That one way might not necessarily be the best way, or you might even find that playing in a different position all together gives you a more interesting desirable timbre. Tabs are definitely useful, but they only tell you one way to play a given set of notes. Play the open G and make a quick position shift, play the G on 10th fret of A (unless I have my octaves mixed up), or just take a step back and rethink how/where you want to play it. They also tend to stick out like a sore thumb when you're reading. That being said though, you'd be surprised how uncommon big leaps like that are in most written music. Undergraduate Student Read about flair in /r/musictheory and get your own!įor sure! This is why sight reading on guitar is very tricky if they don't have any notes for position. Other (formal music education, but not a professional musician)

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