I've found that, even among professional, Classical musicians, there are those who can learn by ear and those who learn from written music or TAB. Both paths are valid, and we should be able to use both.

Certainly, the more material you learn, whether from TAB/Music or by ear, the better your skills and the larger your toolbox. The more you learn, the more you have to work with. Even if you learn a piece by ear, you should write it down anyway, so you can remember it years later. My TAB binder gave me a great start, when I picked up the guitar again last Summer, after twenty years of not playing. I would have been lost without it.

I get annoyed at those who say that everybody should learn by ear. That's elitism and snobbery, IMO. Some of us can't. We don't have the ear. We are hobbyists, not aspiring professionals, and the written music gives us access we would not otherwise have. I'm finding, though, that, the more I learn, from TAB/Music, the better my ear is getting and the easier it is to pick up new licks. I use an electronic tuner too, but, I'm slowly getting better at tuning the strings. There is hope for me yet!

I won't stop depending on written music/TAB or my electronic tuner, just so I can be noble and struggle. Music is FUN, and the more I can learn, by any means, the more FUN I'll have.

So... Does anybody have the TAB to...?