Sheet Music Direct Pass worth it? Something better?

[dieggsy]

Have you guys found a Sheet Music Direct Pass subscription to be worth it for having tabs quickly available on an electronic device? Is there something better I should look into? In general I'd be looking for popular songs of the classic rock/motown/funk/r&b variety. I have a slight preference for staff notation over tab, but either works.

I quite enjoy transcribing by ear myself and will do that from time to time (and I'd like to do it more often because it trains a whole bunch of musical skills). But sometimes I just want to pull up some music and jam on the spot. Are there solid tried and tested solutions with reasonable cross-genre coverage?

 

[pmatz2]

I would recommend looking at what bass tabs they have. For most sites it’s a very small amount

 

[andrewd]

Ultimate Guitar has almost everything I ever think to look up available in standard notation, tabs or both in a hybrid view.

If it's the "official" or "pro" version of a song it includes backing tracks while using the website or app. The resulting PDF can also ve customized.