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Different people work different ways. Both notations are valid. Take your pick. Mine is tab.
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I agree that there's more - FAR more - tab music out there for guitar than standard notation (bass is a bit different). Regarding your own slow reading speed, its simply because you don't regularly read (standard notation) music, or practice it. I can assure you that after reading a lot of music, it gets easier and easier. In fact that's the point (one of them) of the video - it actually gets easier than tab, because tab is a bunch of numbers to decipher which isn't intuitive compared to standard notation which has a more pictorial/graphical/relates to the pitch style.
This lack of standard notation is a bit of an issue, I feel, for me because I'd like to properly adopt it on (6 string) guitar but there's not the material out there. I guess for rock/pop, people put it in the lowest common denominator.
When you compare to other instruments I'd say guitar/bass is at a disadvantage, partly because its physical features lend themselves to play more informally than reading all the time (for example, a short riff on fret 15 is as easy as the same on fret 5 - a trombonist, or violinist, would have more difficulty in transposing up a minor 7th just like that) so its more open to improvising or playing along with other musicians or music. But also partly because other instruments tend to initially be taught classically, which have a somewhat narrow focus when it comes to certain aspects such as improvising, modes, etc and have well-developed methods for teaching (such as Suzuki method for violin) which naturally focus on reading standard notation from the outset. A beginner bass guitarist is much more likely to be first exposed to standard notation a number of weeks after starting playing, while eg a trumpet player or clarinet, from week one.
I'm just starting to learn to play piano and standard notation is quite a jump from tab. Makes a lot of sense and conveys a lot more meaning than the tab I see on the net that has been created with a fixed font. Mind you, on a piano all the notes are in a straight line so that makes the job a lot easier.
Did you watch the video?
Until you do, we can't have a worthwhile discussion.
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I'm not sure if you're saying this requirement to understand is a good, neutral or a bad thing. I'd personally say its neutral, because those are the kind of things you'd naturally understand anyway. Putting it another way:
Written tab --> what to play & how to play it --> physical actions to sound the notes on an instrument
Standard notation --> what to play --> physical actions to sound the notes
The difference being, that the standard notation doesn't explain how to play it - but doesn't need to. The knowledge on how to play it are (pretty well) developed skills the musician already has, thus the standard notation saves repeatedly saying this again and again, and saves processing this (and is easier to read, ultimately).
I think we're basically in agreement, although its good to be sure.
A double bass isn't that far off a tuba - it requires some amount of skill to play the notes nicely. A bass guitar is easier than double bass, a little bit, so I reckon (personally for me) its about in the middle of "play faster than read/read faster than play".
And personally for me, guitar is easier to play quicker than bass, especially chords (yes you can do chords on bass too.....but they are rarely found in written music stuff!!) so its edging towards "play faster than you can read" for me.
I wouldn't like to learn a piece I didn't know just from the tab. I would need to have a recording to listen to. I think I could probably make a decent fist of it from SN - although I'd need to think about fingerings and strings to use if the SN didn't provide that info.