Why You Should Learn to Read Sheet Music

So you think you don't need to learn how to read sheet music. You can play anything you want without it, thanks to those glorious tablature books you have. It took you long enough to learn to play the instrument, you are definitely not spending anymore time with learning. You just want to play and have fun. Besides, a lot of musicians don't know how to read sheet music. Yet eventually you'll run into the inevitable and frustrating tab errors. Perhaps the person transcribing your favorite song was pretty lazy that day. Perhaps it was simple human error. If you could read sheet music, you would find a lot less of these errors.

Advantages of Tablature

Most people play the harmonica using tablature. However, for chromatic harmonica players in particular, learning to read sheet music is a useful skill.

Credit: Jenna Hansen

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