[Fingers]

How is the pull off and the hammer on depicted in TAB?

[mike123]

With hammer-ons and pull-offs you might find things like these :

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A---------5h7-----------5h7--------------------------------------
E---0--0----------0--0-------------------------------------------


which would mean play the open E twice, then hit the A string at the
5th fret and hammer on to the 7th fret.


Pull offs look very similar :

E----3p0------------------------------------------------------------
B---------3p0-------------------------------------------------------
G--------------2p0--------------------------------------------------
D-------------------2---------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------


i copied the above from http://www.freesheetmusic.net/guitartablature.html
tablatures are very personal, so others might do it differently.

i hope this helps
-mike123

[Fingers]

Thanks mike123. I can understand and see h means hammer and p for pull off. There is a tune on Kirks list called "Great Gift From Heaven" that uses a pull off and a hammer on in the first bar. I cant make out which it is and the Tab depicts it differently. No h or p indications. There is a little tail on the number in the tab that indicates the fret. I think this little tail symbol must be another way of indicating either a pull off or a hammer on.

[allthumbs]

I took a look. The tail depicts holding onto the note or letting it ring. The small 7 before the 5 is a very fast pull off so that the 7 is barely there. Play the 7 softly with a strong pull off to the 5. That seems to be what is going on in the first bar or so.

[mike123]

Originally Posted by Fingers

Thanks mike123. I can understand and see h means hammer and p for pull off. There is a tune on Kirks list called "Great Gift From Heaven" that uses a pull off and a hammer on in the first bar. I cant make out which it is and the Tab depicts it differently. No h or p indications. There is a little tail on the number in the tab that indicates the fret. I think this little tail symbol must be another way of indicating either a pull off or a hammer on.

Fingers: I looked at it and I am as confused as you are. Have you looked at the movie of him playing? ( I am at work and it no worky here).