Here;s a riff i wrote using dead notes, it should help improve your dead note playing, there's some slides and hammers aswell for practice

there's 2 ways toplay it, the easy way,  where its played 4/4, and each bar of the tab is 2 bars, and is played at 100 tempo. Or the hard way, where each bar is 1 bar, and played at 120 tempo

its your choice

G:-----------X----------------2----:--------------------7P5-------X-4--:
D:--------------------3-X-X-2------:-----------------------------------:
A:-----X---2-----------------------:-X-0-----X-2-----------------------:
E:-1-4---X------2-X-4------------X-:-------0-------1/4-----8H10--------:
 

G:---------------------------------:-----------------------------------:
D:---------------------------------:-----------------------------------:
A:---X---X---X---X---X-------------:------------------------3-X4X-XX-0-:
E:-X---X---X---X---X---X-XXXXXX-XX-:-0-1/7H12P7\2P0-X-1-2-X------------:


G:-X------X-XX-0-1---2---X3-2-X-XX-:-----------------------------------:
D:---X-2-----------3---X-----------:-----------------------------------:
A:---------------------------------:---2/12\1--------------------------:
E:---------------------------------:-X---------X-XXXX-XX-XXXXXXXX-XXX--:


G:---------------------------------:---------------X-3-4-1-X-----------:
D:------------------------------X--:------------------------------X----:
A:---------------------------------:-----2---X-2-X---------------------:
E:-1-X-XX-2-4/15\3P0H7\1-6-XX-1----:-X-1---9------------------1-X---X--:


G:----------------XXXX-X-----------:-X-XX-XXXX-X-X-X---X--------X-X--X-:
D:-----------XXXX--------X---------:-X-XX-XXXX---X---X-X--X--XX-X----X-:
A:------XXXX---------------X-------:-X-XX-XXXX---X-X------X-------X--X-:
E:-XXXX----------------------X-X-X-:-X-XX-XXXX-X-----X-------XX---X--X-: 
        
                                   :-^-^v-VV^V-^-^-V-V-^-^-V-V^-V-^--^-:
                         

The last bar should be played as chords (fairly obviously) if you play with a pick follw the strokepattern given undernteah the tab. 

any comments, e0mail me at wolf_hound_552@hotmail.com

Peace out