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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Geetnerd@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world
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Anyone else amused, and also repulsed by guitar player snobbery?

I'm talking vintage vs modern, poly vs nitro, laurel vs pau ferro vs rosewood, "tonewood," solid state vs tube, etc.?

It's absolute insanity on other forums, especially the "big" one.

What say you?

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[–] entropicdrift 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is an interesting bit of snobbery too.

I've been a musician for over 25 years. I can read sheet music, tabs, chord charts (including Jazz), and learn most stuff by ear. I still use tabs to learn new songs because it gives an idea of the fingerings, even if it's just a starting point. Tabs are a specific arrangement of a given piece that at least one person found to be playable. It cuts out unnecessary time considering "how" to play something.

If you gave me sheet music, I would come up with an arrangement and annotate it with tabs to specify.

It's important to develop your ear, don't get me wrong, but tabs are a useful tool even for professionals. They're not just for beginners.

[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then, still some tabs.

Did you miss that part?

[–] entropicdrift 2 points 6 days ago

I wasn't trying to call you out specifically, just that there are people who hate on tabs in general. If anything I'm agreeing with your rant against snobbery too