How To Read Tabs

Guitar

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill
[] - natural harmonic

Drum

C  - Cymbal
R  - Ride
HH - Hi-Hat
S  - Snare Drum
T1 - High Tom Tom
T2 - Mid-High Tom Tom
T3 - Mid-Low Tom Tom
T4 - Low Tom Tom
FT - Floor Tom
GB - Gong Bass Drum
B  - Bass Drum
HF - Hi-Hat Foot Pedal

X - Strike Crash, Strike Ride Rim, Strike Loose Hi-Hat
x - Roll Crash, Strike Ride, Strike Closed Hi-Hat, Kick Hi-Hat Pedal
s - Strike Splash
c - Strike China
# - Choke Crash
b - Strike Crash Bell, Strike Ride Bell, Soft One-Handed Roll
B - Accented One-Handed Roll
d - Double (Two 32nd Notes)
g - Ghost Note
@ - Click Snare Rim
f - Flam
o - Strike Open Hi-Hat, Strike Snare, Strike Tom, Kick Bass Drum Pedal, Hi-Hat Splash
O - Accent Snare, Accent Tom
^ - Accent Crash, Accent Ride, Accent Hi-Hat
--> - Crescendo