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Hey Richard,
I believe you when you say it was impossible to figure out tunes on your own. I
have a friend that I get together with who is the same way. I also think it's
great that your desire to learn was strong enough such that you went for tabs.
If you're somewhat unimpressed with your current ability, that may say something
about learning by tab. I recommend that you try again to find guitarists to hang
with or even a recommended teacher.
I could feel lucky that I had a friend that helped me out with the guitar at a
young age. But we make our own luck. What that means in my case is that I was
very into music, and very not into sports. So I hung out with people of the same
ilk. It was natural that many guitar players were around for me to pick their
brains.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] tabs
I don't do tabs anymore nearly as much as I used to
because in all my playing I've developed something of
an ear...I'm still not really any good at figuring
things out by any stretch, but most simple things I
can nail down. At the outset, however, it was
IMPOSSIBLE..I reiterate...IMPOSSIBLE for me to figure
tunes out. I had zero musical background, nobody
onhand to teach me anything and no idea what I was
doing. I picked up the guitar when I was 21 years
old. I'm 25 now and I still suck. I totally
understand where you guys are coming from about
avoiding tabs, but for me it really wasn't an option.
My playing level is beyond my ear as a result of tabs,
but I also feel that without them I never would've
gotten started.
Richard
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