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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 01/11/2008 : 08:37:52
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There can be no dispute that tab is easier to read than notes especially on guitar as the same note can be found in different places on the neck. As it is easier, I have learned most of my songs from tab. Over christmas, I received a songbook as a gift, but it was not in tab, and I wanted to learn a song. The song is one well known by most Canadians, and is almost a national anthem, so I thought that I would try it with the notes. It didn't take very long at all to find the notes in the chord positions shown, as it is a well known song.
I have a very good memory, but it is annoyingly short, so it takes me a while to get a song learned well enough that I can play it properly without a book. As I said, it is a well known song, but I believe that because I had to transpose the notes to the fret positions myself, I learned the song to memory faster than other songs that I have learned from tab. Has anyone else noticed this or is it in my imagination? I am going to work on sight reading a lot harder from now on. |
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Fabius
Silver Member
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 10:24:41
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The perfection is table and notation, but I've to admit that notation could help the musician better than tabs, in notations there are the exact division of the lenght of any note, expressions, tonality, tempo, velocity and other useful things that tabs hasn't! I saw musicians play (or sing) songs without know it, it happens anytime we do rehearsals: I've a pair of pros (the flute/sax/trombone/trumpetist and the bassist) I give'em notations and I've admit that they're a step ahead than the rest of the group. The same thing happens with the new soprano she learned song in few days respect to the others singer that are weeks (also months) which are using just memory and like we say in Italy "ear".
On tabs side there's the fact that who reads know exactly where to positionin' the fingers, but he/she must know the song, at least a bit.
On the end: there are more possibilities to find work in music if the artist read notations. |
Edited by - Fabius on 01/13/2008 12:05:58 |
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One-Way
Bronze Member
New Zealand
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 10:26:56
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Sight reading will give a greater musical knowledge of where notes are in different places on the fret board rather than just learning a shape or pattern from tab.
Im trying to learn more scales at the moment but my memory aint as good as it once was.
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 01/11/2008 : 18:56:12
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agreed. i too think that sight reading is better for memory.
but the best and most helpful way to learn a song is doing it by ear, or as i like to call it "hitting that shit raw!" |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 06:33:01
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I have a hard time reading tab with any speed. I realize it only takes practice but I have yet to force myself really. My guitar instructor tabs everything for me so I have a lot of work ahead of me to keep up.
I agree that knowing how to read music is helpful. |
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Dr. Bob
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Australia
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Posted - 01/12/2008 : 08:40:37
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Originally posted by StratoSphere
agreed. i too think that sight reading is better for memory.
but the best and most helpful way to learn a song is doing it by ear, or as i like to call it "hitting that shit raw!"
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kulten
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France
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Fabius
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 12:05:13
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And that's good Kulten, but if you will work with professionals or in a professional contest, trust me, to know read partitures might help you!
It's like read, once you learned you don't forget it anymore! |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2008 : 16:47:04
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Originally posted by Fabius
It's like read, once you learned you don't forget it anymore!
I was a clarinet player when I was a kid and when I started bass guitar I forgot sight reading because I stoped practising. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2008 : 21:18:13
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Originally posted by kulten
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Originally posted by Fabius
It's like read, once you learned you don't forget it anymore!
I was a clarinet player when I was a kid and when I started bass guitar I forgot sight reading because I stoped practising.
I too was a clarinet player (7th grade) & gave up reading music when I quit playing it. |
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Fabius
Silver Member
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Posted - 01/14/2008 : 14:39:53
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Tablature vs. Sight reading
