6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of tabulature? (Bass)
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This article is from the Rec.music.makers.bass FAQ, by Kalle Kivimaa Kalle.Kivimaa@hut.fi with numerous contributions by others.
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of tabulature? (Bass)
The major advantage of TAB as a notation system is that it clearly
indicates how the music is to be played technically, ie which note
are fingered by which fingers using which techniques. Other
advantages include: no need to use sharps or flats.
The major disadvantage is that time marking in TAB is still rather
primitive and will probably never be as flexible as regular music
notation due to the limitations of the ASCII character set. In
printed sheet music, this problem is commonly addressed by writing
TAB and conventional music notation simultaneouly. This is
inconvenient for ASCII representations, but some people are
attempting to develop useful systems for it. None have become
widely followed at this time, however. Other disadvantages
include: not widely known among classicly trained musicians
(though this is changing) believed by some to discourage
improvisation and ear training.
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