Originally Posted By: MarioD

I also started to read music around 10 plus I have taken some theory courses. I agree being able to read music opens up a lot of doors. Plus a lot of my friends whom didn't learn to read music quit playing.

I also agree that you must learn to keep a steady tempo.

Mario, thanks for your inputs.
I can see that starting at age 10 is a real advantage. Those that are multi-lingual (able to fluently speak multiple languages) quite often learn those languages at an early age. Most of us don't seem to be particularly wired for that later in life.

That said, I'm realizing that Tab is a good jumping-in "language" that hopefully can serve as a stepping stone to sheet music. Plus I have observed bass Tabs are available at the Ultimate Guitar site for many songs.


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