I beg to differ with the person who characterized tablature as "bullshit."

I've been playing for over 40 years, and while by no means a full-fledged full-time professional, I have made a few dollars as a performer.

I took classical-guitar lessons for a few months many years ago, so I *have* some experience dealing with standard musical notation. Also, I am currently involved in several choral groups and am learning to sight-read as a vocalist. So, I'm not some kind of anti-sheet-music luddite.

However,I am a great believer in guitar tablature, and have probably learned more songs and more "licks" (more technique) from tabs than by any other method. Well, tabs in conjunction with listening, of course.

In standard musical notation, any given note (as indicated by its position on the treble or bass staff) can be played at multiple position on the guitar fingerboard ~ on different strings, that is. Only tablature indicates the string to play and the fret at which to finger it.

NOw, I remember the opening post where