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Originally Posted by kerbie
I find tabs helpful, but of limited use. I generally prefer to read the actual music.
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Me too. (Seeing as that was how I learned in the first place.)
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Originally Posted by kerbie
Since any particular note can be played in multiple places on a guitar, I think tabs can help identify exactly where the guitarist is playing on the fretboard.
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In principle yes, but you only have the tabber's opinion on that.
And the downside is it can make you think that's the "correct" way - or even the only way - to play something, when it may only be the "preferred" way (preferred either by the original player or by the tabber).
I use both notation and tab with my students, but I sometimes offer alternative tab positions when two or more ways are equally good.