It's music!

It's not much, but for me it's just enough that it's MUSIC. That *I*, who I thought for years was a lost cause, can play something people can recognise! I can play Frosty the Snowman (LOL)! I had spare time at work and just mic'd the little practice amp. It's MUSIC!

notes vs TAB

I find it amusing that notes is supposed to be easier. To me TAB is a mathematical graph point. Two dimensions. If i tried to play from music I'd have to turn that into a note letter, and then into graph points to see where my fingers went. I just transcribed my guitar homework to TAB because I cant read music. I get so overwhelmed when I look at music and try to make sense of it. The idea that I'll ever be able to do that in my head is as overwhelming as changing chords was a few months ago. Something I can hope to conquer, but for now overwhelming. My 13yo rolls his eyes at me, he doesn't think of it as different steps, he just looks at the note on the page and makes it happen.