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The explanations of the techniques used in the electric guitar and the riff samples are given.

Hammer on: In this technique, which is briefly described as “h”, you have to give out the second note with your left hand’s finger hit without using the pick after having played the first note with the pick. In this technique, the second note is always high-pitched, raising the note from the low-pitched. It can be indicated with a slur in musical notation.

Pull off: In this technique, which is briefly described as “p”, you have to give out the second note with your left hand’s finger pull without using the pick after having played the first note with the pick. In this technique, the second note is always low-pitched, lowering the note from the high-pitched. It can be indicated with a slur in musical notation. It’s the exact opposite of the hammer-on technique.

Vibrato: It’s illustrated as on the tab staff. It’s a technique performed by vibrating the note pressed on the string, going up and down. You need to get strength from your wrist when doing this technique.

Slide: Slide, which is briefly written as “sl”, can be with or without the pick. It could be from a definite note to a definite note or from an indefinite to a definite note.

Slide without the pick: It is to slide the finger in your left hand to the note that you’re going to play without the pick and avoiding lifting the finger, after having played the first note with the pick. It can be shown with a slur in musical notation.

Pick-Slide: It is to slide the finger in your left hand to the note that you’re going to play with the pick and avoiding lifting the finger, after having played the first note with the pick. There is no slur used in musical notation. The slide technique can be from a low-pitched note to a high-pitched note or from a high-pitched note to a low-pitched note.

Bend: It’s the movement done to reach the next note by pulling the string upwards or downwards with the finger that already presses the string. Bend technique can be done for a semitone, a whole tone, one and a half tone and two tones; it’s duration is indicated. The more you pull off the string, the larger the range of notes will be.

Legato: It indicates that the notes are played in conjunction with each other. It’s a mixed use of techniques such as: Hammer on, Pull-Off, Slide, Vibrato and Bend with using more than one note in it.

Palm Mute: It’s shortly written as “pm”. It’s used by covering or muting the strings with the inner edge of your right hand’s palm. Your palm’s inner edge is put between the bridge and the spot where the strings come out.

Pinch Harmonics: It’s written as “harm” or “P. H.” in short. It can be indicated by enclosing the number written on the tab staff in a square. It’s the sound that comes out when the thumb softly touches the string along with the pick.

Natural Harmonics: It’s written as “harm” or “N. H.” in short. It can be indicated by enclosing the number written on the tab staff in a square. It’s the sound that comes out when the finger lightly touches the frets that give out harmonic sounds. The fret markers is slightly touched without pressing the fret. For example, it’s possible to procure natural harmonic sounds out of any strings on the 12th fret.