Originally Posted By: rockstar_not
Perhaps this should be titled: why you shouldn't depend on tab. TAB is perfectly ok if you understand the music behind it.

Who here plays off of chord charts? Or are you such a notation purist that you refuse to cheat that way and instead transcribe out everything onto staff paper?

Just as silly as those who say you should never use a capo.


I never use a capo.

Moveable chords work fine for me. But then I don't play the kind of music that depends on open string chords.

And I don't think TAB is a bad addition to reading standard notation anymore than I think chord names are or a fake book is. But my personal opinion is that every musician should learn how to read standard notation and know basic music theory.

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