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Marty and all,
I don't want to belabor this point, it has been talked
about (to death? I hope) here on SG101. Fundamentally
we agree, ear training is the most important way to
learn and surf music is an easy form of music to start
with. But I will not agree with you that Tabs are not
useful. First, when I started playing 25 years ago, I
used tabs to learn AC/DC songs. Two years ago when the
Aqua Velvets asked me to learn 3 sets of music in 2
weeks, I tabbed out 45 songs- see, I used my ear to
write out the tabs. Also a few years ago, I tabbed out
Dave's solo in "Bells of St. Kahuna" which took me
weeks to learn, and then I sent it to him, and he had
a good laugh I'm sure, then corrected my fingerings.
Now my kids are learning to read music for the piano,
and I can't help them because I am illiterate when it
comes to notation. I wish I had learned to read music.
Ear training, Tabs and Notation are just another way
to pass along the tradition of music.
ferenc
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