

I have been playing for 27 years and was a school taught musician from age 9 so I can sight read. Part of the problem i think is that tabs isn’t a super respected form of writing music amongst experienced players so often times it’s a blind leading the blind scenario. Sometimes they are decent and other times they are just flat out wrong. Kind of like getting you’re news from social media posts or cable news or something. People see and learn things differently, so if you’re giving a solid effort for a week or 2, and still feel like you’re drowning, even 1 or 2 private lessons could help immensely.Ĭlick to expand.Tabs are really hit or miss from my experience. I’m all for online self education, but these are the kinds of hurdles a good teacher can help you out with more easily than you can do on your own.

Learning to listen critically and correct things yourself is a huge step in musical development, and requires hours and hours and hours of trial and error to learn to trust yourself. Always trust your ears more than the tab. Anyway, don’t worry about the gravy until you get the meat and potatoes.Ĥ) expect frustration, be patient with yourself, and if you’re playing something that sounds completely wrong, don’t be surprised if the tab is wrong itself. Yes you have to figure out the timing by ear, but it’s good ear training. If you’re not working with the recording, you’re not doing it right.ģ) don’t worry about ghost notes, slides, or other details, until you understand how the notes fit in time. I tab things out for my more casual students (only dreaded notes for the academic students ), and encourage my students to find their own tabs if they want, but I make sure they know:ġ) almost all free tabs have something wrong, very often many things wrongĢ) use tab to help figure out what you hear, don’t just play the tab and hope everything works out. Tab is a useful tool, but only in context, if you can’t hear what you’re trying to play, it’s more or less useless. Via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Click to expand.Absolutely correct, you can’t expect (most) tab to tell you anything about timing. Time & Matter Records – Catalogue Number T&M 042

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