Re: reading music for guitar

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Reading tablature was for centuries the way most guitar music was written--a diagram of the strings and the "spots" on which oneput one's fingers. And, no matter in which key the guitar was tuned,tablature would work! I was stunned, when I learned to play viola, for example, that the music for it was written not in treble cleff, nor in bas cleff, but in"alto" cleff. Tablature would have made so much more sense!Cheers to all guitar players among us! And, thank you for mentioningthis, Reb!Love to you and to ,n, who got up to get some water and just "heard" that computersinging to me. . . . . To: MSersLife Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 10:40:42 PMSubject: Re: Shhhh! It's a secret!!!

played guitar for a short while when she was a kid, but she don't remember much of what she learned then, so in reality she is just learning. She has a book, that came with a CD. And I think she uses "apps" on her iPhone as well (a tuner helper, and a metronome). Reading music, she does, because she played the clarinet for much longer than the guitar (in our generation, in Sweden, practically every kid played some instrument during the school years, I am the odd one out, because I didn't..., I am not very musically talented, and I preferred to spend my afternoons and evenings playing football or reading). And reading tablature for guitar she has learned now (it's really a lot easier than reading musical notes, since it indicates how to place the fingers, rather than what pitch to play).Good luck with finding something in the music store today (yesterday?)!love/Reb> >> > Himself's birthday/Father's day present got here (almost a week late!)> > and I've got it all wrapped and waiting - now somebody make him hurry up> and> > get home!!!!!! > > He's always picked out tools or stuff he NEEDS, but this time I went> > "behind his back" and

got him something he WANTS - he's talked for years> > about wanting to learn to play the guitar, and so I got him a nice> > classical, and now I'm bouncing around in impatience for him to come home> > and see it!> > Wrapping it was "interesting", BTW... :-D> > > > > > Hurryhurryhurryhurryhurry!> > > > in WY > > Practical Blackwork Designs > > http://practicalblackwork.com> > http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com > > > > "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..."> >>