What does this Tab mean?


guitarplayer98899
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05/24/2022 2:16 pm

Notice the 4 and 2 chord then there is a line connected to the 0. I keep seeing tabs similar to this with a chord then a line connected to a single note like the 0. What is this saying to do exactly????


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05/24/2022 8:30 pm

It's a hammer on or pull off. Pull off in this instance.


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05/24/2022 8:46 pm

Yeah that's what it looks like. I understand a pulloff like a pulloff with 2 0 and you fret 2A then pick the note and pulloff to 0. But I don't understand how that would work with a power chord? Because you are fretting strings on 4 and 2 making a chord and pulling off part of the chord to 0, which sounds weird, I don't get how that works.


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05/24/2022 10:08 pm

The 4 stays put so only pulling off the 2. Sounds kind of cool if ya nail it.


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05/24/2022 10:15 pm

Okay thanks Tinpan!


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05/25/2022 9:12 am

Dig the Hendrix pic!


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05/25/2022 10:38 am

I still can't see for s***, even when magnified but... it looks kind of like a grace note which is a type of hammer on used by SRV. Although I have no idea how one could play an open string grace note. The hammered "5"s in the following pic are grace notes:

Something to look into anyways. It's a reallly cool sounding technique. Unfortunately, this is from TrueFire site so I have no way of linking to it.


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05/25/2022 10:12 pm

Oh Oh. Now ya got multi choice sorry 98899. Hang in there and hopefully Chris or Anders will clear it up. I'd play as a pull-off. Dig.


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05/26/2022 12:43 pm
Originally Posted by: guitarplayer98899

....I don't understand how that would work with a power chord? Because you are fretting strings on 4 and 2 making a chord and pulling off part of the chord to 0, which sounds weird, I don't get how that works.

I just came across a set of tutorials (again, from another site) that taught a technique by which one picks/plucks all the strings (2 or 3) of a power chord or double stop at the same time, thereby resulting in a very crisp and compact sound, while also making it easy to perform a regular pull off from just one of the strings. Give it a try. Like Tinpan said, it sounds nice. Forget what I said about grace notes. On further consideration, it simply cannot be a grace note. Put me down for pull off.


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