Hammer-ons and pull-offs

Here’s how to use hammer-ons and pull-offs in the Soundslice editor.

Creating hammer-ons or pull-offs

Soundslice treats hammer-ons and pull-offs as a single, unifed concept. To add a hammer-on or pull-off:

1. Add two subsequent notes on the same string in your tablature.
2. Select the first of the two notes.
3. In the editor’s top panel, open the “Tab” section and click the “Toggle hammer-on/pull-off” icon . Or search the editor for “hammer on.” Or use a keyboard shortcut.

Removing hammer-ons or pull-offs

1. Select the first of the two notes. (It doesn’t matter if you select it within the tablature staff or the standard-notation staff.)
2. You’ll see the hammer-on / pull-off icon in the current notations section. Click that icon to remove the hammer-on / pull-off.

Left-hand taps (aka “hammer-ons from nowhere”)

To toggle a left-hand tap on a note, select it and click the “Toggle left-hand tap” button in the top panel’s “Tab” section.

Pull-offs to nowhere

To toggle a “pull-off to nowhere” on a note, select it and click the “Toggle pull-off to nowhere” button in the top panel’s “Tab” section.

Auto-generated slurs in staff

Our system automatically creates slurs in the standard notation for hammer-ons and pull-offs. There’s currently no way to edit or remove these slurs, but generally that hasn’t been a big deal — people want the slurs.

Auto-combined slurs in tablature

Our system automatically combines subsequent hammer-ons and pull-offs in the tablature, using a single slur. For example, here we’ve combined five into a single one:

There is no way to alter the appearance or position of these tab slurs.

Is it possible to create a hammer-on or pull-off that starts in one voice and ends in another?

No, this isn’t possible at the moment. Try changing your notation to put both notes in the same voice.