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Lib157
04-27-2004, 07:54 PM
Reading tabs from guitarworld magazine are just plain confusing to me! There are big bar looking like things, slanted at the top that look odd and there is nowhere in the magazines that explain what they mean, could someone explain please?

Just to clarify, they look sort of like this:

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Now I think they mean repeat the last chord played, but in some situations this doesn't seem right to me. Any help?

MetalWarrior
04-27-2004, 11:21 PM
it's rhythmic notation....it means that you play the chord in the rhythm specified.