Dear Christopher, kindly excuse the tangent to the topic at hand, but is reading notation important if I'm just a hobbiest who wants to have fun and am more comfortable reading and learning through tab. Will it hinder my progress if I don't want to read standard notation? I see the fundamentals has both tab and standard notation and I really don't want to learn Every Good Boy Does Fine and Good Boys Do Fine Always as I used to play piano.
Thanks in advance for your response.
It depends on your goals.
You can get by with only learning & using tab. Many guitarists (pro & hobbyist) do fine without reading standard notation. The specific info missing from tab is the rhythm. So as long as you can get the info from listening to the audio that's a possible workaround.
I always encourage students to at least understand notation. Be able to look at it & understand what it is indicating. You don't have to become a fluent sight reader. That is certainly a higher level of time & effort! But it can only benefit your overall musicianship to at least understand it & how it relates to what you play on the guitar.
Hope that helps!
