piano tab

[00gib00]

I cant find any good sites for piano tab.What are some sites you guys use?

[omnisis]

You mean sheet music right?  Pianos don't have "tabulature", the TABs are the lines and spaces on the score that map directly to the keys.

As for websites, everynote.com has just about any piece you desire for about $1.50 a pop.  There are several sites with yearly or monthly subscription rates for some of the more popular composers and pieces if you are going to be d/ling a lot of music.    Also, there is also a book series called "Classics to Modern" that has non-arranged authentic classical pieces grouped by difficulty as well.  A google search will work wonders for you if you use the words "sheet music" instead of "tabs".

~omnisis

[nyquist]

You mean sheet music right?  Pianos don't have "tabulature", the TABs are the lines and spaces on the score that map directly to the keys.

~omnisis

If by tablature you mean a method that shows where the fingers go on an instrument rather than pitches and durations, pianos do have tablatures:  The most interesting method I know is "klavarskribo".  Check out

http://www.klavarskribo.com/

They have a pretty extensive library of piano music transcribed to this method.  Out of curiosity, a few years back I got myself a copy of the WTC.  It is really fun to sight-read. 

Nyquist
PS tried to insert a jpeg to show how it looks, but could not figure out how.  Help?

[omnisis]

whoa!  That notation looks way harder than standard musical notation!  You read it top to bottom no?  How the heck do you represent big leaps, by using some kind of octave indication?  I can see where one might think it would be easier because the relative distance between keys is preserved in the notation, but once you mentally associate standard note values with the keyboard layout this becomes automatic anyway.  Besides that dynamic markings must make the entire page look like hieroglyphics....

Still, I had no idea that there was such a thing.  Thanks for the info.

~omnisis

[nyquist]

whoa!  That notation looks way harder than standard musical notation!  You read it top to bottom no?  How the heck do you represent big leaps, by using some kind of octave indication?  I can see where one might think it would be easier because the relative distance between keys is preserved in the notation, but once you mentally associate standard note values with the keyboard layout this becomes automatic anyway.  Besides that dynamic markings must make the entire page look like hieroglyphics....

Still, I had no idea that there was such a thing.  Thanks for the info.

~omnisis

Yes, it is read top to bottom.  The "staff" is as wide as the piece requires.  The example at the front of the page just showed one octave.  After a while one gets used to it.  I suppose it might be easier to learn for somebody who does not read music at all.

N.