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> If I could just focus on the finger positions without the distraction of the score, that would help me. Isn't this exactly what most guitar players do? Tabla
by Blackthorn 3y ago
> If I could just focus on the finger positions without the distraction of the score, that would help me.
Isn't this exactly what most guitar players do? Tablature is used instead of traditional staves.
- cratermoon 3y agoClassical and jazz guitar are written in traditional notation. Classical notation has implied positions on the fretboard - first, fifth, seventh, etc. Tablature is useful, but it is not musical notation. Its expressiveness is so limited that many tablature sites add various symbols borrowed from standard. Indeed, go on almost any guitar forum on the net and you'll find a beginner asking about some notation found on a tablature. There's a great deal more to performing on the guitar than knowing where to put the fingers of the fretting hand.
- crucialfelix 3y agoThere are also special notations on tabs for hammer ons, slides, harmonics, bends, percussive rhythm guitar. I would classify this as musical notation. It's hard to read, but once you know it it makes sense. If someone doesn't know the genre (rock, funk, metal etc) then it makes no sense.
- cratermoon 3y agoIn traditional musical notation: hammer-on & pull-off: slur, notation is a curved line, sometimes dashed connecting notes. slide: notated as legato, glissando, portamento, all different, in subtle ways, to "slide" harmonic: notated in classical guitar with a diamond-shaped head. percussive is tambor bend: notated using an angled line between the noteheads at the start and end. All those tab notations are borrowed from traditional notation. And yes, there are classical guitar pieces that use all these techniques. see e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbc2yDvt8RM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbc2yDvt8RM