
My sincere apologies to any of you who fall in this category. Who have been playing for 1-2 decades or more…somehow still rely entirely on guitar tabs to learn new songs. I’ve always found it amazing how some players…many of them highly-skilled by all outward appearances… Want proof…? Some Guys Still Use Tabs After Many Decades! While it can happen on extremely rare occasions for some unusually talented players…įor the vast majority of us…it simply never happens. That all these skills will come together at some point, and one day, you’ll magically be able to learn new songs on your own.īut as we all find out eventually…that’s mostly a MYTH.

It’s a popular belief among guitar beginners…that if you just keep playing, and learn more songs, and develop faster and smoother hands… I have some bad news for you… The Myth of “Outgrowing” Tabs It’s time to throw away the tabs, and start listening…using your own ears, and figuring songs out…using your own brain.Īnd if you’re hoping you’ll magically acquire this ability by doing exactly what you’ve always done… Up to a point at least…īut once you’re at a level where you can play a bunch of songs WELL…from BEGINNING TO END… Which makes your practice time 1000x more fun.Īnd there’s nothing wrong with that. However…with a simple internet search, it’s not hard to find plenty of tabs for songs you already know and love…that use the exact same chords and scales you happen to be playing anyway.

When you first start playing, and you spend month after month practicing nothing but chords and scales…it’s boring as hell! Right?Īnd it’s perhaps THE biggest reason why people quit playing altogether. So first up… When You SHOULD Be Using Tabsĭon’t get me wrong…guitar tabs DO in fact have value.

You feel like it’s the answer you’ve been searching for.

And your buddy shows you those amazing “cheat codes” known as guitar tabs…Īnd you see how quick and easy it can be to kinda-sorta play something resembling an actual song you know…
