Slides

Here’s how to use slides in tablature in the Soundslice editor.

Note that our system has several types of slides:

• A legato slide between two notes
• A shift slide between two notes
• A slide upward into a note
• A slide downward into a note
• A slide upward from a note
• A slide downward from a note

Creating slides between notes (legato or shift slides)

A legato slide is one where you don’t strike the second note after the slide. A shift slide is one where you do strike the second note after the slide. In Soundslice, legato slides get a slur; shift slides don’t.

To create either type of slide:

1. Add two subsequent notes on the same string in your tablature.
2. Select the first of the two notes. (It doesn’t matter if you select it within the tablature staff or the standard-notation staff.)
3. Click the “Slide to next note (shift)” or “Slide to next note (legato)” icon in the editor sidebar’s “Tablature” menu , or search the editor for “slide.” Or use a keyboard shortcut.

Removing slides between notes

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 slide icon ( or ) in the current notations panel. Click that icon to remove the slide.

Toggling slides into (or out of) notes

1. Select the note.
2. In the editor sidebar’s “Tablature” menu , click the appropriate slide button. You can also search the editor for “slide” or use a keyboard shortcut.