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 Tablature
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I represent the tablature by the scheme:

[-----------------------------] 1st string e (mi)
[-----------------------------] 2nd string B (SI)
[-----------------------------] 3rd string G (SOL)
[-----------------------------] 4th string D (RE)
[-----------------------------] 5th string A (LA)
[-----------------------------] 6th string E (MI)

The numbers on the strings of the tablature represent the number of the fret
you have to press to obtain the relative note.

[---------------------] [---------3---------]
[---------------------] [---------0---------]
[---------------------] [---------0---------]
[----------5----------] [---------0---------]
[---------------------] [---------2---------]
[---------------------] [---------3---------]
G note obtained at 5th G chord
fret of the 4th string
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Fingering and picked
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Left hand's fingers 1 index 2 middle 3 ring 4 pinky
Right hand's fingers P thumb i index M middle a ring

Pick downstroke n (from E to e)
Pick upstroke v (from e to E)

v n v v n v <--- pick scheme
|-------------------|
|-13-12-10----10----|
|----------13----13-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
4 3 1 4 1 4 <--- fingering of the left hand
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Terms and Symbols
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p pull off
h hammer on

b bend
-----5b7----- Both notes have the same period
---(5)b7----- The note in brakets has a shorter period then
-----5b(7)--- the other one

r relese bend
-----7r5----- Both notes have the same period
---(7)r5----- The note in brakets has a shorter period then
-----7r(5)--- the other one

/ slide up
-----5/7----- Both notes have the same period
---(5)/7----- The note in brakets has a shorter period then
-----5/(7)--- the other one

\ slide down
-----5b7----- Both notes have the same period
---(5)b7----- The note in brakets has a shorter period then
-----5b(7)--- the other one

x muffled note A percussive sound is made by laying the left hand
across the strings without pressing them and than
picking

+ natural harmonic
* artificial harmonic
t right hand's tapping
~ left hand's vibrato
. staccato
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