Reading alto clef.
Heck, I'm not used to that one.
@ziphi we don't come across it often but it's the only one we're good at reading, because we played viola in high school
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@ziphi What are the doubled treble clef, the rectangular one, and the two that just say TAB?
not to mention all those weird/archaic ones at the bottom
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@ziphi (I recognise a couple of the ones on the bottom as old versions of the C clef (the symbol for both alto and tenor clefs)
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Dunno entirely how that works.
The rectangle is for a percussion part.
TAB is short for tablature, which is a numerical fret notation for instruments like guitar.
Here's an example of tab notation:
@ziphi I thought the double bar one was for percussion.
Tablature looks really hard to read, but I imagine it's way easier if you're used to it. ....does that staff have six lines?
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It's usually more for finger positions with the rhythm being picked out by ear.
@ziphi Huh, that's an interesting system. Still feels weird! But I guess it's probably intuitive to people who play guitar
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@ziphi I kinda think there just isn't any really good musical notation. the standard stuff does a decent job of showing what the music is (and it's very flexible) but it's apparently really hard for people to learn, and the percussion extension for it is really wonky
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I don't have the best rhythmic sense either.
This could actually be a fascinating subject to look into.