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Guitar tab
Does anyone think that guitar tab is a waste of time, and that students should be taught to read actual music?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ordinary musical notation isn't easily able to accomodate some of the techniques used on guitars - for example; tremelo effects, palm muting, hammer-ons. Additionally, tab shows a guitarist the correct position for a chord. Given the versitility of a guitar, it would be possible to notate a chord yet leave the guitarist several possible combinations whilst retaining the correct notes.
Ultimately, both are useful.