-^3-^1------^3------^1-^3-^1-^0----0-^1-1-----!1~~~-|
|-0-------^0-^0--^0-^0-^0------^4--0-0-^0-^0-^0-^0-^2---^0---0---!0~~~-|
|---2---2-^2-^2--^2-^2-^2-^2S4-^5--0---^2-^2-^2-^2-^2---^2-----2-!2~~~-|
|-----3---^3-^3--^3-^3-^3-^0---^5------^3-^3-^3-^3-^0---^3-------!3~~~-|
|------------------------------^3--------------------------------------|

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If that is how it really looks then you are in trouble. I know tab but that is just not decipherable. It just looks like some thre or four note runs and then some chords.

Hey Patrick!
See if you can find a book called The heavy guitar bible.Good book for basics theory,scales and such.Helped me out when I first started playing 18 years ago.I have found that learning guitar is done in steps,not a gradual curve.One day you'll try playing a certain lick or piece of a song and can't get it,no matter what.Frustrating!Then,later on,you'll try it again and it'll just come to you.Done in steps! Good luck and don't get too frustrated at first...................................................................Northwind