{"id":1044,"date":"2020-09-02T20:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T01:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2020-09-02T20:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T01:53:57","slug":"what-does-forward-or-backward-slash-mean-in-guitar-tablature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/what-does-forward-or-backward-slash-mean-in-guitar-tablature\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does “\/” Mean In Guitar Tablature? A Full Guide To Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
You may have seen the “\/” in a guitar tab, and you may have even heard that it is a slide–but what does that mean? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The “\/” in a guitar or ukulele tab signifies the player to transition between notes continuously without releasing pressure off of the guitar\/ukulele string, creating a smooth glissando effect.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That sounds cool, but what does it look like and sound like? Let’s take a look. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, these slashes (“\/”) in guitar music can mean many different things! I’ll seek to clear up all of this so you’ll know what they all mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps you’re playing a Jack Johnson tab and you see a \/ symbol. At first you might think somebody fell asleep at the keyboard, but it turns out this symbol is describing an incredibly essential skill for guitar playing. “The Slide”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In music terms, this is called a glissando, where you transition from one note to another without a break. If you see a glissando in a guitar tab, you should be proud, and you should rub it in your piano playing friends’ faces, because piano can’t make glissandos! <\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m going to show an example tab, and then I’m going to give a step by step picture explanation of what’s going on so you can see what to do. I’ll also throw in a sound bite so you can know exactly what this technique is for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, let’s talk about a transition from the 5th fret on the lowest note (A) to the note two frets up (B), the tab that you might see could look like this:The Explanation Of The \/ Symbol in Guitar Tabs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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