Re: [Harp-L] Reading Music

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Reading (notation) is not a form of tablature.

Notation and tablature describe two different things.

Notation tells you the results but not how to get them.

Tablature tells you how to get the results on a specific instrument, but does 
not describe the results themselves.

While notation describes the notes that you end up hearing, it does not tell you 
how to make those notes come out of your instrument. Any C instrument can read a 
piece of music that happens to be notated for flute, for instance. But the 
player has to know how those notes are produced.

Tablature for one instrument cannot be used for another, because the physical 
actions differ. Tuba tablature (if there is such a thing) would be useless for 
harmonica, and harmonica tab is useless for guitar. The one thing they all have 
in common - the end result - is missing.

Winslow
 Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
Columnist, harmonicasessions.com




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From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>

 I also do not think you need to read to understand and use theory.
Reading is just an advanced form of tablature.