Tablature has been around for hundreds of years as a way to write down music, but many people today think of it as a third-rate way to talk about music. In fact, tablature is not a simplified version of traditional music notation. Instead, what we now call "sheet music" grew out of the need for more flexibility in music notation as music got more complicated in the Middle Ages. Electric Guitar Tabs have helped a lot of people who just started playing the electric guitar and wanted to get to playing as soon as possible.
Tabs don't tell you as much as traditional music notation, but if you already know how the song sounds and are willing to figure out your own way to play it, there's nothing wrong with using tabs.
Guitarists who write music with tabs and share it on the internet have made it possible for amateur musicians who never learned to read music to play a wide range of music. Some guitarists think that learning to read music is a waste of time that could be better spent making music that shows how they feel. This way of thinking goes against the idea that the more theoretical knowledge you have, the more ways you have to express your ideas.
Tablature, on the other hand, lets the guitarist learn the basic piece of music in his own way and use his musical intuition and improvisational skills to create a piece of music that is as much his own as the original composer's. Because of this, electric guitar tabs are helpful for people who want to play the guitar but don't want to just copy someone else's work.
You can find both written music and electric guitar tabs in music stores, but the best and fastest way to find electric guitar tabs is on the internet. Even though there is a legal battle going on about tab publishers violating the rights of the original composer, many tabs are still available for free. But if you use tablature made by people who aren't professional guitarists, you should be careful. If things don't sound right, you might need to change them a bit.
If you play electric guitar and want to learn more about music, you can also learn new chords, scales, or modes very quickly with tablature.
Lastly, I want to remind you that using electric guitar tabs to learn new songs is not easy. You have to fill in some of the information that would normally be written on sheet music. You need to know how much each note is worth and have a basic idea of how time signatures and tempo work. All that means is that you can hear the music in your head and just want to know where to put your fingers on the fret board. That's why guitar tabs were made in the first place.
