Originally Posted By: Cerio
I'm sorry that you took my post that way, it was just a personal recommendation based in own my experience as a musician and a common mistake I've seen in many students; IMO is not really off-topic (since, at the end of the day, this is a music forum); and miss importantly: there are REALLY strong reasons supporting this idea:

https://youtu.be/4X7qgBVnMfY

Of course, you're free to ignore all this completely. smile



Tabs are good for learning positions. Even in the video he stated he uses tabs as an instruction tool, and that is fine. Even the old MelBay books gave you the starting position via a small number under the first note.

IF one is only using tabs then they are not a musician IMO. I find this true with some guitarist. They claim they are a musician but are put in complete panic mode when presented with the easiest of notation!

Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer.
It's called the Heineken Maneuver.

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