I still cannot take 4 bars of 16th notes, and just pick up and play it by ear, unless it has familer phrases in
<~~plus ya never know what tuning they are using,,you mite play it in a drop d or e or in regular 440 standerd tuneing,, play it and sounds right,,but be totaly wrong just because some players tune down a half of a step or more
as for tab,,somtimes tab is good and somtimes bullcrap,,i dont use tab books much anymore,,but i use play tombone and you have to have it to play with a brass band thats for sure,,but as for guitar,,most songs i have learned by ear<~but not everyone has a ear for learning it that way,and most tab i have read,,pointed me in the wrong way and would be totaly wrong or show you a complicated way to play somthing simple,,so keep a eye out for bogus tab,,but there is some good stuff out there too
