I'm somewhat similar - well, except for trying to read ABC, I haven't seen the need for it (I just pass any ABC through a converter to get sheet music). Tab? Never really worked. Even tab for guitar doesn't work, and I've been playing (and seeing guitar tab) for 45 years. Reading a score always worked. The sheet worked for the whistle from day one too, I took one look at the tab-like explanationary drawing that came with the Walton I had just bought, and I used sheet or ear from then on.benhall.1 wrote:It's a funny thing, but I can't make my brain understand tab at all. I can sight-read from sheet music or from ABC notation, but tab? Not a hope. I don't even seem to be able to work it out at all. It's probably just the way I'm wired ...
I haven't been able to learn to read the F clef though. But as I've been transcribing a lot of music recently it looks like I'm finally getting there too.