How to play slides on the guitar?

Question:I'm learning a song by Heart right now, and there are some complicated parts. I know how to play a slide, but I'm confused by things like this: 5\0 and /4
How do you play these parts? Do you have to lift your fingers off the frets (at what point)? And for the /4 part, where do you start?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm learning a song by Heart right now, and there are some complicated parts. I know how to play a slide, but I'm confused by things like this: 5\0 and /4
How do you play these parts? Do you have to lift your fingers off the frets (at what point)? And for the /4 part, where do you start?

If it's 5/0, you're starting with the five on the fifth fret and then basically just sliding all the way off past the nut. I don't know what you're playing, but it probably means that there's just basically no predetermined place where you're supposed to come off in the slide. See how it sounds pulling the slide off quickly, and experimenting around with it a little bit.