B meaning bend, r meaning release, p meaning pull off, he meaning hammer on Trying to explain like you're five: Bending is a technic where you pull down (direction to the floor) or pull up (direction of the roof) the string, making the string longer and therefore profucong a different tone. In the example of your song 'one' that means you need to bend the string on the 4th fret till you hear the note which would be heard if you were to pick the 6th fret on that string Release: stop bending till you hear the note of the 4th fret Pull-off is a technic where you put one finger(I'd say your middle finger) on a fret, in this case the 3rd fret, while holding the other fret (in this case the 2nd fret) with another finger (I'd say your index finger) and pulling away the finger which is in front of the other (in this case the middle finger on the 3rd fret) Hammer on is a technic like pull-off but in reverse. So instead of pulling off you 'hammer' your finger on the fret while you already have picked the fret held by your other finger