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+\version "2.14.0"
+
+\header {
+ lsrtags = "fretted-strings"
+
+ texidoc = "
+Unlike glissandos, slides may go from an imprecise point of the
+fretboard to a specific fret. A good way to do that is to add a grace
+hidden note before the note which is actually played, as demonstrated
+in the following example.
+"
+ doctitle = "Guitar slides"
+}
+
+%% Hide fret number: useful to draw slide into/from a casual point of
+%% the fretboard.
+hideFretNumber = {
+ \once \override TabNoteHead #'transparent = ##t
+ \once \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t
+ \once \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
+ \once \override NoteHead #'no-ledgers = ##t
+ \once \override Glissando #'(bound-details left padding) = #0.3
+}
+
+music= \relative c' {
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber d8\2 \glissando s2 } g2\2
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber g8\2 \glissando s2 } d2 |
+
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber c,8 \glissando s } f4\5^\markup \tiny { Slide into }
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber f8 \glissando s } a4\4
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber e'8\3 \glissando s } b4\3^\markup \tiny { Slide from }
+ \grace { \hideFretNumber b'8 \glissando s2 } g4 |
+}
+
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Staff {
+ \clef "G_8"
+ \music
+ }
+ \new TabStaff {
+ \music
+ }
+ >>
+}