Members gspointer Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 She is ten years old. She has been taking lessons from her piano teacher for a few minutes after her piano lessons are over. She has been doing this for 8 months. I don't know what she is learning, but I would assume it is mostly scales and exersices. Her current teacher is using standard sheet music. They have a friend that is taking lessons from a guitar player, and he knows a couple of songs. He has only had lessons for 3 months. They are planning on switching to the local guitar teacher. He disagrees with teaching sheet music, as he feels it is antiquated and no longer useful. I disagree. Personally I wish I had learned sheet music, scales and theory first. Am I just behind the times, or what do you all think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Captain Fathead Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm glad I took Piano and learned to read sheet music. I'm 23, so I'm still a "young 'un" as far as this board is concerned. The fact that I know theory made the transition from piano to bass a lot easier, and makes the lines I write more interesting, IMO. Is she dropping the Piano lessons? if she takes both, she'll get the theory from piano, the guitar stuff from the teacher, and eventually she'll apply the theory to guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gspointer Posted January 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 She is planning on continuing the piano lessons. I just don't get the purpose of "teaching" tab instead of sheet music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 It's easier for the teacher 'cause HE probably doesn't know how to read standard notation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 It's easier for the teacher 'cause HE probably doesn't know how to read standard notation. +1 I read tab solely for about 5 years, last year I went in search of a bass teacher to help me with my playing but also focus on reading standard notation. Personally I think music makes more sense when I see it written down in notation. In tab, its just a bunch of numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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