I was reading a tabulature book, and I ran across a few notes that I didnt understand. "5b6r5b6r5" it had this on the 5th string. I looked in the index of the book, and I couldnt find anything that matched that, so does anyone know what this means? Thanks for your time.
I play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the guitar, which was a bad decision... because I didn't know how to play it, so I was a sh***y teacher. I would never have went to me. -Mitch Hedberg
"b" is bend and "r" is release bend. In this particular case, you place a finger on the fifth fret of the fifth string and then bend it until the note matches the note at the sixth fret (what some books call a "half bend" or "half step bend"). Then you release the bend back to the original note (fifth fret). Then repeat as directed.
Hope this helps.
Peace
Thank you very much! That really helped.
I play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the guitar, which was a bad decision... because I didn't know how to play it, so I was a sh***y teacher. I would never have went to me. -Mitch Hedberg
