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Step 1
Look for the trill marking that begins with "tr." The "tr" may be followed by a little curvy line, usually at the top of the tab bar, to show you how long to continue trilling.
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Step 2
Don't confuse the "tr" for trill with the tremolo technique. Tremolo is different and is marked in tabs with the marking "trem."
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Step 3
Find the trill marker and then look at the pairs of notes that show up there. In formal tabs, the note structure should be a fret position followed by another fret position in parentheses. For example, to trill between the 2nd and 3rd fret, the note group on the tab would look like this: 2(3). In rare cases, some also mark it 2-3.
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Step 4
Do your trill by playing the first note, then switching quickly between the first and second note. You'll hear the old familiar sound of two notes replacing themselves in a rhythmic way.
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Step 5
Find the length of your trills by looking at how the numbers flow. Although tabs have no technical rhythm markings, making it hard to follow rhythm in this kind of notation, you can see about how long your trills should be by looking at what is before and after them.








