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Position:Home>Performing Arts> What does the X mean on Guitar Tabs???Question:on guitar tabs when it has an X what does that stand for?? i was pretty sure it was 'dont play that string' but what about when its like this... E|------------------------------------... B|------------------------------------... G|------------------------------------... D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----... A|------------------------------------... D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3... ??? Do i mute then play, then so on...??? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: on guitar tabs when it has an X what does that stand for?? i was pretty sure it was 'dont play that string' but what about when its like this... E|------------------------------------... B|------------------------------------... G|------------------------------------... D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----... A|------------------------------------... D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3... ??? Do i mute then play, then so on...??? that,there,means you mute,play 0,mute,play 1,but it depends because you wrote it: mute,play 0,mute, play chord 1-3...mute,play 0,mute and play 3,play 1 ...whatever... on rhythm slash,that means that if you play rhythm,that riff(slash) is muted and you keep striking it while it's mute to get a weird sound. Mute I can't read tab as well as I read notes, so I don't know how you play that bit there, but I know X means 'mute the string'. Look at this : Tablature Symbols http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/lessons/... It says "on rhythm slash represents muted slash ". Now, that does not make much sense to me but perhaps somebody could enlighten us further using that link I provided. |