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    by Dirk Hagemann
    http://www.blueslessons.net

    Again, one of the most simple techniques. You should be able to learn
    this real fast. Put your finger on a string, hit the note and slide to
    another fret without interrupting the sound (see below). In tabfiles
    slides are shown as “/”

    Wide Slide:
    You can even produce several notes if your pressure on the string is
    big enough. Lay your finger on the 5th fret, hit the string and slide
    to the 8th and then to the 10th fret without interrupting the sound.

    
        Slide Up       Slide Down       Wide Slide        
    e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
    B|---------------|---------------|---------------|
    G|---------------|----7\5--------|----5/8/10-----|
    D|----5/7--------|---------------|---------------|
    A|---------------|---------------|---------------|
    E|---------------|---------------|---------------|
    
    

    The “Slide out of nowhere”

    Sometimes you see a following tab. Here you hit the free string and then
    slide into the note. In this example hit the empty D-string and slide
    (maybe from the area of the 5th fret) to the 7th fret.

    
    e|-------------|
    B|-------------|
    G|-------------|
    D|--/7-or 0/7--|
    A|-------------|
    E|-------------|
    
    

    Slide Exercise

    
    Exercise 1 - Am pentatonic scale                                                         
    E||--------------------------|--------8/-5/-8-----------|
    B||--------------------------|--5/-8-----------8/-5-----|
    G||--------------------7/-5--|-----------------------5/-|
    D||--------------5/-7--------|--------------------------|
    A||--------7/-5--------------|--------------------------|
    E||--5/-8--------------------|--------------------------|
    
    
                                Exercise 2 - Slide over the fretboard                          
    -------------------------|--|--------------------------|
    -------------------------|--|--------------------------|
    --7----------------------|--|--------------------5/-7--|
    -----7/-5----------------|--|--------------5/-7--------|
    -----------5/-7----------|--|-----3/-5/-7--------------|
    -----------------8/-5~---|--|--5-----------------------|
    
    
                                                             
    ------------8--10/-12------|--12--10/-8------------------|
    -----8/-10-----------------|-------------10--8-----------|
    --9------------------------|--------------------9/-7--5--|
    ---------------------------|-----------------------------|
    ---------------------------|-----------------------------|
    ---------------------------|-----------------------------|
                              
    ------------------------||
    ------------------------||
    ------------------------||
    --7/-5------------------||
    --------7/-5/-3---------||
    -----------------5------||
    
    

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