Question about sliding in tabs

[chodax]

I have seen this a couple times before and never really understood how to do it.

This tab is for Bad Fish by Sublime

verse;
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||-----------7--9--7--6--7--|--------9--11--12/--------|
A||--------7-----------------|------9-------------------|
E||--5---5-------------------|--7--------------------0--|

on the D string it says 12/ and I don't understand where you are supposed to side to. Sorry if this is a dumb question but I don't understand

 

[Sometimess]

I'm pretty sure you slide it all the way down to 0

 

[JustOpenYourMind]

Actually, Just listen to the song and try to figure it out, it's probably just a short slide that you do between the two notes, you don't actually slide all the way down.

 

[chodax]

Oh so some one just didn't finish the tab then? That would make more sense I guess

 

[RedSubway]

Sometimes it means that there isn't a definite place to slide to per se, you just slide down from that note and fade out the sound as you do it.

 

[seanm]

Generally / is a slide up and \ is a slide down. If it is in front of the note, you slide *to* that note. If it is after the note, you slide *from* that note.

If it is important where you slide from and to (such as Black Magic Woman), then you should see something like 12 \ 5. This is where ascii tabs really fall down since it looks much better when printed properly.