Updated 4/25/09

Hey everyone! I was looking up some tabs for a song I was trying to work on when I realized about these special symbols all over the tab. Most of them, I knew, but not all of them. After learning the,, however, I mastered the song to make it sound perfect.

Here is the thread that contains the list of ever tab symbol known to tabbers. If you have anything to add, please do PM me the symbols, as you cannot make up your own. You'll see this all over the homepage. So whenever you're in doubt, just check this thread and find the symbol needed.




h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
b - Bend Note
/ - Slide Down To
\ - Slide Up To
~ - Vibrato
|o or o| - Repeat Section
() - Ghost Note
X - Dead Note
^ - Accented Note
tr - Trill Note
PM - Palm Mute
T - Tapping
N.H. - Natural Harmonic
A.H. - Artificial Harmonic
< - Crescendo
> - Decrescendo
V - Whammy
.S. - Staccato