The following notations are used to illustrate various techniques used on the guitar.
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the
pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, releasing
until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
--!12!--- natural harmonic at fret twelve
---"3"--- artificial harmonic at fret three
---'3'--- semi-(artificial)harmonic at fret three (a partial harmonic)
--l(5)--- left-hand muting; this technique involves placing the left
finger on the string at the specified fret and applying only
enough pressure to mute the string
--r(5)--- right-hand muting; this technique involves playing the left
finger on the string at the specified fret and playing the
note while muting the string with the right hand, often with
the palm of the right hand
-p(7\5)-- pick slide; slide the pick on the string from fret 7 down to
fret 5
--w(/)--- whammy bar bend up
--w(\)--- whammy bar bend down
--w(~)--- whammy bar 'wiggle'
--8w(7)-- play fret eight, use the wammy bar to bend the note down to
that of fret seven
---{9}--- tremelo picking (pick the string at fret nine as fast as you
can)
---t10--- tap-on at fret ten
