[Ledhead V-2]

I recently received a Lynyrd Skynyrd tab book I ordered online. I'm familiar with with most of the symbols used in tabs, but in the book's notation glossary it doesn't say what (3) means, for example. What does this mean when the fret # is in parenthesis?

Can anyone help?

mucho appreciated,

Bob

[allthumbs]

That usually indicates a ghost note. Do a search for ghost note on this site. There is a list of the things a ghost note can indicate.

[Ledhead V-2]

Thanks, buddy. I did a search as recommended and found all I wanted to know about ghost notes. I was wondering why I see them in some tabs and not others covering the same song.

Very helpful site you have here (as if you don't know that already).

Bob

[nagukush]

Hey Bob

Are you from Florida ? (Ofcourse your profile says so...sorry for asking )
But my friend (from India) is studying there ! and hence i got excited !!!

Hey buddy can you tell me a good music store there, cause i wanted to tell my friend to go and enquire about Guitars. He's planning to get me one, when he comes for holidays in a few months. You see, i dont get good guitars here in India and hence all this.

Kindly advice Pal.

Regds
-Kush

[Jean]

Hi Bob, this may help

L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

[aarona36]

You most likely see them in one tab and not another because one is more complete, the note is there no matter what, one just tells you a little more about playing it.

[Ledhead V-2]

Originally Posted by nagukush

Hey Bob

Are you from Florida ? (Ofcourse your profile says so...sorry for asking )
But my friend (from India) is studying there ! and hence i got excited !!!

Hey buddy can you tell me a good music store there, cause i wanted to tell my friend to go and enquire about Guitars. He's planning to get me one, when he comes for holidays in a few months. You see, i dont get good guitars here in India and hence all this.

Kindly advice Pal.

Regds
-Kush

Alas, Kush, you're asking the wrong guy. I'm a beginner and wound up getting my guitar and amp online from musiciansfriend.com on the advice of an experienced lead guitarist/friend. I myself live in a relatively small community with one local shop, "Music Madness." I picked up a Korg tuner there and will occasionally drop in to get picks and such but I'm not at all that familiar with who has what as far as guitars go. If your friend's in one of the larger metro areas (Ft. Lauderdale/Miami, Daytona, Tampa/St. Pete, Jacksonville, etc) he can do an online search and probably find a good store within driving distance.

Good luck,

Bob

[Ledhead V-2]

Originally Posted by Jean

Hi Bob, this may help

L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

Thanks, Jean -- it sure does. Man, it seems the more I get into tabs, the more notations there are to learn.

[paSia]

man after reading this post... i relised i have sO much to learn. i have no idea how to read tabs??