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03/20/2006 11:41 pm
I was looking up tabs for a song, and I saw this in it ^ and I don't know what it means. can anybody please tell me? looked like this



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03/21/2006 1:23 am
Normally I'd say a bend, but in the case it's probably a hammer on and pull-off...although there is the possibility that it's a whammy bar trick. Listen to the song and see if it's a hammer-on and pull-off
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03/21/2006 3:07 am
Yeah... tabs are pretty unreliable unless you have the recording in front of you.
There's no standardized set of symbols so everybody does em differently.
I've never seen that one though. Like Jolly says, it's probably a hammer-on and then a pull-off cause that's about the only thing that makes sense with those notes.
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03/21/2006 8:50 pm
If you listen to the song, you should be able to figure it out. Either a bend or a ho-po, big difference in sound there. Although I will pretty much guarantee it's a ho-po. Tee hee...ho-po...
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03/21/2006 10:16 pm
What song is it?
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03/22/2006 8:54 am
maybe a bend and release?
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03/22/2006 12:34 pm
I've only ever seen that symbol used for whammy antics, but like the other posters said, it could be a bend / hammer / tap / god knows....

Best to listen to the tune...

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03/22/2006 7:28 pm
Most likely it is a hammer on and pull off, because you can't really bend an open string.
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03/24/2006 3:59 am
im thinking it could be a bend at the headstock behind the nut. or like everybody says, a hammer/pull or a tremolo bar pull.
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03/24/2006 11:20 am
upstroke the string with ur pick...:-)
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03/24/2006 3:30 pm
I think I found it...


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03/24/2006 4:44 pm
Originally Posted by: schmangeI think I found it...




Haha - hilarious.... :)
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03/25/2006 12:48 am
Originally Posted by: schmangeI think I found it...


Of course.... so that's what my style's been missing all this time.
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