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Hello all- and thanks for your responses!
Upon re-reading and re-thinking my original post- maybe “slipping backwards” wasn’t the best title for it.
It was meant to be a reference to falling back into old habits- in my case, it was just playing away on a tabbed music song- (and thinking I was doing great!)- when what I really want to do — instead– was learn to play that song **without** any “help”.
It truly was kind-of a “rut” for me— for years. Saying to myself that I was really learning to play songs… but….. not really.
Like the kid in the high school band who could play away for hours off the sheet music in front of him- (yes, I remember all those Christmas and Spring concerts watching my kids & g-kids!). Anyway- was he learning the notes?– yes. Was he learning the SONG?– maybe— sort-of. Could he play that song **without** the sheet music in front of him?– Not on a bet.
One of the reasons I joined TAC was to get out of the dependence and false-sense of improvement that playing only TABs put me in.
I know discussions generally along this line have popped up now & then in here.
My particular question was about the TAB-bed music and how that should NOT be an easy “go-to” for me to fall back onto- in my quest to figure out the best way for me to learn how to memorize and make songs available to play straight from my head– all on my own— (no chords, no lyrics, no nothin’)- out of the blue.
I figured that there is NO better place on the surface of the planet to get help figurin’ this out, than right here, within TAC.
Maybe someone else is dealing with this same thing?
Well- once again- it appears that rambling-on is my thing.
Thanks again for any more help & advice….
Mark J