ras52 Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1467892266' post='3087060'] Sight reading tab is easy! ... Granted tab is useless for conveying rhythm. [/quote] Hm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Guitar/bass tablature notation seems to be a cut-down version of lute tablature, of which there are at least three versions: French/English, Italian, and German. Lute tablature is also used for some types of viola da gamba playing (which is a bowed isntrument).[attachment=222927:LV03.jpg] The photo is from a book I have: a facsimile edition from 1682 for playing the viol 'lyra way' by Playford. You'll note that lute tablature uses flags above the staff to indicate rhythm. I'll be honest, I don't see the point in tab for guitars/basses without the rhythm. Notation is not hard to learn, takes practice to get fluent, but so does playing. Edited July 7, 2016 by zbd1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1467893853' post='3087085'] Hm... [/quote] Ok, perhaps my definition of sight reading is being stretched a little. I can listen to a song to get a feel for the rhythm then play along by sight reading the tab. Rhythm is best left to the ears rather than the eyes if a recording is available. Edited July 7, 2016 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Tab is a quick way for non readers to get the jist of a song they already have in their head slightly quicker than working it out by ear It has its place , but is limited I can't read and only Google for tabs if I'm in a hurry , as you'll always habe to alter it (it's never 100% but can save a bit of time) Also it's often written with open strings instead of more comfortable positions (for me at least) If you can read I see why you knock it , but it has some use to many , I remember my first bass book of riffs was in both notation and tab , I had no idea how to read , but the tab got me playing at least . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) In an effort to get back on topic, I think the capitalisation has occurred because the legend TAB is often written (descending vertically) at the start of a piece, to distinguish it from the standard notation: Edited July 7, 2016 by JapanAxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1467882842' post='3086901'] Not the usual tab vs dots question... [/quote] Surely that ought to be DOTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1467886032' post='3086954'] I suppose because I grew up in the pre-tab/Tab/TAB world, I have never seen the point in it. A lot harder to learn and apply than standard notation for me. [/quote] From experience I can assure you that, for a novice player who wants to learn how to play his/her favourite songs, tab is far quicker. It's much more of a quick fix as it takes virtually no time to become accustomed to. It's missing a lot of information, but for a bunch of unkempt 15 year olds trying to play along to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath it was more than sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJordan Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1467906958' post='3087239'] In an effort to get back on topic, I think the capitalisation has occurred because the legend TAB is often written (descending vertically) at the start of a piece, to distinguish it from the standard notation: [/quote] Oooh look! It gives you the rhythm too.....Now there's a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1467906958' post='3087239'] In an effort to get back on topic, I think the capitalisation has occurred because the legend TAB is often written (descending vertically) at the start of a piece, to distinguish it from the standard notation: [/quote] Funny that it has to say TAB, just incase you don't know Not learning to read is a real regret of mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 In a blatant effort to de-rail this thread... Can I please ask this here as I don't see this as a good subject for a whole thread on it's own. Here's a section from a book, of which I'm doubtfully the lucky owner. Take a look at where it goes from bars 2 to 3. According to the score, the note stays consistent. Yet the TAB/tab/Tab changes by an octave... Don't you love books? Listening to the Beatles track, to me it sounds like a change in chord, but something here isn't right. Are all books as doubtful as this? Or is this book a real gem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJordan Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Probably no room to fit the ledger lines and the notator thought.........."sod it, it's only the bass that'll do" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 [quote name='AndrewJordan' timestamp='1467910219' post='3087270'] Probably no room to fit the ledger lines and the notator thought.........."sod it, it's only the bass that'll do" [/quote] Or, more like, "it's only bass, no doubt the ignorant ******s can't read notation anyway, they'll all just follow the Tab/TAB/tab." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydog Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Perhaps most rock music sheet music is/was published for copyright purposes, not as a transcript of actual performances ? That's how it looks to me, I mean look at Beatles Complete for example ! LD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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