Whoa flatfoot,

I didn’t say ALL fretted stringed musicians. You are personifying what I said about “frequently maligned and often misunderstood “.

Since almost all TAB includes standard notation, everyone gets what they need to learn to play.

I also play several instruments, but I think harping against TAB is an elitist thing. Telling a budding musician that they have to learn an inferior method of notation, (std. notation), is the same as telling them they aren’t welcome to the “club” unless they learn to read it. (If you need clarification on “inferior”, just look at my post using a G scale as an example!)

I use both, but I think you’d be hard pressed to find a majority of any fretted stringed instrument musicians to say they prefer std. notation outside of classical or jazz. Why make learning an instrument any harder than it already is?

Bob
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