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Pull offs look very similar :
 
E----3p0------------------------------------------------------------
B---------3p0-------------------------------------------------------
G--------------2p0--------------------------------------------------
D-------------------2---------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
Here we have a descending blues scale using pull-offs to the open
strings. For each pull off you only pick the first note of the pair
with the right hand - so in this example you would pick all the
notes on the 3rd and 2nd frets, and the open strings would be
sounded by pulling off.
 
 
Because you give the string an extra bit of energy when you hammer on
and pull off, you only need to hit the first note with the picking hand.
You could even have a long string of hammer-ons and pull-offs like
this :
 
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G---2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
In this case you only pick the first note.
 
Note - you might see other symbols used to mean hammer on or pull off, for
example ^ can be use to mean hammer-on and pull-off.
 
e.g :
 
G---2^4^2----
 
It would make things easier if everyone used the same symbols, so unless
you have a strong objection to 'h' and `p` please use those.
In any case, for any tab you send you should always explain what your symbols
mean so if you use anything 'unconventional' make sure you explain what it
means.
 
 
 
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***  2.3   BENDS   ***
**********************
 
 
When bends are involved you need to know how much to bend the note
up. This is indicated by writing a number after the 'b'.
For example, if you see this :
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B------7b9-------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
it means strike the B string at the 7th fret, then bend the note up 
two semitones (one whole step) so that it sounds the same pitch as
a note fretted at the 9th fret would do. (Sometimes the bend is
written with the second part in brackets, like this ---7b(9)--- )
 
Something like this :
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B------7b9--9r7--------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
means play the note at the 7th fret, bend up two semitones, strike the 
note again whilst it is still bent, then release the bend so that the 
note has it's normal pitch. 
 
You sometimes get a note which is bent up only a quarter of a tone or so.

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