In all honesty, good readership, when I first started to pick up my axe again after a huge break, I didn’t even think about using the internet to look up how to play tunes. Yes, what a rookie move. As a matter of fact, it wasn’t until I started searching online that I began to use tabs at all!
I used to read music all the time no matter which instrument I was playing. So over the years I eventually drifted away from this method of playing and used my memory for most tunes. After a while there were far too many little parts that I had forgotten and it made me quit disappointed in my playing ability! Nowadays, I don’t know what I’d do without guitar tabs. They certainly make it easier to learn a new song!
Although I’ve only used a couple of sites in the past, this site, Guitar World, really stands out to me. Browsing through the site I soon realized that if I was either a beginner, or advanced player of most common instruments, this would be a website to seriously bookmark.
This is a fabulous site to use if you’re looking for some great tunes to add to your repertoire no matter what instrument you play!
I’m a huge Beatles nut from way back in the day so I decided to see what they had. I actually found some refreshing new ways to approach some old standbys that made a lot of sense in my mind. The Guitar World’s Beatles guitar tabs section is very impressive to say the least! The videos in this section were nice, and simple to understand, just the way I like them!
They had so many unique interpretations of how to play certain tunes that I just had to stop and think about where in the song could I squeeze them in. Besides, there is nothing better than having the ability to change up and improve songs when you’re playing live. Always remember that when playing live in front of other musicians, they will take apart everything you do on or off stage. If you add different approaches to a song, you make it that much more appealing to those in the know and they WILL be impressed!
Their nirvana guitar tabs category is a must check out area as well! The tabs here have that subtle differences that you’re looking for in order to keep the crowd attentive and wanting to hear more from ya.
This is a must site to see, I’ll guarantee you!
Keep on Jammin’
I play guitar on and off so finding good sources of guitar tab is very worthwhile. Thanks for the info.
Anytime there April! If you see any other great tabs sites then let us know. the Guitar World site is a great tool to have in your learning arsenal.
Keep on Jammin’ in Scotland!
I’ll vouch for GW Tabs as well. We’ve found that in a 30 minute lesson, you can’t try to figure the riffs & licks out by ear or you’ll run out of time before you can show the student anything.
I like GW because they also show the rhythm notation for the tab (i.e. how long to hold a note/chord). Homemade tab doesn’t do this, so unless you know the song really well, you’ll likely not learn it correctly.
When I’m teaching, I like to show a student only half a song. No, I don’t want to take peoples money, but I want to the student to take apart the first section of the song I’m showing them and it makes them more eager for the remaining part of it. It worked for me when I was taking lessons from my guitar teacher Chris P.
The second part of your reply is well founded! I can’t say it any better then you just did jason!
Keep on Jammin’