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- From: stephen@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Stephen Schimpf)
- Subject: Re: I want an easy and good notation. Was: REAL MUSICIANS READ MUSIC!
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:58:34 PST
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- In article <ROLAND.93Jan27110144@helicon.sics.se> roland@sics.se
- (Roland Karlsson) writes:
- >
- >It is easy to use tab when learning to play known pieces of music. It
- >is also easy to post using ascii graphics. Unfortunately I have to
- >admit that the notation _is_ hard to read.
- >
- >For some reason the ordinary notation is considered a superior
- >notation. OK, it is more easy to read than tab. You get a feeling
- >for rhythm and melody that you cannot get from a tab. But the (in my
- >opinion) very big drawback of the ordinary notation is that it _is_
- >hard to learn.
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- Standard notation notates music, rhythm. Tab notates performance. It tells
- you exactly where to fret a given note and provides space for notating
- other stuff (hammer-ons, pull-offs, harmonics, bends, scrapes, etc.) that
- would clutter standard notation and make it less standard because those
- techniques don't apply to other instruments. The best thing is to learn
- to read and use both notations. Most books and magazines include both.
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- Stephen
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