TablEdit Users Say:

"I use TablEdit to learn music and it's really great in that respect. I can slow pieces down so that I hear all of the voices in them, exactly how each part should go. If I'm having trouble with a particular part, I can isolate it and play it over and over as many times as I need at any tempo I want. I remember reading that a number of great guitarists used to play 33 1/3 and 45 rpm records at 16 rpm to hear how their idols did what they did. But what happened to the pitch? With TablEdit, the pitch remains the same; the music's just slowed down!"
Tom Jones - California

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The default is a simple slide (glissando) where the first note is picked and then continues to sound as you move up or down towards the destination fret. To enter a slide, place two notes on the same string, place the cursor on the first one and then select slide from the Special Effects palette or use the keyboard shortcut [S].

TablEdit allows you to enter slides without precise destinations or origins (slide to nowhere or slide from nowhere). In order to accomplish this, select the desired note(s), apply a normal slide effect and press [>] or [<].


Another common playing technique is the slide-pick, where a note is picked, a slide takes place and the destination note is plucked on arrival. The first step is create a simple slide as explained above and then highlight the ending note. Finally, click on one of the pick stroke indicators on the lower left of the Hand palette or select "Thumb" or "Other Finger" from the Pick strokes & Fingerings dialog. This will place a pick stroke indicator (a vertical line) to the right of the note.

A timed slide can be created to select the exact point within the duration of an extended note to begin the slide. The normal behavior in TablEdit is for a slide to begin immediately after the note is picked. For example, a slide starting on a 1/4 note from fret 5 to fret 7 will result in 3 tones spread equally over the duration of the note. To create a timed slide, split the original note into shorter note durations using tied notes in such a way that the last tied note is located at the point from which you want the slide to begin and apply the slide effect to the last tied note. Using the slide from the previous examples, to start the slide on the second half of the beat, enter two eighth notes on the fifth fret, tie the second note to the first and apply the slide effect to the second eighth note.