Members papaschtroumpf Posted July 25, 2014 Members Share Posted July 25, 2014 I was looking at a score+tablature and some of the notes has a "slash" (a thick "/") head instead of the usual rounded heads. The tablatures also used a slash instead of showing fretboard numbers on those strings. I've seen this when denoting rhythm notation, but then the entire score is that way, not just a few notes/chords. Instead here, you'd have two 8th notes, the first one playing a chord over 2 strings and the next one showing this slash at the position the head notes would have been. Only 3 out of the dozen notes/chords in the bar would use that notation, all the others have normal note heads/tab notation. Sorry I don't have a picture. what does it mean? repeat the previous chord/notes because they didn't want to bother redrawing the note heads? does it indicate the second 8th note needs to be played differently, e.g. palm muted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 25, 2014 Members Share Posted July 25, 2014 Wow a new thread!Ahmma take a guess and say, correct. percussive or swallowed note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 25, 2014 Members Share Posted July 25, 2014 And comping rhythms too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RGfretter Posted July 26, 2014 Members Share Posted July 26, 2014 Percussive notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted July 26, 2014 Members Share Posted July 26, 2014 Slash note heads usually indicate chord rhythms. From the description (normal note heads on 2 strings followed by slash heads) I'm guessing it's those same notes repeated with the given rhythm. It's a way of saving writing/printing the same notes again and again: "here are your notes, now repeat them with this rhythm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members papaschtroumpf Posted July 26, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2014 Yeah but in this case it's just one slash note and back to regular notes, not what I've seen in some rhythm guitar tabs. I'm guessing percussive notes is more what this particular score meant. I'll looks through some of the books I have at home to see if I find something similar for a song I know or can listen to to compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted July 28, 2014 Members Share Posted July 28, 2014 No chord symbol shown? If not, you may be right about percussive effects, although they're normally shown by cross-heads. Otherwise you need to check out the track itself if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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