Does anyone have trouble with timing when playing just the tab numbers?
I learned to read music a few years ago and it helped me with the counting the beats because of the note shapes and positions on the paper etc. But when playing the tabs of songs I mess up the timing sometimes. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
I find it best to add the usual harp tab notation (e.g. -3 +4 -4’ etc.) directly below the notes on normal music staff scores. The note duration is there to see and you practice learning how to convert harp tabs into music notation and vice versa.
At least for me this works very well. If you don’t have computer software to create the music score, then simply buy a pad of blank staff paper at any decent music store and add the notes and tabs manually.
This! That is the biggest issue I have with tabs as somebody who learns songs in a hybrid learning style (using both visuals and sound) is that timing is basically non-existent if you don’t have the recording of the licks/song with you. Usually I keep an MP3 or WAV file of the recording on my iPad or iPhone or if I do have the original song on CD, Cassette, or Vinyl, I will put it on while I’m playing along with the tabs. Recording yourself is key here.