Tabs or sheets?

[v2guy13]

If your a musician, do you prefer sheet music or tabs or some other form of music? Why or why not? I personaly prefer sheet music just because its easier to see what kind of notes to play. I play drums so maybe thats just me. ON tabs, every 16th note is a dash, and when you hit or stroke something its represented by an X or B or S or somerhing and its all really confusing. What do you guys think?

[HoffmanMyster]

I play drums also and only one of the songs i've learned was sheet music, and the other how ever many were tabs, that might be why I like tabs better. I also think that tabs are easier to read because like v2guy13 said, there are dashed 16th notes, so I think that makes it easier to tell how much time is in between each note, and just makes it easier to read...and tabs are free...

[viperchick85]

I play guitar, I like both.

[Sedir]

Yeah, tabs are easier to read. But I use both.

[mschulz5]

Being a pianist, I prefer sheet music.

[yeti_cat]

As a very crappy guitar player, I like tabs because A: I cannot read music, and B: they are free.

But as a very observant music listener... I am fully capable of correcting the tabs that are very wrong... Thats why I wish I could use sheet music, I doubt sheet music is actually wrong.

[viperchick85]

EGBDF and FACE, respectively

[Sedir]

There's some acronyms I've been taught to remember the notes when looking at the music.

Treble: E.lvis's G.uitar B.roke D.own F.riday (and of course FACE)

Bass: G.ood B.oys. D.o F.ine A.lways (I forgot what to do for the spaces inbetween for bass clef but they're ACEG)

[HoffmanMyster]

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (for treble of course)

[v2guy13]

The only thing that helps me remember bass clef is that the first space is A, then C, E, G.

[ragingbullchick]

I used to play piano in Middle School, but hre's an acronym for treble:

EGBDF

Even
George
Bush
Drives
Fast