whats wrong with tabs?

[playerdelabass]

OK, here it is.

I play almost exclusively from Tabs, I tought myself to play, and I like to think I'm pretty good.

As for the point of changing keys, if you're good, then when you know a tune from a tab, you can switch it wherever you want!

Also there is a wealth of tab right here on thsi sight, I don't see a wealth of sheet music anywhere but my local music shop, and I don't have enough wealth to access that just to figure out a riff I can't really hear.

I use my earsure, but when I started I'd look at a tab, and then listen to the song. Even now, though I can figure it outr by ear I like to have some pointers from a tab.

I agree it doesn't tell you as much as sheet music, but it doesn't try to, most tabs say stuff liek "you'll have to listen to the song to get the idea, it's just a simple and very popular way of letting people know the notes in a tune...


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Tab has existed longer than sheet music, it was around in medieval times, OK with different notation, but exactly the same theory!!!
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