A - Standard music notation as seen on the 1st line in the diagram below, is one method of writing music for guitar
B - The other main method of writing music for guitar is the Tablature method as shown on the Diagram below the music notes
C - Tablature is the main focus of this course for a variety of reasons, one of the main reasons being is that it is very easy & fast to learn
The arguments & debates over standard music notation & tablature have been long & as I have experienced often quite heated, & in my brief analyses of both I shall try & remain impartial & unbiased
In brief:
Both systems are important & have their place
Obviously standard music notation is often necessary for other musical instruments, orchestras etc.
especially when the music needs to be played as was written & not altered or improvised
Standard music notation is very exacting when it comes to timing
Tablature as stated before is very easy & fast to learn, not only in any key but also in any guitar tuning & also works for other stringed fretted instruments such as banjo & mandolin etc.., instruments that can both be tuned in different tunings & have a different number of strings
D - Tablature is also very exacting when it comes to timing by several possible methods
One
as shown below
a line of standard music notation is often written above it to show the timing
Two
a lot of tablature today is also written using tails on the numbers to represent all of the
1/8th ~ 1/4 ~ 1/2 & Whole notes etc
Three
numbers can be written underneath the tablature to show timing & picking or finger picking patterns
