Guitar technique
A slide is a guitar technique where you move a fretted finger along the string to a new fret without lifting it, producing a smooth continuous pitch transition.
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What it is
Slides come in two main flavors: legato slides (where only the first note is picked) and shift slides (where both notes are picked, with the slide between them). They're foundational in blues, rock, country, and slide-guitar styles where the player uses a glass or metal slide bar instead of the bare finger. Slide direction (up or down) and slide length carry expressive content.
How to read it
Tab notation uses '/' for an ascending slide and '\' for a descending slide between fret numbers. Example: 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret up to the 7th. A line without a leading pick indicates a legato slide; a separately-picked note before the slide indicates a shift slide.
See the full guide to reading guitar tab for the complete symbol reference, or browse the glossary for related terminology.
How audio2guitar detects it
The pipeline detects slides by tracking continuous pitch changes that span more than a quarter-step over a smooth trajectory, with no intermediate picking transients. Slide direction is inferred from the pitch slope; slide endpoints are snapped to the nearest fret.
Where it shows up
Yes. The pipeline recognizes when an entire passage uses sliding rather than fretted notes, and adjusts the fingering suggestions accordingly.
Yes. Both endpoints are written explicitly so you can replicate the exact movement.
Every slides our pipeline detects gets marked in the tab automatically. First 3 songs free.