>there are "musicicans" on /mu/ who can't

That's true of about 90-95% of recording artists to be quite honest with you. You don't need sheet music to play songs.

>>71042511
because most people pick up the guitar, and get by reading tabs (terrible way to learn btw). There are others who get a midi keyboard and torrented copy of a DAW, and ofc they can't read sheet music either since they aren't really musicians

sheet music is a meme

You got me there. Im not good at reading it at all. I wish I went to music school, but im too lazy

>>71042591
>That's true of about 90-95% of recording artists to be quite honest with you
Oh come on no it's fucking not. Maybe in the other direction.

>>71042511
A lot of really good guitarists can't read sheet music though.

>>71042511
I can read sheet music but my sight reading skills are atrocious. Does anyone have tips for sight reading with guitar?

Unless you play jazz or classical, sheet music is pretty much useless

>>71042707
practice harder

>>71042616
>(terrible way to learn btw)
what's a good way?

>>71042717
nah dude you're flat out wrong.
t. a guy who purchased a few songbooks with good sheets

>>71042677

The only genres where I would expect players to read sheet music are
a) concerts
b) technical metal
c) jazz

>>71042731
it may sound like a meme, but learn scales and chords and inversions--all of them

If you do that you don't even need to read tabs you can just read what chords to play/groove on

>>71042745
Is always better to use your ear

>>71042511
Sheet music is about as useless as fucking music theory.

>>71042927
you're right; I should spend an afternoon figuring out a song by ear, only to forget how to play it in a few weeks when I stop practicing it.

But seriously it's nice to have scores so for this reason.

>>71043393
A trained ear is quite possible the gratest musical skill you can develop

>>71042684
Yes, they're really good guitarists in spite of not being able to read sheet music.

>>71043993
This desu

>>71042511
Despite being terrible at sight reading music myself. I don't know why most people don't bother learning sheet, it would make transposing your ideas down a lot more easily rather than pure memory or a few written notes

>ITT: everyone plays guitar exclusively