Re: Using Tab to Learn Fretboard
Try a book such as ALFRED'S TEACH YOURSELF TO PLAY MANDOLIN, It will teach you to learn the ''dots" and fret board one course at a time with very simple exercises. Not rocket science and in my mind much easier to follow the "dots" than to try to memorize what you just deciphered from tab. From ALFRED'S your hands will automatically learn muscle memory even before your mind learns the fret board. Once you have learned all four courses in the first position you will have developed the skills to teach yourself 2nd and 3rd position playing which may take a little more self discipline. Of course you could write up your own similar exercises as ALFRED's used for teaching playing in the first position.
If you give it an honest try and resist letting it intimidate you, I think you will find it much less of a challenge than you encountered in previous attempts.
As a side note, not everyone learns the same, as I can attest by my struggle to learn new tunes by ear.
Last edited by Pittsburgh Bill; Nov-11-2018 at 10:26am.
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