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  • TABs are OK but...

    From datavase@DATAVASE to All on Mon Oct 12 10:10:08 2009
    Since I discovered tablatures, I thought it was a great idea, specially for those who cannot write/read music.

    I started using it for my compositions. In my second band I used to compose guitar and bass lines, so I used TABs to distribute the music to the other
    band members. Problem? Well, you can see the bunch of numbers that tells you what to play, but it doesn't tells you how to play. I mean, tempo and duration of notes.
    So I started using Guitar Pro (http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php). It allows you to write/read tablatures and play it, but you can also use the
    music sheet, so you can use tempo and durations. My band ended having all the songs in this format, which was quite useful.

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  • From Nightfox to datavase on Mon Oct 12 21:51:14 2009
    Re: TABs are OK but...
    By: datavase to All on Mon Oct 12 2009 10:10:08

    band members. Problem? Well, you can see the bunch of numbers that tells what to play, but it doesn't tells you how to play. I mean, tempo and dur of notes.
    So I started using Guitar Pro (http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php). I

    I should probably learn how to read sheet music.. :) I started to read up on it a couple times, but it just seemed complicated. It might have been because I needed to be more familiar with musical vocabulary (i.e., I had to look up the definition of "arpeggio" because I didn't know what it meant, although I don't remember what it means now). I suppose sheet music would come easier to someone with a formal education in music..

    Nightfox
  • From datavase@DATAVASE to Nightfox on Thu Oct 15 08:46:51 2009
    Re: TABs are OK but...
    By: datavase to All on Mon Oct 12 2009 10:10:08

    band members. Problem? Well, you can see the bunch of numbers that tells what to play, but it doesn't tells you how to play. I mean, tempo and dur of notes.
    So I started using Guitar Pro (http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php). I

    I should probably learn how to read sheet music.. :) I started to read up on it a couple times, but it just seemed complicated. It might have been because I needed to be more familiar with musical vocabulary (i.e., I had
    to look up the definition of "arpeggio" because I didn't know what it
    meant, although I don't remember what it means now). I suppose sheet music would come easier to someone with a formal education in music..

    Nightfox

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    Lol, I agree with you. Being able to read sheet music is good... for musicians :-) I learned years years ago (and completely forgot by now). I used to have a teacher, but I guess you could buy some books or look for an online course.

    Beginning is easy, just memorize where the notes are positioned on the sheet, most difficult for me is to be able to follow the tempo and sing the notes. I used to do that as exercises; reading a sheet in the board and sing... and
    I've been always an atrocious singer :P


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  • From Nightfox to datavase on Fri Oct 16 20:35:38 2009
    Re: Re: TABs are OK but...
    By: datavase to Nightfox on Thu Oct 15 2009 08:46:51

    Lol, I agree with you. Being able to read sheet music is good... for musi :-) I learned years years ago (and completely forgot by now). I used to h teacher, but I guess you could buy some books or look for an online cours

    yeah.. I have some books that discuss reading sheet music, and I'm sure there is plenty of information online too. It's just a matter of reading & studying it.. :)

    I think it would be nice to be able to learn a song just by reading its sheet music.. That's the main reason I'd want to learn how to read it.

    Nightfox
  • From jimmy anderson to datavase on Fri May 10 11:47:00 2013
    datavase wrote to All <=-

    I started using it for my compositions. In my second band I used to compose guitar and bass lines, so I used TABs to distribute the music
    to the other band members. Problem? Well, you can see the bunch of
    numbers that tells you what to play, but it doesn't tells you how to
    play. I mean, tempo and duration of notes.
    So I started using Guitar Pro (http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php).
    It allows you to write/read tablatures and play it, but you can also
    use the music sheet, so you can use tempo and durations. My band ended having all the songs in this format, which was quite useful.

    Interesting! The problem I've found with local "dance" bands is that
    either some of them know the numbers but not the rest or NONE can
    read music or tabs either. Most have good ears, but an ear is not
    good if you've never heard the song before and the band doesn't
    want to get together and practice because they don't get paid to
    practice.


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