[ics1974]

I have a hard time reading sheet music (standard notation) and mapping the notes to the fretboard. Will PlaneTalk help in that regard?

[allthumbs]

Mapping notes and intervals on the fretboard, yes. Help with reading standard,no.

[felixdcat]

If you want to know about note names, well yeah. You will know note names. But not reading sheet music.

[ics1974]

What I don't understand is how this course will help me if learn songs form reading sheet music or tabs.
With sheet music you have to already memorize where each note is and tabs just tell you.
So is this course only good for improvising and writing your own songs?
Just not sure if it will help me if all I want to do is play other peoples music. You know coverband stuff.

[allthumbs]

Short answer is it won't. You will find that sooner or later you will want to expand your playing abilities. You might want to be able to jam with others and write your own tunes.
You will need more than standard and tab if you are thinking about playing in a cover band. Train wrecks happen. You need to be able to improvise a path back to the tune if something happens on stage or you break a string in the middle of a solo.
It is not uncommon for a player who joins a cover band to be given a set list of 40 songs to be learned in a couple of weeks. They can do this because they understand the underlying logic of each tune. Where it needs to go musically and how to get there. Thousands of hours jamming and playing covers develop their ears so they can do this is also part of it.
Maybe you should just book mark P.T. for now until you feel you need what it can offer.

[ics1974]

Originally Posted by allthumbs

Short answer is it won't. You will find that sooner or later you will want to expand your playing abilities. You might want to be able to jam with others and write your own tunes.
You will need more than standard and tab if you are thinking about playing in a cover band. Train wrecks happen. You need to be able to improvise a path back to the tune if something happens on stage or you break a string in the middle of a solo.
It is not uncommon for a player who joins a cover band to be given a set list of 40 songs to be learned in a couple of weeks. They can do this because they understand the underlying logic of each tune. Where it needs to go musically and how to get there. Thousands of hours jamming and playing covers develop their ears so they can do this is also part of it.
Maybe you should just book mark P.T. for now until you feel you need what it can offer.

Thanks for answering my question.
I think I will bookmark it for now but will definitley consider it later

[Kirk Lorange]

No, ics1974 ... if all you want to do is memorize tunes note for note/chord for chord, save yourself the money. PlaneTalk describes basic theory in a very simple way and a way of mapping the entire fretboard. It also describes a mindset that allows you to always know exactly what you're playing and why ... and where to find all the positions for whatever that may be. When you think that's the next step you want to take, give it a whirl.

[felixdcat]

Originally Posted by ics1974

What I don't understand is how this course will help me if learn songs form reading sheet music or tabs.
With sheet music you have to already memorize where each note is and tabs just tell you.
So is this course only good for improvising and writing your own songs?
Just not sure if it will help me if all I want to do is play other peoples music. You know coverband stuff.

If you want to understand what you're playing, you should get it. And it's good to know what you're playing. Instead of buying a new pedal, effect, amp, get PlaneTalk.