Sheet music reading help? Guitar.?

Question:Ok, I'm learning guitar, but I'm having some trouble.
I know how to read music from Choir, but I see this on tabs and sheet music for guitar and I don't know how to play it.
I don't remember what it's called, but like in the sheet music, it'll say to play a G, then the note is tied by a little like, stringy thing to an E in the next measure, I thought maybe I was supposed to slide, but that sounds entirely wrong.
I think that in singing, we would just, kinda switch notes without a pause, like flow them into each other, but I'm not sure if that'd make sense with guitar....
Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ok, I'm learning guitar, but I'm having some trouble.
I know how to read music from Choir, but I see this on tabs and sheet music for guitar and I don't know how to play it.
I don't remember what it's called, but like in the sheet music, it'll say to play a G, then the note is tied by a little like, stringy thing to an E in the next measure, I thought maybe I was supposed to slide, but that sounds entirely wrong.
I think that in singing, we would just, kinda switch notes without a pause, like flow them into each other, but I'm not sure if that'd make sense with guitar....
Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

If the 'stringy thing' is wavy or clean and goes straight toward the next note, it's likely a glissando, and yes, you do slide to it. If it's a clean line curved to the next note, it's a slur. Slurs on a guitar are often played with a hammer-on or pull-off, where you just play the first note and without plucking, finger the next note by removing fingers or placing them on the string.

If it is like a flag hanging off the note it could be an eighth note. It can also be a bend.... you bend a note by fretting then pushing that note up a 1/2 or whole step...bending notes properly is the difference between sounding like a pro and sounding like an amateur. It can also mean vibrato...You can vibrato like a violinist, rocking your finger left to right slowly, sustaining the note. You can vibrato the note up and down which is preferred but you do not want to vibrato to a bend and knock the note out of tune. This is the width of the vibrato, after you manage that you can change the speed of the vibrato to effect feel. Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Albert Collins are excellent examples of players that are great at bending and vibrato.